Player Dossier

2021-2025

Campbell

Kalen Villanueva

LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Falls Church, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kalen Villanueva shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Campbell

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Snapshot

Career Teams
4
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Illinois • Louisiana Tech • UConn • Campbell
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8241

Stuart · Falls Church, VA

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Kalen Villanueva, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Campbell. Kalen Villanueva shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
11
TFL
1

Quick Answers

Kalen Villanueva quick answers

Latest team and position
Campbell · LB
Career Tackles
11
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Campbell
Top game
UAB
Recruit profile
3-star · Stuart · Illinois
High school pipeline
Stuart · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech7910--033
2024 Regular SeasonUConn22-0--036.5
2025 Regular SeasonCampbell20-0--056.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025UConn to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted19.6Apr 17, 2025
2023Louisiana Tech to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted19.6Dec 5, 2022

Kalen Villanueva played LB for Illinois, Louisiana Tech, UConn, and Campbell. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kalen Villanueva recorded 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Louisiana Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Campbell paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.5 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 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Louisiana Tech, UConn, Campbell.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · Campbell

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

12.5

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 0. NC State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs East Carolina

Result
Sat 10/4@ NC State10000
Sat 9/6@ East Carolina53000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Illinois

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisiana Tech

    2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    UConn

    2024

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    Campbell

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2022 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech16.82.51
2024 Regular SeasonUConn04.20.7-1
2025 Regular SeasonCampbell012.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UAB

Week 13 · L 27-37 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Stephen F. Austin

Week 2 · W 52-17

0

Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 38 East Carolina

Week 2

0

Havoc Plays

10.4 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Charlotte

Week 12 · L 21-26 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

#5

@ South Alabama

Week 4 · L 14-38

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Campbell

0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · usage

56.3

#2

2024 Regular Season · UConn

36.5

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

33

1 primary · 6.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games