Former defensive end at Arkansas State. 2024: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
6′3″ · 251 lb · Jacksonville, FL
The story
Former defensive end at Arkansas State. 2024: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
Kamari Stephens
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Kamari Stephens has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against UL Monroe — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Arkansas State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (17th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arkansas State | 15 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 27 | 14 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 18-28@ Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 18-16vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-41@ Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-28@ Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 27-20@ Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-21vs UL Monroe | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 32-40vs Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-31@ Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Sabastian Harsh’s 2023 season.
Matches Sabastian on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to CJ Bazile's junior season at Buffalo (2022).
Matches CJ on
Player DNA