#40

Kenny Bigelow Jr.

Senior defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2018: 2 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

DL · West Virginia · Sr. · #40

6′4″ · 307 lb · Elkton, MD

West Virginia 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2018: 2 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at West Virginia, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017USC11-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#607 / 2662 · 76th pct

5.0

Solo tackles#1415 / 2662 · 46th pct

Tackles#1842 / 2662 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.5	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.9	0.6	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	West Virginia	21	16	5.0	2.0	--	--	--
2017	USC	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		22	17	5.0	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 42–41

at Texas

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Texas on the road in a shootout.

With W. Grier — 346 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 2 rush yds (2 car) · K. McKoy — 94 rush yds (17 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week