Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016App State
Kennan Gilchrist
OLB • 6'2" • Abbeville, SC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kennan Gilchrist shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · App State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- App State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
Kennan Gilchrist built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as an outside linebacker from Abbeville, SC wearing No. 6, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Kennan Gilchrist's career was his...
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- Committed To
- App State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Kennan Gilchrist, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · App State. Kennan Gilchrist shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 89
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Kennan Gilchrist quick answers
- Latest team and position
- App State · OLB
- Career Tackles
- 89
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · App State
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Abbeville · App State
- High school pipeline
- Abbeville · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 89 tackles · OLB 1st (top 2%) · Sun Belt 14th (top 3%) · National 141st (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | App State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | App State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | App State | 13 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 62.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | App State | 13 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 62.6 |
Related Context
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Kennan Gilchrist played OLB for App State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kennan Gilchrist recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with App State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
App State paired 15 primary output with 39.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 39.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · App State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
39.7
Usage
9.7
Consistency
29.8
Best Game by takeover score
Texas State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Tennessee: 0. Old Dominion: 0.5. Miami: 0. Akron: 2. Georgia State: 1. Louisiana: 3. Idaho: 2. Georgia Southern: 1. Texas State: 5.5. Troy: 0. UL Monroe: 0. New Mexico State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 9 by 37.5. Tennessee: 9 by 37.5. Old Dominion: 11 by 50.8. Miami: 7 by 29.2. Akron: 6 by 45. Georgia State: 8 by 43.3. Louisiana: 10 by 71.7. Idaho: 1 by 24.2. Georgia Southern: 5 by 30.8. Texas State: 8 by 83.3. Troy: 5 by 20.8. UL Monroe: 7 by 29.2. New Mexico State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 10 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas State
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/17 | @ Toledo | W 31-28 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | @ New Mexico State | W 37-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs UL Monroe | W 42-17 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Troy | L 24-28 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Texas State2+ sacks · Splash game | W 35-10 | 8 | 5 | — | 3.50 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/27 | @ Georgia Southern | W 34-10 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs IdahoSplash game | W 37-19 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/13 | @ Louisiana10+ tackles · Splash game | W 24-0 | 10 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Georgia State | W 17-3 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ AkronSplash game | W 45-38 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Miami | L 10-45 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Old Dominion10+ tackles | W 31-7 | 11 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/1 | @ Tennessee | L 13-20 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kennan Gilchrist story
Kennan Gilchrist built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as an outside linebacker from Abbeville, SC wearing No. 6, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Kennan Gilchrist's career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with App State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kennan Gilchrist's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across App State.
The arc is straightforward: Kennan Gilchrist moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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App State
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | App State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | App State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | App State | 15 | 39.7 | 9.7 | 15 |
| 2016 Regular Season | App State | 15 | 39.7 | 9.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas State
Week 10 · W 35-10 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5.5
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Louisiana
Week 7 · W 24-0 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Akron
Week 4 · W 45-38
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Havoc Plays
58.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Georgia State
Week 5 · W 17-3 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
53.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Old Dominion
Week 2 · W 31-7
0.5
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · App State
15 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · 9.7 usage
62.6
#2
2016 Regular Season · App State
62.6
15 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 9.7 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · App State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
4
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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