Ky'el Hemby: DB · Southern Miss · #19.
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Ky'el Hemby
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The three seasons at Southern Miss span two head coaches: Jay Hopson and Scotty Walden. On tape: 13 tackles against Tulane, Week 4, 2020.
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
73 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 2.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 73 | 43 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 93 | 58 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 46 | 34 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
| Career | 212 | 135 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 9 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-32vs South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-31vs Louisiana Tech | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-66vs Tulane | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 41-31@ North Texas | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-56@ Liberty | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-30vs Rice | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-13vs North Alabama | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-10@ Western Kentucky | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-23vs UTSA | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 45-31vs Florida Atlantic | 9 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 73 | 43 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 15 · 2020
W 45-31
1 interception · 1.5 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
Edged out Florida Atlantic at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
73tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL73 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 7.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Pass share
42.7%
272 pass / 365 run
Plays / game
63.7
10 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
305 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
73 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss, 212 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Tim Billings, and Scotty Walden. Multi-era developmental context.
