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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024UCLA
Kain Medrano
LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Pueblo, CO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kain Medrano shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
78
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Player Story
Kain Medrano built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Pueblo, CO wearing No. 20, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Kain Medrano's career was his defensive production: 190...
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- Committed To
- Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 29
- Overall
- No. 205
- NFL Team
- Washington
Kain Medrano, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA. Kain Medrano shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 190
- TFL
- 21
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 9
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Kain Medrano quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · LB
- Career Tackles
- 190
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Utah
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hebron Christian Academy · Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Hebron Christian Academy · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 6 · Pick 29 · Washington
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 72 tackles · LB 144th (top 12%) · Big Ten 26th (top 4%) · National 232nd (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCLA | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 28.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCLA | 7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 27.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 50.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 13 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 50.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 72 | 11 | 1.5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 72.4 |
Related Context
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Kain Medrano played LB for UCLA. Across 6 tracked seasons, Kain Medrano recorded 190 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
UCLA paired 22.5 primary output with 42.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 42.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.9
Efficiency
42.9
Usage
15.4
Consistency
46.7
Best Game by takeover score
Fresno State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 2. Indiana: 3. LSU: 1. Oregon: 0. Penn State: 3. Minnesota: 1. Rutgers: 0. Nebraska: 1. Iowa: 2.5. Washington: 3. USC: 0. Fresno State: 6
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 5 by 40.8. Indiana: 9 by 67.5. LSU: 7 by 39.2. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 4 by 46.7. Minnesota: 5 by 30.8. Rutgers: 7 by 29.2. Nebraska: 6 by 35. Iowa: 9 by 62.5. Washington: 3 by 42.5. USC: 6 by 25. Fresno State: 8 by 83.3
Split Comparison
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Wins2.3 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 7 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Fresno State
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Fresno State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Fresno StateSplash game | W 20-13 | 8 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs USC | L 13-19 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ WashingtonSplash game | L 19-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs IowaSplash game | W 20-17 | 9 | 6 | — | 2 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Nebraska | W 27-20 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Rutgers | W 35-32 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/13 | vs Minnesota | L 17-21 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Penn StateSplash game | L 11-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | vs Oregon | L 13-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ LSU | L 17-34 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs IndianaSplash game | L 13-42 | 9 | 8 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Hawai'iSplash game | W 16-13 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kain Medrano story
Kain Medrano built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Pueblo, CO wearing No. 20, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Kain Medrano's career was his defensive production: 190 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kain Medrano's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UCLA
2019-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCLA | 3 | 15.6 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 3 | 13 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCLA | 3 | 24.5 | 6.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 15 | 29.5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 15 | 29.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 22.5 | 42.9 | 15.4 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah
Week 4 · L 7-14 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5
Havoc Plays
95.6 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Fresno State
Week 14 · W 20-13
6
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#3
vs USC
Week 12 · L 45-48 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Oregon
Week 8 · L 30-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Indiana
Week 3 · L 13-42 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · UCLA
22.5 primary output · 42.9 efficiency · 15.4 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · UCLA
50.9
15 primary · 29.5 efficiency · 7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · UCLA
50.9
15 primary · 29.5 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
10
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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