Usage Score
4.6
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 16 disruption score.
Efficiency
16
Consistency
12.1
Season Value
12.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 6
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Kahlil Saunders, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Kentucky. Kahlil Saunders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.
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: 2021 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 2 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Win with 3 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
0.5
Efficiency
16
Usage
4.6
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Louisville
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. South Carolina: 0. Georgia: 0.5. Texas: 0. Tennessee: 1. Auburn: 3. Florida: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Louisville: 0
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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 0 by 0. 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 8.3. Tennessee: 3 by 22.5. Auburn: 4 by 46.7. Florida: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 2 by 18.3. Louisville: 0 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.1 · Games = 6 · -0.9 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 5 · +0.9 vs First Half
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
46.7 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 | @ Auburn | 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 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Kentucky
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
202120222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 14.2 | 7.6 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1.5 | 11.5 | 4.3 | -0.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 5 | 13.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5 | 13.4 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2.5 | 10.9 | 3 | -2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5.5 | 16 | 4.6 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Ball State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.3 takeover score.
#2
Auburn
3
Primary metric
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 52.4 takeover score.
#3
Unknown
1
Primary metric
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.
#4
Florida
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.
#5
South Carolina
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2021 Regular Season · Kentucky
2 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 7.6 usage
32.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
12.8
5.5 primary · 16 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Kentucky
11.3
5 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 4.2 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2026 · Rating 0.8544
The Bullis School · Potomac, MD
- Committed To
- Jacksonville State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Career Facts
1
Career teams
6
Seasons tracked
76
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 36 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.