KP Price
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Boston College. The first career honor came in 2025: ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week. On tape: 10 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 4, 2026.
60 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 1 pass defended. 3 interceptions. 1 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Boston College | 60 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | Boston College | 93 | 65 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 |
| 2024 | Boston College | 81 | 49 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023 | Boston College | 18 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 252 | 165 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 7 |
Last game (Wk 9): 8 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 15-34@ Cincinnati | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 28-21vs Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 22-16vs Maine | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-21vs Virginia Tech | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-25@ No. 21 SMU | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-21vs Pittsburgh | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-27@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 2-47@ Duke | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
Oct. 31 · L 2-47 at Duke, play by play
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 9 for him; the box score credits 8.
His game this year: taking the ball away — 3 interceptions in the 8 games with play by play.
How Boston College’s defense played that day
5 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
10 tackles, including 1 interception. His interception ended Pittsburgh’s drive (int).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 11 for him; the box score credits 10.
Intercepted. Second quarter, down 12-7. Ended Pittsburgh’s drive (int).
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 5 of his 6, sacks included.
10 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 11 for him; the box score credits 10.
A big game: 7 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 2 interceptions, tied for the most interceptions in FBS that week. His interception on 3rd and 5 ended Maine’s drive (int).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Intercepted on 3rd and 5. First quarter, up 7-0. Ended Maine’s drive (int).
Intercepted on 3rd and 7. Third quarter, up 19-10. Ended Maine’s drive (int).
4 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
10 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 9 of his 10, sacks included.
Week 3 · 2026
W 22-16
vs Maine
2 interceptions · 1 tackle for loss · 7 tackles
A close one, won by 6 at home.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -5 to +13 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL60 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Pass share
42.3%
212 pass / 289 run
Plays / game
62.6
8 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
253 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
60 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #14 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #9 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
The No. 1,293 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the ACC as a senior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
