Player Dossier

2016-2021

TCU

Kenny Turnier

DT • 6'4" • 283 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kenny Turnier shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

67

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UCF

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Oregon State • UCF • TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Kenny Turnier built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Miami, FL wearing No. 12, spending time with Oregon State, TCU, and UCF. The clearest part of Kenny Turnier's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8192

Miami Central · Miami, FL

Committed To
Oregon State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Kenny Turnier, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UCF. Kenny Turnier shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
60
TFL
22.5
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
4

Quick Answers

Kenny Turnier quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · DT
Career Tackles
60
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 24 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · UCF
Top game
Houston
Recruit profile
3-star · Miami Central · Oregon State
High school pipeline
Miami Central · 116 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
1 tackles · DT 217th (top 99%) · Big 12 418th (top 93%) · National 5,477th (top 92%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonUCF00-0--0-
2018 PostseasonUCF61-0--027.6
2018 Regular SeasonUCF66221-027.6
2019 PostseasonUCF122-0--062
2019 Regular SeasonUCF1238133.52-062
2020 Regular SeasonUCF5127.541-065.4
2021 Regular SeasonTCU11-0--038.1

Related Context

Kenny Turnier played DT for Oregon State, UCF, and TCU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Kenny Turnier recorded 60 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

UCF paired 12.5 primary output with 35 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 35 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oregon State, UCF, TCU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · UCF

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

2.5

Efficiency

35

Usage

11.4

Consistency

64

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 0.5. East Carolina: 3. Tulsa: 4. Memphis: 0.5. Tulane: 4.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 1 by 9.2. East Carolina: 2 by 38.3. Tulsa: 3 by 52.5. Memphis: 3 by 17.5. Tulane: 3 by 57.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.7 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Tulane

Result
Sat 10/24vs Tulane2+ sacks · Splash gameW 51-34322.5020
Sat 10/17@ MemphisL 49-50310.5000
Sat 10/3vs TulsaSplash gameL 26-3433310
Sat 9/26@ East CarolinaSplash gameW 51-2821110
Sat 9/19@ Georgia TechW 49-21100.5000

Player Story

Kenny Turnier story

Kenny Turnier built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Miami, FL wearing No. 12, spending time with Oregon State, TCU, and UCF. The clearest part of Kenny Turnier's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, and 9.5 sacks across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Kenny Turnier's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Oregon State

    2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UCF

    2017-2020

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    TCU

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201820182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State0
2017 Regular SeasonUCF00
2018 PostseasonUCF513.245
2018 Regular SeasonUCF513.240
2019 PostseasonUCF18.529.38.113.5
2019 Regular SeasonUCF18.529.38.10
2020 Regular SeasonUCF12.53511.4-6
2021 Regular SeasonTCU04.21.2-12.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Houston

Week 10 · W 44-29 · Conference game

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Tulane

Week 8 · W 51-34 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Tulsa

Week 11 · L 31-34 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

84.8 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Tulsa

Week 5 · L 26-34 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

80.5 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.

#5

@ South Florida

Week 13 · W 38-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · UCF

12.5 primary output · 35 efficiency · 11.4 usage

65.4

#2

2019 Postseason · UCF

62

18.5 primary · 29.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · UCF

62

18.5 primary · 29.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

11

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games