Player Dossier

2020-2024

South Carolina

Kyle Kennard

EDGE • 6'5" • 254 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kyle Kennard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

88%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

75

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 · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Georgia Tech • South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

Kyle Kennard built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as an edge defender from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Georgia Tech and South Carolina. The clearest part of Kyle Kennard's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8652

Riverwood · Atlanta, GA

Committed To
Georgia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 23
Overall
No. 125
NFL Team
Los Angeles Chargers

Kyle Kennard, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · South Carolina. Kyle Kennard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
136
TFL
38
Sacks
24
QB hurries
13
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Kyle Kennard quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · EDGE
Career Tackles
136
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 46 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · South Carolina
Top game
Wake Forest
Recruit profile
3-star · Riverwood · Georgia Tech
High school pipeline
Riverwood · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 4 · Pick 23 · Los Angeles Chargers
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
29 tackles · EDGE 21st (top 38%) · SEC 183rd (top 25%) · National 1,474th (top 25%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech372.52.5--044.8
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech9153.521-014.5
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech11364.522-031.9
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech12491161-053.8
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina112916.511.591077.1

Related Context

Kyle Kennard played EDGE for Georgia Tech and South Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kyle Kennard recorded 136 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Georgia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

South Carolina paired 38 primary output with 41.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 41.9 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Tech, South Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Regular Season · South Carolina

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

3.5

Efficiency

41.9

Usage

14.6

Consistency

66.6

Best Game by takeover score

Old Dominion

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Old Dominion: 7. Kentucky: 3. LSU: 4. Akron: 3. Ole Miss: 1. Alabama: 6. Oklahoma: 2. Texas A&M: 0. Vanderbilt: 6. Missouri: 3. Wofford: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Old Dominion: 5 by 70.8. Kentucky: 1 by 34.2. LSU: 3 by 52.5. Akron: 2 by 38.3. Ole Miss: 0 by 10. Alabama: 7 by 79.2. Oklahoma: 2 by 28.3. Texas A&M: 3 by 12.5. Vanderbilt: 1 by 54.2. Missouri: 2 by 38.3. Wofford: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.4 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses3.7 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Old Dominion

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Alabama

Result
Sat 11/23vs WoffordSplash gameW 56-1232110
Sat 11/16vs MissouriSplash gameW 34-3021110
Sat 11/9@ VanderbiltSplash gameW 28-711110
Sat 11/2vs Texas A&MW 44-2032000
Sat 10/19@ OklahomaSplash gameW 35-921110
Sat 10/12@ Alabama2+ sacks · Splash gameL 25-2776320
Sat 10/5vs Ole MissL 3-2700000
Sat 9/21vs AkronSplash gameW 50-7211.500.501
Sat 9/14vs LSUSplash gameL 33-36322.501.500
Sat 9/7@ KentuckySplash gameW 31-611110
Sat 8/31vs Old Dominion2+ sacks · Splash gameW 23-19544.502.500

Player Story

Kyle Kennard story

Kyle Kennard built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as an edge defender from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Georgia Tech and South Carolina. The clearest part of Kyle Kennard's career was his defensive production: 136 tackles, 38 tackles for loss, 24 sacks, and 1 interception across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Kyle Kennard'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

    Georgia Tech

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Carolina

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech526.49.1
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech6.513.12.91.5
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech8.521.45.72
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech1930.312.110.5
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina3841.914.619

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wake Forest

Week 4 · W 30-16 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

8 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Old Dominion

Week 1 · W 23-19

7

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

vs North Carolina

Week 4 · W 45-22 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Alabama

Week 7 · L 25-27 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Vanderbilt

Week 11 · W 28-7 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · South Carolina

38 primary output · 41.9 efficiency · 14.6 usage

77.1

#2

2023 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

53.8

19 primary · 30.3 efficiency · 12.1 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

44.8

5 primary · 26.4 efficiency · 9.1 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

18

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games