#91

Kendy Charles

Former defensive tackle at Duke. 2024: 2 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 50 tackles.

DT · Duke · Sr. · #91

6′0″ · 280 lb · Orange Park, FL

CFB Index 80 · #31 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceDuke 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 3013 nationally · Signed with Liberty

Statement game3 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Old Dominion (FBS) · W 45-17

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Duke. 2024: 2 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 50 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Liberty in 2020.
Transferred from Liberty to Duke in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Duke, 158 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with Liberty3-star out of Orange Park

202412 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#3013 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

4 coaches

2020–2021

David Cutcliffe

Duke

2022

Mike Elko

Duke

era →

2023

Trooper Taylor

Duke

era →

2024

Manny Diaz

Duke

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, Trooper Taylor, and Manny Diaz. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Liberty10-1HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2022Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

80All-Conference level #31 of 285?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (89th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#304 / 2892 · 89th pct

7.0

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles#611 / 2892 · 78th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1748 / 2892 · 37th 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.7	0.8	0.3	0.2
Road6g	2.7	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	6.4	0.7	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #31 of 285 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #31 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Duke	50	12	7.0	2.0	1	--	--
2023	Liberty	26	10	4.5	3.0	--	--	--
2022	Liberty	59	27	10.0	5.5	1	--	--
2021	Liberty	21	11	7.0	5.0	--	--	--
2020	Liberty	2	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		158	62	29.5	15.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 31–28

vs Virginia Tech

10 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Virginia Tech at home in a shootout.

With M. Murphy — 332 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · QBR 66.7 · E. Pancol — 5 rec · 188 yds · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 26-3vs Elon	2	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	W 26-20@ Northwestern	2	1	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 26-21vs UConn	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-17@ Middle Tennessee	3	0	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 21-20vs North Carolina	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-24@ Georgia Tech	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 23-16vs Florida State	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 27-28vs SMU	11	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 11	W 29-19@ NC State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 31-28vs Virginia Tech	10	1	2.5	1.5	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 14	W 23-17@ Wake Forest	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 20-52@ Ole Miss	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		50	12	7.0	2.0	—	1

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

Kendy Charles

2020

202412 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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