K.J. Sails: DB · South Florida · #9.
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K.J. Sails
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. On tape: 7 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 3, 2020.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | South Florida | 22 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Florida | 41 | 33 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | North Carolina | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | North Carolina | 30 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 13 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 103 | 79 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-6vs The Citadel | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-52@ No. 7 Notre Dame | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 7-28@ No. 15 Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-44vs East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 37-39@ Temple | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-42vs Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 33-34@ Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-56@ Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
22tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL22 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Scott
Pass share
49.1%
312 pass / 324 run
Plays / game
70.7
9 games
Team sack rate
9.6%
311 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Five seasons, at North Carolina and South Florida, 103 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Larry Fedora, Charlie Strong and Jeff Scott.
