Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Kansas
Kenean Caldwell
DT • 6'3" • 325 lbs • Oak Grove, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kenean Caldwell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Player Story
Kenean Caldwell built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Oak Grove, LA wearing No. 97, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Kenean Caldwell's career was his defensive...
Read the storyKenean Caldwell, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas. Kenean Caldwell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 40
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 1.5
Quick Answers
Kenean Caldwell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · DT
- Career Tackles
- 40
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Missouri
- High school pipeline
- Bergen Catholic · 37 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DT 98th (top 43%) · Big 12 246th (top 34%) · National 2,139th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 10.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 4 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 13.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 9 | 19 | 6.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 56.1 |
Related Context
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Kenean Caldwell played DT for Kansas. Across 6 tracked seasons, Kenean Caldwell recorded 40 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kansas paired 7.5 primary output with 17.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
17.1
Usage
5.4
Consistency
62.2
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wagner: 0. Fresno State: 1. Missouri: 2. Cincinnati: 1. UCF: 0. Texas Tech: 1. Kansas State: 1. Oklahoma State: 1.5. Iowa State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wagner: 2 by 8.3. Fresno State: 2 by 18.3. Missouri: 2 by 28.3. Cincinnati: 2 by 18.3. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Texas Tech: 3 by 22.5. Kansas State: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma State: 2 by 23.3. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Missouri
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Missouri
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Iowa State | L 14-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Oklahoma State | W 38-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Kansas State | L 17-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Texas Tech | L 17-42 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ UCF | W 27-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Cincinnati | L 34-37 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ MissouriSplash game | L 31-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Wagner | W 46-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Fresno State | W 31-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kenean Caldwell story
Kenean Caldwell built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Oak Grove, LA wearing No. 97, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Kenean Caldwell's career was his defensive production: 40 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Kenean Caldwell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 1 | 8 | 2.2 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 1 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 7.5 | 17.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 21 Missouri
Week 2 · L 31-42 · Ranked opponent
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
70.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.
#2
vs South Dakota
Week 1 · W 17-14
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Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Colorado
Week 13 · W 37-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 121 Oklahoma State
Week 10 · W 38-21 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 3 Texas Tech
Week 7 · L 17-42 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
45.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
7.5 primary output · 17.1 efficiency · 5.4 usage
56.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Kansas
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Kansas
13.5
1 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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