Freshman linebacker for Arkansas State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 210 lb · Kennesaw, GA
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1853 nationally · Signed with Arkansas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 linebacker for Arkansas State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
Kemari Nix
He has spent two seasons in the Arkansas State linebacker corps. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 3 TFL against William & Mary, Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Butch Jones, all balanced offenses — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 9.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
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 41-34vs Stony Brook | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 15-22@ William & Mary | 9 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 21-6vs Bowie State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 9 | 4.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |