Kekoura Tarnue is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at West Virginia.
Tarnue plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2023: Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week. On tape: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Texas Tech, Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 40 | 25 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | West Virginia | 34 | 25 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 53 | 47 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 |
| Career | 127 | 97 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Ohio | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24vs Pittsburgh | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-41@ Kansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-48vs Utah | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-38@ No. 23 BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-45@ UCF | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-35@ No. 22 Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-22vs Colorado | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-25@ Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-49vs No. 7 Texas Tech | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 25 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%4 TFL40 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
38.7%
327 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
70.3
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #27 of 40 Big 12 Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Honored in a first season.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Rich Rodriguez and Neal Brown.
