Khari Vanderbilt: S · California · #7.
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Khari Vanderbilt
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. On tape: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Texas, Week 3, 2016.
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
70 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | California | 70 | 39 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 70 | 39 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 40-45@ San Diego State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 50-43vs No. 11 Texas | 10 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 41-51@ Arizona State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-23vs No. 18 Utah | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 44-47@ Oregon State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-49vs Oregon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-45@ USC | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-66vs No. 4 Washington | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-56@ No. 23 Washington State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-45vs Stanford | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 36-10vs UCLA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 39 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL70 tackles · 4 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
60.3%
621 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
85.8
12 games
Team sack rate
2.6%
661 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
70 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
One season at California, 70 tackles — the college career is complete.
