Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Mississippi State
Kai McClendon
DL • 6'2" • 315 lbs • Gulfport, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kai McClendon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Kai McClendon built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Gulfport, MS wearing No. 90, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Kai McClendon's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Kai McClendon, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Kai McClendon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 30
- TFL
- 2
- Sacks
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Kai McClendon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 30
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Gulfport · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Gulfport · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 90 · Sophomore
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 30 | 2 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mississippi State to Washington | P4 to P4 | 81.4 | Jan 9, 2026 |
Kai McClendon played DL for Mississippi State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kai McClendon recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 2.5 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Loss with 1 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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2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
12.5
Usage
3
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Toledo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 0. Arizona State: 0. Toledo: 1. Florida: 0. Texas: 0. Georgia: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Arkansas: 0. Massachusetts: 1. Tennessee: 0. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 0.5
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. Eastern Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. Arizona State: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 4 by 26.7. Florida: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 3 by 22.5. Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Missouri: 3 by 12.5. Ole Miss: 1 by 9.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 10 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Toledo
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Toledo
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | @ Ole Miss | L 14-26 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Missouri | L 20-39 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Tennessee | L 14-33 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Massachusetts | W 45-20 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Arkansas | L 25-58 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Texas A&M | L 24-34 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Georgia | L 31-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Texas | L 13-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Florida | L 28-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Toledo | L 17-41 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | @ Arizona State | L 23-30 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 56-7 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kai McClendon story
Kai McClendon built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Gulfport, MS wearing No. 90, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Kai McClendon's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Kai McClendon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Mississippi State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 2.5 | 12.5 | 3 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Toledo
Week 3 · L 17-41
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Massachusetts
Week 10 · W 45-20
1
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Ole Miss
Week 14 · L 14-26 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
27.8 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Texas A&M
Week 8 · L 24-34 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
12.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 1 · W 56-7
0
Havoc Plays
11.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
2.5 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 3 usage
36.5
#2
2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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