DeAndre Square: LB · Kentucky · #5.
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DeAndre Square
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fifth year in the Kentucky linebacker corps. On tape: 11 tackles and 1 INT against Mississippi State, Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-13vs Miami (OH) | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-16@ No. 12 Florida | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-0vs Youngstown State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-23vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-22@ No. 14 Ole Miss | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 14-24vs South Carolina | 9 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-17vs No. 16 Mississippi State | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-44@ No. 3 Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 26-13vs Louisville | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 27 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
58tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%3 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
5%3 pass breakups58 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Mark Stoops — 40-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
43.6%
349 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
61.5
13 games
Team sack rate
11.1%
404 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #242 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kentucky, 303 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 54 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Stoops.
