Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021California
Kuony Deng
LB • 6'6" • 250 lbs • Aldie, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kuony Deng shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
93
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
71
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UC Davis
Player Story
Kuony Deng built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Aldie, VA wearing No. 8, spending time with California. The clearest part of Kuony Deng's career was his defensive production: 156...
Read the storyKuony Deng, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · California. Kuony Deng shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 156
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Kuony Deng quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · LB
- Career Tackles
- 156
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · California
- Top game
- UC Davis
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · LB 968th (top 78%) · Pac-12 338th (top 62%) · National 3,627th (top 61%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Postseason | California | 13 | 8 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 78.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | California | 13 | 113 | 7.5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 78.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | California | 4 | 31 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 54.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | California | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41 |
Related Context
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Kuony Deng played LB for California. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kuony Deng recorded 156 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
California paired 23.5 primary output with 55.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 40.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · California
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
40.2
Usage
11.3
Consistency
68.1
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 1. Oregon State: 0. Stanford: 1. Oregon: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCLA: 5 by 30.8. Oregon State: 4 by 16.7. Stanford: 14 by 60. Oregon: 8 by 53.3
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 1 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon
Best efficiency game
60 vs Stanford
Player Story
Kuony Deng story
Kuony Deng built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Aldie, VA wearing No. 8, spending time with California. The clearest part of Kuony Deng's career was his defensive production: 156 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 8 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with California. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kuony Deng's production has multiple signals. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California.
The arc is straightforward: Kuony Deng moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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California
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | California | 23.5 | 55.6 | 12.2 | 23.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | California | 23.5 | 55.6 | 12.2 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | California | 4 | 40.2 | 11.3 | -19.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | California | 0 | 8.4 | 1.8 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UC Davis
Week 1 · W 27-13
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon
Week 14 · W 21-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Ole Miss
Week 4 · W 28-20
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#4
vs USC
Week 12 · L 17-41 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Washington State
Week 11 · W 33-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · California
23.5 primary output · 55.6 efficiency · 12.2 usage
78.7
#2
2019 Regular Season · California
78.7
23.5 primary · 55.6 efficiency · 12.2 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · California
54.9
4 primary · 40.2 efficiency · 11.3 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
8
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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