Kahlef Hailassie: DB · Western Kentucky · #12.
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Kahlef Hailassie
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Mario Cristobal and Tyson Helton. All-Conference USA in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Indiana, Week 3, 2022.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 10 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 8 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 63 | 43 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 58 | 36 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019 | Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 124 | 81 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 15 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-27vs Austin Peay | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | W 49-17@ Hawai'i | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-33@ Indiana | 9 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 73-0vs Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Troy | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-31@ UTSA | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-17@ Middle Tennessee | 7 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs UAB | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-40vs North Texas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-7@ Charlotte | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-41@ Auburn | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 32-31@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 43 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 10 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
63tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%8 TFL63 tackles · 8 for loss · 3 sacks · 10 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
60.9%
620 pass / 398 run
Plays / game
72.7
14 games
Team sack rate
2.1%
605 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #12 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Oregon and Western Kentucky, 124 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mario Cristobal and Tyson Helton.
