Kyndrich Breedlove

Senior safety on Arizona State's 2025 roster.

S · Arizona State · Sr. · #5

5′11″ · 195 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 36 · #399 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Arizona State for 2026

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 413 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Arizona State's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2021.
Transferred from Purdue to Arizona State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

Kyndrich Breedlove

S · Arizona State · Sr · #5

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and four programs, four head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Deion Sanders, Ryan Walters and Kenny Dillingham. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Colorado — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Arizona State8-5HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #399 of 544?

Medium confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#839 / 2975 · 71st pct

Tackles#1194 / 2975 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.5
Road6g	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.5	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #399 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #399 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #34 of 40 Big 12 Ss

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arizona State	33	23	2.5	5	--	--
2024	Purdue	40	28	2.0	4	3	--
2023	Colorado	12	11	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Ole Miss	1	--	0.0	--	--	--
Career		86	62	5.5	9	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 26–22

vs Texas Tech

4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With S. Leavitt — 319 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.6 · 3 rush yds (12 car) · K. Floyd — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 39 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-19vs Northern Arizona	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-24@ Mississippi State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-15vs Texas State	1	0	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	W 27-24@ Baylor	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-24vs TCU	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-42@ Utah	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 26-22vs Texas Tech	4	1	1.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 9	L 16-24vs Houston	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 24-19@ Iowa State	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-17@ Colorado	4	3	1.5	—	1
Wk 14	L 7-23vs Arizona	2	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 39-42@ Duke	3	2	0.0	—	1
Total		33	23	2.5	—	5

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

33Tackles

23Solo

2.5TFL

0Sacks

5Pass def.

0INT

33 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 32 PD
Week 91 PD
Week 131 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Arizona State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Arizona State

Returning around him

4 Arizona State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +3 net (24 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arizona State · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #45 · 2026 recruiting class #40

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jabari Moore’s 2023 season.

Jabari Moore

88%match

Army · 2023

Jer'Marius Lewis

UTSA · 2025

85%

Derrick Canteen

Virginia Tech · 2023

85%

Theran Johnson

Northwestern · 2023

82%

Elijah Gates

Fresno State · 2021

80%

Matches Jabari on

PD rate

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Derrick Canteen's senior season at Virginia Tech (2023).

Derrick Canteen

95%match

Virginia Tech · 2023

All-Sun Belt

Jabari Moore

Army · 2023

89%

Marques Buford

Nebraska · 2024

86%

Jer'Marius Lewis

UTSA · 2025

86%

Al-Ma'Hi Ali

Western Kentucky · 2025

86%

Matches Derrick on

Class year

Tackle volume

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Kyndrich Breedlove

Rod Heard II

Notre Dame · 2024

93%

Juwon Gaston

Middle Tennessee · 2025

87%

Jayden Sweeney

Florida Atlantic · 2025

86%

Jer'Marius Lewis

UTSA · 2025

85%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kyndrich Breedlove

2021

20235 games

202412 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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