Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 54-14vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-21@ Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#11
Langden Kitchen
Senior edge rusher on Missouri's 2026 roster.
6′6″ · 265 lb · Huntsville, MO · Westran
Returning to Missouri for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
1 TFL · 3 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 edge rusher on Missouri's 2026 roster.
- Transferred from Northwest Missouri St to Missouri in 2025.
Langden Kitchen
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Langden Kitchen arrived at Missouri from Northwest Missouri St. The receipt: 2 tackles against Kansas — Week 2, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
His career
20256 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Missouri
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Eli Drinkwitz — 10-5 over that span.
2025Missouri8-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy
2026Missouri2-0HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 38–21
at Kansas
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
With A. Simmons — 292 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 8 rush yds (2 car) · B. Reus — 50 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 66 LONG
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Missouri
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Edge · Missouri
Returning around him
- 6 Missouri players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +3 net (30 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Missouri · Last season: 8-5 (AP #25) · Talent rank #19 · 2026 recruiting class #34
DNA match
Player DNA
Pressure Merchant
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Blake Mangelson’s 2022 season.
Matches Blake on
TFL rate
Sack rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah McAllister's freshman season at Vanderbilt (2021).
88%match
Matches Elijah on
Height
Sack rate
TFL rate
Differs from Elijah on
Class year (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Langden Kitchen
Background
2025: Played in 12 games ... Recorded 13 total tackles, 0.5 TFL and four quarterback hurries. Massachusetts: Recorded his first tackle as a Tiger in the homecoming win over Massachusetts. Alabama: Made a pair of tackles (one solo) and was credited with 0.5 TFL and a pair of quarterback hurries in...
The defensive line · Missouri
- #19Darris Smith6 tackles for loss · 2025
- #57Mark Hensley5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #90Sterling Webb4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #3Marquis Gracial2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #11Langden Kitchen0.5 tackles for loss · 2025
16 more on the roster · Missouri team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology