Khaylan Kearse-Thomas: LB · Arizona State · #20.
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Khaylan Kearse-Thomas
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches at Arizona State: Todd Graham and Herm Edwards. On tape: 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Oregon State, Week 12, 2019.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 2 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 11.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Arizona State | 65 | 45 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | Arizona State | 32 | 19 | 6.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Arizona State | 17 | 12 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 114 | 76 | 19.0 | 7.5 | 2 | 2 |
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 30-7vs Kent State | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 19-7vs Sacramento State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 10-7@ No. 18 Michigan State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34vs Colorado | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 24-17@ No. 15 California | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-34vs Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-21@ No. 13 Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 32-42@ UCLA | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-31vs USC | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 34-35@ Oregon State | 11 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-28vs No. 6 Oregon | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-14vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 20-14vs Florida State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 45 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 2 |
Week 13 · 2019
W 31-28
vs Oregon
1 interception · 1 sack · 1 tackle for loss
Edged out Oregon at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
18%12 TFLSack rate
7%4 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups65 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Herm Edwards
Pass share
46.4%
382 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
63.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
432 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Arizona State, 114 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Graham → Herm Edwards. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
