Player Dossier

2019-2023

Vanderbilt

Kane Patterson

LB • 6'1" • 221 lbs • Brentwood, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kane Patterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

45%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

69

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

53

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Clemson • Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

Player Story

Kane Patterson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Brentwood, TN wearing No. 19, spending time with Clemson and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Kane Patterson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8911

Hitchcock · Hitchcock, TX

Committed To
Texas Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Kane Patterson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Kane Patterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
113
TFL
14.5
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Kane Patterson quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · LB
Career Tackles
113
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Top game
Tennessee
Recruit profile
4-star · Hitchcock · Texas Tech
High school pipeline
Hitchcock · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 19 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
43 tackles · LB 335th (top 28%) · SEC 83rd (top 14%) · National 786th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonClemson51111--016.7
2020 PostseasonClemson94-0--018.2
2020 Regular SeasonClemson91220--018.2
2021 Regular SeasonClemson34-0--037.8
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt12395.52.52-055.8
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt104362-1061

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022Clemson to VanderbiltP4 to P479.1Nov 29, 2021

Kane Patterson played LB for Clemson and Vanderbilt. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kane Patterson recorded 113 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Vanderbilt paired 9 primary output with 26.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, Vanderbilt.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

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

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2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

26.9

Usage

8.9

Consistency

53.3

Best Game by takeover score

Tennessee

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama A&M: 1. Hawai'i: 0. Wake Forest: 1. UNLV: 1. Kentucky: 0. Missouri: 1. Ole Miss: 2. Auburn: 0. South Carolina: 0. Tennessee: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama A&M: 6 by 35. Hawai'i: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 7 by 39.2. UNLV: 6 by 35. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 3 by 22.5. Ole Miss: 6 by 45. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Tennessee: 8 by 63.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tennessee

Best efficiency game

63.3 vs Tennessee

Result
Sat 11/25@ TennesseeSplash gameL 24-4884210
Sat 11/11@ South CarolinaL 6-4722000
Sat 11/4vs AuburnL 15-3120000
Sat 10/28@ Ole MissSplash gameL 7-3364110
Sat 9/30vs MissouriL 21-3832100
Sat 9/23vs KentuckyL 28-4511000
Sat 9/16@ UNLVL 37-4060100
Sat 9/9@ Wake ForestL 20-3672001
Sat 9/2vs Alabama A&MW 47-1361100
Sat 8/26vs Hawai'iW 35-2822000

Player Story

Kane Patterson story

Kane Patterson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Brentwood, TN wearing No. 19, spending time with Clemson and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Kane Patterson's career was his defensive production: 113 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Kane Patterson'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

    Clemson

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Vanderbilt

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonClemson213.23.2
2020 PostseasonClemson310.82.51
2020 Regular SeasonClemson310.82.50
2021 Regular SeasonClemson05.60.9-3
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1021.98.110
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt926.98.9-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Tennessee

Week 13 · L 24-48 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#2

vs South Carolina

Week 10 · L 27-38 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Florida State

Week 7 · W 45-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Ole Miss

Week 9 · L 7-33 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Georgia

Week 7 · L 0-55 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

9 primary output · 26.9 efficiency · 8.9 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

55.8

10 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 8.1 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Clemson

37.8

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games