Robert Kennedy: DE · Tulane · #90.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Robert Kennedy
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Rated a two-star prospect, with three seasons of snaps at Tulane since. On tape: 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Cincinnati, Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-23vs Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-17vs Nicholls | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31@ UAB | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-49@ No. 4 Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 40-24vs Memphis | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-37@ Cincinnati | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 23-27vs SMU | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-17@ Tulsa | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-15@ South Florida | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-18vs East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-48@ Houston | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 20 | 9.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
12%4 sacksTFL rate
29%10 TFLHurry rate
3%1 hurryPressure-to-sack conversion
80%4 of 5 pressures33 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
3 seasons under Willie Fritz — 16-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Pass share
33.7%
299 pass / 589 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
10.8%
333 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Tulane, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 23 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Curtis Johnson → Willie Fritz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
