Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2023Tennessee
Kamal Hadden
DB • 6'1" • 197 lbs • River Rouge, MI, USA
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Kamal Hadden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Impact Production
87
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
60
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Player Story
Kamal Hadden built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a defensive back from River Rouge, MI wearing No. 5, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Kamal Hadden's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Central Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 35
- Overall
- No. 211
- NFL Team
- Kansas City Chiefs
Kamal Hadden, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Tennessee. Kamal Hadden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 78
- TFL
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 10
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Kamal Hadden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · DB
- Career Tackles
- 78
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Florida
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · River Rouge · Central Michigan
- High school pipeline
- River Rouge · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 6 · Pick 35 · Kansas City Chiefs
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DB 436th (top 46%) · SEC 224th (top 37%) · National 2,053rd (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Tennessee | 6 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tennessee | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 8 | 42 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 7 | 19 | - | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 53 |
Related Context
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Kamal Hadden played DB for Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kamal Hadden recorded 78 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 8.5 primary output with 32.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Austin Peay
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
27
Usage
3.7
Consistency
53.9
Best Game by takeover score
Austin Peay
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 2. Austin Peay: 4. Florida: 0. UTSA: 0. South Carolina: 2. Texas A&M: 3. Alabama: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia: 0 by 20. Austin Peay: 3 by 52.5. Florida: 7 by 29.2. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina: 3 by 32.5. Texas A&M: 2 by 38.3. Alabama: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.2 · Games = 5 · +2.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -2.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Austin Peay
Best efficiency game
52.5 vs Austin Peay
Player Story
Kamal Hadden story
Kamal Hadden built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a defensive back from River Rouge, MI wearing No. 5, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Kamal Hadden's career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 10 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Kamal Hadden's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Tennessee
2021-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Tennessee | 4 | 18.5 | 3.3 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tennessee | 4 | 18.5 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 8.5 | 32.5 | 6.1 | 4.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 11 | 27 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida
Week 4 · W 38-33 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Alabama
Week 8 · L 24-52 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Pittsburgh
Week 2 · W 34-27
2
Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Austin Peay
Week 2 · W 30-13
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Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Texas A&M
Week 7 · W 20-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Tennessee
8.5 primary output · 32.5 efficiency · 6.1 usage
55.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · Tennessee
53
11 primary · 27 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Tennessee
36.8
4 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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