Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Kentucky
Kahlil Saunders
DL • 6'5" • 293 lbs • Huntsville, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kahlil Saunders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
70
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Kahlil Saunders built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Huntsville, AL wearing No. 92, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Kahlil Saunders' career was his defensive...
Read the storyKahlil Saunders, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky. Kahlil Saunders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 76
- TFL
- 12
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 9
Quick Answers
Kahlil Saunders quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DL
- Career Tackles
- 76
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- Ball State
- High school pipeline
- The Bullis School · 9 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 92 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · DL 179th (top 17%) · SEC 172nd (top 23%) · National 1,454th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 43.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 15.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9 | 16 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 35.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 32.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 29 | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 54.4 |
Related Context
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Kahlil Saunders played DL for Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kahlil Saunders recorded 76 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 9.5 primary output with 19.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.6 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: Auburn
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
19.6
Usage
5.6
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Auburn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. South Carolina: 0. Georgia: 0.5. Texas: 1. Tennessee: 1. Auburn: 4. Florida: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Louisville: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 0 by 10. Ole Miss: 5 by 20.8. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 12.5. South Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Georgia: 6 by 30. Texas: 2 by 18.3. Tennessee: 3 by 22.5. Auburn: 4 by 56.7. Florida: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 2 by 18.3. Louisville: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.6 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
Auburn
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Auburn
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Louisville | L 0-41 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Vanderbilt | L 17-45 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Florida | W 38-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ AuburnSplash game | W 10-3 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Tennessee | L 34-56 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Texas | L 13-16 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Georgia | L 14-35 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ South Carolina | L 13-35 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 48-23 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Ole Miss | L 23-30 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Toledo | W 24-16 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kahlil Saunders story
Kahlil Saunders built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Huntsville, AL wearing No. 92, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Kahlil Saunders' career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Kahlil Saunders' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 3 | 19.2 | 6.3 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1.5 | 11.5 | 3 | -1.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 7 | 15.7 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 7 | 15.7 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 4.5 | 13.4 | 4.4 | -2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9.5 | 19.6 | 5.6 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ball State
Week 1 · W 44-14
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 29 Auburn
Week 10 · W 10-3 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
79.5 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 79.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Ohio
Week 4 · W 41-6
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Alabama
Week 11 · L 21-49 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Youngstown State
Week 3 · W 31-0
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Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
9.5 primary output · 19.6 efficiency · 5.6 usage
54.4
#2
2021 Regular Season · Kentucky
43.9
3 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Kentucky
35.8
7 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 4.7 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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