#12

Kenard Snyder

Senior defensive end for Texas State. 2025: 3 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

DE · Texas State · Sr. · #12

6′0″ · 248 lb · Vero Beach, FL

CFB Index 64 · #130 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to Texas State for 2026

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

Tackles for loss: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

9 TFL · 35 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 2 TFL, 4 tackles, at UTSA

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Texas State. 2025: 3 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UL Monroe in 2021.
Transferred from Iowa State to Texas State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Kenard Snyder

DE · Texas State · Sr · #12

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Three head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. The receipt: 6 tackles against Arizona State — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022UL Monroe4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023UL Monroe2-10HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning

2024Iowa State11-3HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2025Texas State7-6HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

64Quality starter #130 of 420?

Medium confidenceBounce-Back6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#142 / 2975 · 95th pct

9.0

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Tackles#1098 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.8	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #130 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #130 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #9 of 17 Sun Belt DEs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Texas State	35	19	9.0	3.0	--	--	--
2024	Iowa State	8	6	2.0	2.0	--	--	--
2023	UL Monroe	60	24	14.5	5.5	2	--	--
2022	UL Monroe	59	34	9.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		162	83	35.0	11.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 43–36

at UTSA

2 TFL · 1 SACKS · 2 SOLO

Edged out UTSA on the road in a shootout.

With B. Jackson — 286 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.2 · 34 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · D. Nunez — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-27vs Eastern Michigan	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	3.0 TFL
Wk 2	W 43-36@ UTSA	4	2	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	L 15-34@ Arizona State	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	W 35-3vs Nicholls	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 30-31@ Arkansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 41-48vs Troy	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 37-40@ Marshall	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 20-52vs James Madison	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 39-42@ Louisiana	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 41-14@ Southern Miss	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-14vs UL Monroe	5	2	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 49-26vs South Alabama	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Bowl	W 41-10vs Rice	5	4	3.0	0.0	—
Total		35	19	9.0	3.0	—

How he plays

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

13 games

35Tackles

19Solo

9TFL

3Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

35 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.

Week 21 sack
Week 101 sack
Week 141 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Texas State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Texas State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -3 net (18 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Texas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #82 · 2026 recruiting class #74

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kenard Snyder’s 2023 season.

Kenard Snyder

89%match

UL Monroe · 2023

Markees Watts

Charlotte · 2022

All-Conference USA

65%

Deylon Williams

UTEP · 2021

65%

Marcus Valdez

Boston College · 2022

63%

Jaylen Swain

Jacksonville State · 2024

62%

Matches Kenard on

Sack rate

Weight

Pressure-to-sack conversion

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Chad Stephens's senior season at East Carolina (2023).

Chad Stephens

74%match

East Carolina · 2023

Ronald Triplette

Georgia Tech · 2025

71%

Jalen McLeod

Auburn · 2023

NFL Rd 6

70%

Mario Kendricks

Virginia Tech · 2023

70%

Kellan Wyatt

Indiana · 2025

70%

Matches Chad on

TFL rate

Height

Weight

Differs from Chad on

Pressure-to-sack conversion (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Kenard Snyder

Kenard Snyder

Texas State · 2025

89%

Jordan Revels

Texas State · 2023

84%

Bryton Thompson

UTEP · 2024

81%

TW Ayers

Arkansas State · 2022

63%

Jaylen Swain

Jacksonville State · 2024

54%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kenard Snyder

2021

20245 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Versatile End

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