Player Dossier

2017-2022

Kent State

Kesean Gamble

LB • 6'1" • 280 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kesean Gamble shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

28%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

36

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

25

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Kesean Gamble built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 34, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Kesean Gamble's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7711

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy · Cincinnati, OH

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Kesean Gamble, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kent State. Kesean Gamble shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
129
TFL
14.5
Sacks
6.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Kesean Gamble quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · LB
Career Tackles
129
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Kent State
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy · Kent State
High school pipeline
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 34 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
30 tackles · LB 450th (top 37%) · Mid-American 108th (top 20%) · National 1,334th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonKent State114-01-25.2
2018 Regular SeasonKent State935201-027.4
2019 PostseasonKent State103-0--051
2019 Regular SeasonKent State10454.52.52-051
2020 Regular SeasonKent State31263-1077.9
2021 Regular SeasonKent State00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonKent State1130212-026.5

Related Context

Kesean Gamble played LB for Kent State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Kesean Gamble recorded 170 rushing yards, 129 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Kent State paired 10 primary output with 46.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

15.9

Usage

3.7

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Akron

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Long Island University: 0. Georgia: 0. Ohio: 1. Miami (OH): 0. Toledo: 0. Akron: 3. Ball State: 1. Eastern Michigan: 0. Buffalo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Long Island University: 2 by 8.3. Georgia: 3 by 12.5. Ohio: 3 by 22.5. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Akron: 4 by 46.7. Ball State: 4 by 26.7. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Buffalo: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Akron

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Akron

Result
Sat 11/26@ BuffaloW 30-2751000
Wed 11/16vs Eastern MichiganL 24-3121000
Tue 11/1vs Ball StateL 20-2743000
Sat 10/22vs AkronSplash gameW 33-2742110
Sat 10/15@ ToledoL 31-5231000
Sat 10/8@ Miami (OH)L 24-2720000
Sat 10/1vs OhioW 31-2433100
Sat 9/24@ GeorgiaL 22-3931000
Sat 9/17vs Long Island UniversityW 63-1022000
Sat 9/10@ OklahomaL 3-3310000
Sun 9/4@ WashingtonL 20-4511000

Player Story

Kesean Gamble story

Kesean Gamble built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 34, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Kesean Gamble's career was his defensive production: 129 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 44 career games in the available record. His career also includes 170 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kesean Gamble's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kent State

    2017-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonKent State12.40.6
2018 Regular SeasonKent State420.653
2019 PostseasonKent State9298.65
2019 Regular SeasonKent State9298.60
2020 Regular SeasonKent State1046.615.31
2021 Regular SeasonKent State0-10
2022 Regular SeasonKent State515.93.75

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 10 · W 27-23 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Akron

Week 7 · W 26-3 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Bowling Green

Week 10 · W 35-28 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#4

vs Akron

Week 8 · W 33-27 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#5

vs Akron

Week 12 · W 69-35 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

66.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Kent State

10 primary output · 46.6 efficiency · 15.3 usage

77.9

#2

2019 Postseason · Kent State

51

9 primary · 29 efficiency · 8.6 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Kent State

51

9 primary · 29 efficiency · 8.6 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

7

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games