#90

Robert Kennedy

Senior defensive end for Tulane. 2018: 4 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DE · Tulane · Sr. · #90

6′1″ · 275 lb · Belle Chasse, LA

Tulane 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Tulane. 2018: 4 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Tulane in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 2584 nationally · Signed with Tulane

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Tulane, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Tulane2-star out of Belle Chasse

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2584 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Willie Fritz

Tulane

Played his entire career under Willie Fritz.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Willie Fritz — 16-21 over that span.

2016Tulane4-8HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Tulane5-7HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2018Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Strength: sacks (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#176 / 2662 · 93rd pct

9.5

Sacks#185 / 2662 · 92nd pct

4.0

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Solo tackles#1124 / 2662 · 56th pct

Tackles#1205 / 2662 · 54th pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.9	0.4	0.2
Road6g	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.9	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.8	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Tulane	33	20	9.5	4.0	1	--	--
2017	Tulane	15	7	3.0	1.0	2	--	--
2016	Tulane	27	15	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		75	42	14.5	5.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2018

W 40–24

vs Memphis

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With D. Bradwell — 143 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · R. Wright — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week