Usage / Role
100%
Featured defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2022-2025NC State
Kenny Soares Jr.
LB • 6'2" • 231 lbs • Trumbull, CT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kenny Soares Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State
222323242525
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern • NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Player Story
Kenny Soares Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Trumbull, CT wearing No. 33, spending time with NC State and Northwestern. The clearest part of Kenny Soares Jr.'s career was his...
Read the storyKenny Soares Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State. Kenny Soares Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 134
- TFL
- 9.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Kenny Soares Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 134
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · NC State
- Top game
- Memphis
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 80 tackles · LB 111th (top 9%) · ACC 20th (top 3%) · National 154th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Northwestern | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 52.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 52.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | NC State | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 65.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | NC State | 13 | 68 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 65.8 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Kenny Soares Jr.
Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NC State to Michigan State | P4 to P4 | 79.8 | Jan 13, 2026 |
| 2025 | Northwestern to NC State | P4 to P4 | 79.1 | Apr 7, 2025 |
Kenny Soares Jr. played LB for Northwestern and NC State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kenny Soares Jr. recorded 134 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
NC State paired 12.5 primary output with 34.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 34.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, NC State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2025 Postseason · NC State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
34.6
Usage
7.8
Consistency
63.9
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 2. East Carolina: 1. Virginia: 0. Wake Forest: 1. Duke: 2. Virginia Tech: 1. Campbell: 0. Notre Dame: 1. Pittsburgh: 2. Georgia Tech: 1.5. Miami: 0. Florida State: 1. North Carolina: 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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 12 by 70. East Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 1 by 14.2. Duke: 5 by 40.8. Virginia Tech: 2 by 18.3. Campbell: 9 by 37.5. Notre Dame: 8 by 43.3. Pittsburgh: 12 by 70. Georgia Tech: 14 by 65. Miami: 3 by 12.5. Florida State: 7 by 39.2. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
70 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/19 | vs Memphis10+ tackles · Splash game | W 31-7 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | vs North Carolina | W 42-19 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Florida State | W 21-11 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Miami | L 7-41 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles | W 48-36 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Pittsburgh10+ tackles · Splash game | L 34-53 | 12 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Notre Dame | L 7-36 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Campbell | W 56-10 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Virginia Tech | L 21-23 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ DukeSplash game | L 33-45 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/11 | @ Wake Forest | W 34-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Virginia | W 35-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs East Carolina | W 24-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kenny Soares Jr. story
Kenny Soares Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Trumbull, CT wearing No. 33, spending time with NC State and Northwestern. The clearest part of Kenny Soares Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 134 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Kenny Soares Jr.'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
Northwestern
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
NC State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Northwestern | 10 | 22 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northwestern | 10 | 22 | 6.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 12.1 | 2.9 | -5 |
| 2025 Postseason | NC State | 12.5 | 34.6 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | NC State | 12.5 | 34.6 | 7.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 39 Memphis
Week 1 · W 31-7 · Postseason
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 9 · L 34-53 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 35 Georgia Tech
Week 10 · W 48-36 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#4
@ Wisconsin
Week 11 · W 24-10 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 44 Duke
Week 4 · L 33-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · NC State
12.5 primary output · 34.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage
65.8
#2
2025 Regular Season · NC State
65.8
12.5 primary · 34.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Northwestern
52.9
10 primary · 22 efficiency · 6.6 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
7
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Kenny Soares Jr.
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.