Kenny Churchwell: DB · UCLA · #23.
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Kenny Churchwell
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Four seasons in the UCLA secondary to date. On tape: 8 tackles against Arizona, Week 10, 2023.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-13vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-10@ San Diego State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-7vs North Carolina Central | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-14@ No. 11 Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 25-17vs No. 13 Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-7@ Stanford | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-16vs Colorado | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-27@ Arizona | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 7-17vs Arizona State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-20@ USC | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-33vs California | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-22vs Boise State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 34 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL50 tackles · 2 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Chip Kelly — 29-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chip Kelly
Pass share
44.4%
410 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
71.1
13 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #288 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCLA, 113 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chip Kelly.
