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Kyle Kennard Los Angeles Chargers · #54

Linebacker · 6' 5", 254 lbs · Atlanta, GA · Age 25

Kyle Kennard is a Linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers, drafted 125th overall, 2025. In 2025 he recorded 2 tackles.

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Kyle Kennard
Season avg2 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg2 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
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Scouting report

Kyle Kennard — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Linebacker · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Kyle Kennard is a Linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers, drafted 125th overall, 2025. In 2025 he recorded 2 tackles.
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Tackling
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Coverage
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Tackling
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Pass rush
Solid · defense
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C+
Coverage
Solid · defense
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Splash plays
Solid · defense
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Disruption
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Kyle Kennard stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1267 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
3Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Kyle Kennard — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Tackling
2 TKL
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Pass rush
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The engine

How the model sees Kyle Kennard

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026  modeled
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tackles
2–2
0.0
sacks
0.0–0.0
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int
0–0
0
ff
0–0
5
games
5–5
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.
What moves the tackles line vs last season
Last season 2 → projected 2 tackles
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Everything it reads
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1 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 25 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 5
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Kyle Kennard career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklSackINTFFPD
2025520000
Career520.0000
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Context

Are the Los Angeles Chargers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

9–8proj record
57off index
85def index
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54%playoff odds
66roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades C- (57), defense B+ (85) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 29, pass rush 70, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 9–8 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Kyle Kennard

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2001-12-12

The beginning

Kyle Kennard is a Linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers, in his 2nd NFL season.

Los Angeles Chargers

Turning pro

Drafted 125th overall, 2025 as a Linebacker.

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Kyle Kennard is a Los Angeles Chargers linebacker, drafted 125th overall, 2025.

Chapter

Across 1 season (2025) he has recorded 2 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 2 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

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Kennard's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
254 lbs
Draft
125th overall, 2025
Born
Atlanta, GA
Age
25
Jersey
#54
Background

Kyle Kennard is from Atlanta, GA and is 25 years old. He was drafted 125th overall, 2025 and plays linebacker at 6' 5", 254 lbs.

Over his 2025 season he has recorded 2 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Kennard is currently on the Los Angeles Chargers roster.

The person

Kyle Kennard is a depth and special-teams linebacker who has piled up 2 tackles with 0 sacks and 0 interceptions across his 2025 rookie season.

Tackle volume2 career tackles over 1 season.
Draft pedigree125th overall, 2025.
Verified profiles & sources
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FAQ

Kyle Kennard — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Kyle Kennard, answered.

What position does Kyle Kennard play?
Kyle Kennard is a Linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers.
When was Kyle Kennard drafted?
Kyle Kennard was drafted 125th overall, 2025.
How many seasons has Kyle Kennard played?
1 (2025).
What are Kyle Kennard's career stats?
He has recorded 2 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.
Kyle Kennard career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
1
since 2025
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk8 · Knee2025 Wk7 · Knee

Home surface: matrixturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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