Kyzir White: S · West Virginia · #8.
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Kyzir White
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Second year in the same secondary at West Virginia. The first one came in 2017: All-Big 12. On tape: 13 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Utah, Bowl, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
94 tackles. 4 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 7.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | West Virginia | 94 | 66 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 58 | 48 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 152 | 114 | 14.5 | 4.0 | 9 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31vs No. 21 Virginia Tech | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-20vs East Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-16vs Delaware State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-34@ Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ No. 8 TCU | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 46-35vs No. 24 Texas Tech | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-36@ Baylor | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 39-50vs No. 11 Oklahoma State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-16vs No. 14 Iowa State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-23@ Kansas State | 8 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 12 | L 14-28vs Texas | 10 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-59@ No. 3 Oklahoma | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-30vs Utah | 13 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 94 | 66 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
94tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%8 TFL94 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
2 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
51.4%
480 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
505 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Two seasons at West Virginia, 152 tackles — drafted at #119 overall by the Los Angeles Chargers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2017)
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 9th NFL season
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 9th NFL season
