Kenean Caldwell is a defensive tackle who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Kansas.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Four seasons in the Kansas defensive front to date. One game to point at: 3 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Texas Tech — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 46-7vs Wagner | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-42@ Missouri | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-37vs Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20@ UCF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-42@ No. 9 Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 17-42vs Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-21vs Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-38@ Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 12 | 6.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
34%6 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries19 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Lance Leipold — 21-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
45.1%
344 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
63.6
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
371 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #201 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #14 of 22 Big 12 DTs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A stat line in 23 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
