#39

Kendal Vickers

Defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2017: 1.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

DL · Tennessee · #39

6′3″ · 295 lb · Havelock, NC

Tennessee 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 1780 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2017: 1.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Tennessee, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Havelock

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1780 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Butch Jones — 13-12 over that span.

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#452 / 2682 · 82nd pct

6.0

Tackles#639 / 2682 · 76th pct

Sacks#672 / 2682 · 73rd pct

1.5

Solo tackles#1586 / 2682 · 39th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th 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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.1	0.7	0.2	0.0
Road4g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	0.5	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	0.6	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Tennessee	51	14	6.0	1.5	--	--	--
2016	Tennessee	38	19	6.0	2.5	--	--	--
Career		89	33	12.0	4.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 42–41

at Georgia Tech

6 TOT

Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.

With T. Daniel — 47 AVG · 70 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Dormady — 221 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 13 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week