Usage / Role
54%
Regular defensive contributor
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2020-2025Kansas
Bangally Kamara
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Akron, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Bangally Kamara shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
2021212222232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh • South Carolina • Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Player Story
Bangally Kamara built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Akron, OH wearing No. 1, spending time with Kansas, Pittsburgh, and South Carolina. The clearest part of Bangally Kamara's career...
Read the storyBangally Kamara, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Bangally Kamara shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 172
- TFL
- 18.5
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 14
- Passes defended
- 13
Quick Answers
Bangally Kamara quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 172
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Boston College
- High school pipeline
- Blanche Ely · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · LB 246th (top 20%) · Big 12 54th (top 8%) · National 502nd (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 8 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 15.5 |
| 2022 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 12 | 42 | 1.5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10 | 53 | 6.5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 62 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 11 | 54 | 8.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 54.6 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Bangally Kamara
Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina to Kansas | P4 to P4 | 80.5 | Oct 8, 2024 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh to South Carolina | P4 to P4 | 81.9 | Dec 4, 2023 |
Bangally Kamara played LB for Pittsburgh, South Carolina, and Kansas. Across 6 tracked seasons, Bangally Kamara recorded 172 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Pittsburgh paired 14.5 primary output with 36.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 29.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Kansas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2022 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
29.2
Usage
5.7
Consistency
54
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 2. West Virginia: 2. Tennessee: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Rhode Island: 2.5. Georgia Tech: 3. Virginia Tech: 1. Louisville: 0. North Carolina: 0. Syracuse: 1. Virginia: 2. Duke: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCLA: 0 by 20. West Virginia: 8 by 53.3. Tennessee: 6 by 25. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Rhode Island: 1 by 29.2. Georgia Tech: 3 by 42.5. Virginia Tech: 6 by 35. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 7 by 29.2. Syracuse: 2 by 18.3. Virginia: 3 by 32.5. Duke: 2 by 48.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.8 · Games = 8 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -1.1 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
Duke
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs West Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/30 | @ UCLASplash game | W 37-35 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs DukeSplash game | W 28-26 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ VirginiaSplash game | W 37-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Syracuse | W 19-9 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | @ North Carolina | L 24-42 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/23 | @ Louisville | L 10-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Virginia Tech | W 45-29 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | vs Georgia TechSplash game | L 21-26 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Rhode IslandSplash game | W 45-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Western Michigan | W 34-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Tennessee | L 27-34 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/1 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | W 38-31 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Bangally Kamara story
Bangally Kamara built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Akron, OH wearing No. 1, spending time with Kansas, Pittsburgh, and South Carolina. The clearest part of Bangally Kamara's career was his defensive production: 172 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 interception across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Bangally Kamara'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
Pittsburgh
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
South Carolina
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Kansas
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202120222022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 0 | 8.4 | 1.9 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 4 | 10.2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 4 | 10.2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 17.5 | 29.2 | 5.7 | 13.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 17.5 | 29.2 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 14.5 | 36.6 | 9.3 | -3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 1 | 15.8 | 3.6 | -13.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 14.5 | 33.6 | 7.7 | 13.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Boston College
Week 12 · W 24-16 · Conference game
Win 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 Cincinnati
Week 2 · L 21-27
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 3 Texas Tech
Week 7 · L 17-42 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Wofford
Week 1 · W 45-7
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 21 Missouri
Week 2 · L 31-42 · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
14.5 primary output · 36.6 efficiency · 9.3 usage
62
#2
2022 Postseason · Pittsburgh
57.7
17.5 primary · 29.2 efficiency · 5.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
57.7
17.5 primary · 29.2 efficiency · 5.7 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
15
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Bangally Kamara
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.