Junior defensive back on South Dakota's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 210 lb · Indianola, IA
The story
3 defensive back on South Dakota's 2026 roster.
Kael Kolarik
Kael Kolarik arrived at South Dakota from Iowa. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Eastern Washington — Week 2, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to South Dakota
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 27-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Plays / game
0.0
3 games
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 38–23
5 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 PD
With B. Honore Jr. — 50 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 58 LONG · T. Bryant — 46 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-20vs Central Connecticut | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 38-23@ Northern Colorado | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 41-23vs Eastern Washington | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |