Kyle Louis

Former linebacker at Pittsburgh. 2025: 79 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Pittsburgh · Jr. · #9

6′1″ · 220 lb · East Orange, NJ

CFB Index 82 · #47 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Miami — Rd 4, Pick 38, #138 overall

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Solo tackles: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

8 TFL · 3 sacks · 3 PBU

Best game: 6 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, vs Duquesne

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Pittsburgh. 2025: 79 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2022.
Drafted round 4 by the Miami in 2026.
Named All-America (SN) in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 198 tackles, an All-American season (2024) — drafted at #138 overall by Miami.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2022

Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of East Orange Campus

202413 games

All-ACCfirst
All-America

202510 games

All-ACCsecond

2026

Drafted by Miamiround 4, pick 138

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1029 national

CFB

College

Pittsburgh

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #138

Miami · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2024)

1 selectors honored him

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Miami2026 NFL rookie season

#138Rd 4 · Pick 38

Miami2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 18-20 over that span.

2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

82All-Conference level #47 of 583?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (95th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#156 / 2975 · 95th pct

Tackles#157 / 2975 · 95th pct

Tackles for loss#198 / 2975 · 93rd pct

8.0

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.3	0.8	0.3	0.2
Road4g	10.2	0.9	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.8	0.8	0.3	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	9.5	0.8	0.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #47 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #47 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Pittsburgh	79	43	8.0	3.0	3	2	--
2024	Pittsburgh	100	45	15.5	7.0	3	4	--
2023	Pittsburgh	19	5	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		198	93	25.0	10.0	6	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2025

W 42–28

at Georgia Tech

11 TOT · 8 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.

With M. Heintschel — 226 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.8 · -29 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · J. Turner — 201 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week