Usage / Role
72%
Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Southern Miss
Ky'el Hemby
DB • 6'1" • 218 lbs • Abingdon, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ky'el Hemby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
81
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
67
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Player Story
Ky'el Hemby built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Abingdon, MD wearing No. 19, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ky'el Hemby's career was his defensive...
Read the storyKy'el Hemby, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Ky'el Hemby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 212
- TFL
- 4.5
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Ky'el Hemby quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · DB
- Career Tackles
- 212
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Florida Atlantic
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 73 tackles · DB 12th (top 2%) · Conference USA 14th (top 3%) · National 92nd (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 10 | 46 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 56.6 |
| 2019 Postseason | Southern Miss | 13 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 13 | 87 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 52.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 10 | 73 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 47.2 |
Related Context
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Ky'el Hemby played DB for Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ky'el Hemby recorded 212 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 9 primary output with 30.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 37.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
37.5
Usage
6.9
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Tulane: 0. North Texas: 1. Liberty: 0. Rice: 0. North Alabama: 0. Western Kentucky: 2. UTSA: 0. Florida Atlantic: 4.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 9 by 37.5. Tulane: 13 by 50. North Texas: 6 by 35. Liberty: 8 by 33.3. Rice: 5 by 20.8. North Alabama: 6 by 25. Western Kentucky: 8 by 53.3. UTSA: 7 by 29.2. Florida Atlantic: 9 by 82.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.8 · Games = 3 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
Best efficiency game
82.5 vs Florida Atlantic
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/10 | vs Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 45-31 | 9 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs UTSA | L 20-23 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Western KentuckySplash game | L 7-10 | 8 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs North Alabama | W 24-13 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Rice | L 6-30 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Liberty | L 35-56 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | @ North Texas | W 41-31 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Tulane10+ tackles | L 24-66 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 30-31 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/4 | vs South Alabama | L 21-32 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ky'el Hemby story
Ky'el Hemby built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Abingdon, MD wearing No. 19, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ky'el Hemby's career was his defensive production: 212 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 9 interceptions, and 9 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Southern Miss. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ky'el Hemby's production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss.
The arc is straightforward: Ky'el Hemby moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Southern Miss
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 9 | 30.2 | 7.3 | 9 |
| 2019 Postseason | Southern Miss | 6 | 34.4 | 6.8 | -3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 6 | 34.4 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 7.5 | 37.5 | 6.9 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 15 · W 45-31 · Conference game
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
94.2 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.2 takeover score.
#2
@ UAB
Week 11 · L 23-26 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Marshall
Week 10 · W 26-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#4
vs North Texas
Week 7 · W 45-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Western Kentucky
Week 13 · L 10-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss
9 primary output · 30.2 efficiency · 7.3 usage
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#2
2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
52.2
6 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Southern Miss
52.2
6 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 6.8 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
6
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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