Kyahva Tezino: LB · San Diego State · #44.
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Kyahva Tezino
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Four seasons in the San Diego State linebacker corps to date. First career honor, 2018: All-Mountain West. On tape: 13 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Colorado State, Week 6, 2019.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
99 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 10.5 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 | San Diego State | 99 | 43 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | San Diego State | 126 | 69 | 14.5 | 8.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | San Diego State | 58 | 34 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | San Diego State | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 288 | 148 | 31.5 | 14.5 | 4 | 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 6-0vs Weber State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-14@ UCLA | 9 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-10@ New Mexico State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-23vs Utah State | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-10@ Colorado State | 13 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 26-22vs Wyoming | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-17@ San José State | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-17@ UNLV | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-17vs Nevada | 9 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 12 | W 17-7vs Fresno State | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 11-14@ Hawai'i | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 13-3vs BYU | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 48-11vs Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 99 | 43 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
99tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%10 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups99 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Rocky Long — 38-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rocky Long
Pass share
43.1%
395 pass / 521 run
Plays / game
70.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
99 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at San Diego State, 288 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2018) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rocky Long.
