Kale Edwards: DE · New Mexico State · #9.
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Kale Edwards
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Transferred to New Mexico State from Montana. The first career honor came in 2024: Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Jacksonville State — Week 7, 2024.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Mexico State | 36 | 19 | 6.5 | 4.0 |
| Career | 36 | 19 | 6.5 | 4.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-16vs Southeast Missouri State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-30vs Liberty | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-48@ Fresno State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 11-31@ Sam Houston | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 40-50vs New Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-54@ Jacksonville State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-30vs Louisiana Tech | 7 | 5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 13-34vs Florida International | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-38@ No. 15 Texas A&M | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 36-21@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 35-42vs UTEP | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 19 | 6.5 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Week 8 · 2024
W 33-30
4 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Edged out Louisiana Tech at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
11%4 sacksTFL rate
18%6 TFLHurry rate
11%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
50%4 of 8 pressures36 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
39.4%
320 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
67.7
12 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
324 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
36 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
One season at New Mexico State, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
