Bangally Kamara

Senior linebacker for Kansas. 2025: 54 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Kansas · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 235 lb · Akron, OH

CFB Index 56 · #243 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Kansas for 2026

How he plays

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

Tackles for loss: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

8.5 TFL · 1 sacks · 4 PBU

Best game: 4 tackles, 3 TFL, at Texas Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Kansas. 2025: 54 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East in 2020.
Transferred from South Carolina to Kansas in 2025.

His career, year by year

Bangally Kamara

LB · Kansas · Sr · #1

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Bangally Kamara has played for three head coaches across six seasons and three programs. The receipt: 9 tackles, 2 TFL against Missouri — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2021Pittsburgh11-3HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Pittsburgh9-4HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo

2024South Carolina9-4HC: Shane Beamer · Run-heavy

2025Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #243 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (94th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (88th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#175 / 2975 · 94th pct

8.5

Solo tackles#353 / 2975 · 88th pct

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles#500 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.5	0.6	0.2	0.3
Road5g	5.4	1.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	1.2	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	0.2	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #243 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #243 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #36 of 73 Big 12 LBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kansas	54	35	8.5	1.0	4	--	--
2024	South Carolina	9	7	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Pittsburgh	53	23	6.5	2.0	1	--	--
2022	Pittsburgh	42	25	1.5	1.0	8	1	--
2021	Pittsburgh	10	6	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Pittsburgh	4	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		172	99	18.5	5.0	13	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Fresno State	4	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 31-42@ Missouri	9	4	2.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 4	W 41-10vs West Virginia	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 34-37vs Cincinnati	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-20@ UCF	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-42@ Texas Tech	4	4	3.0	0.0	—	1	3.0 TFL
Wk 9	L 17-42vs Kansas State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 38-21vs Oklahoma State	8	7	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 20-24@ Arizona	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-38@ Iowa State	8	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 21-31vs Utah	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		54	35	8.5	1.0	—	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Bangally Kamara

2020

20243 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

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