Khalid Kareem: DL · Notre Dame · #53.
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Khalid Kareem
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Third year in the Notre Dame defensive front. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 sack against USC — Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 46 | 23 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 1 |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 37 | 23 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 20 | 10 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 2 |
| Career | 103 | 56 | 26.0 | 13.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-17@ Louisville | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-14vs New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-23@ No. 3 Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-20vs No. 18 Virginia | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 6 | W 52-0vs Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-27vs USC | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 14-45@ No. 19 Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-20vs Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-7@ Duke | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-20vs No. 21 Navy | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-7vs Boston College | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ Stanford | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 33-9vs Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 23 | 10.0 | 5.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%10 TFLSack rate
12%6 sacksHurry rate
24%11 hurries46 tackles · 10 for loss · 5.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 33-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
47.4%
416 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
46 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Notre Dame, 13 sacks — drafted at #147 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
A stat line in 36 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brian Kelly.
Next stop · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 7th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 7th NFL season
