Taiwan Berryhill

Former linebacker at Kansas. 2024: 29 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Kansas · Sr. · #6

6′2″ · 230 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 19 · #520 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceKansas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 949 nationally · Signed with Kansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Kansas. 2024: 29 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas, 139 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20204 games

Signed with Kansas3-star out of St. Augustine

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#949 national

CFB

College

Kansas

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Les Miles

Kansas

2021–2024

Lance Leipold

Kansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

19Below cohort / limited sample #520 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#937 / 2892 · 67th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Tackles#1432 / 2892 · 49th pct

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

19 · #520 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #520 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kansas	29	22	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Kansas	34	26	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Kansas	39	25	5.5	2.0	1	--	--
2021	Kansas	32	15	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Kansas	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		139	91	9.0	3.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2024

W 17–13

at BYU

1 TFL · 2 SOLO · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With J. Daniels — 169 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.0 · 15 rush yds (10 car) · D. Greaves — 41 AVG · 47 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Lindenwood	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 17-23@ Illinois	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 20-23vs UNLV	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 28-32@ West Virginia	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 27-38vs TCU	7	6	0.5	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 6	L 31-35@ Arizona State	4	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 42-14vs Houston	4	4	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 27-29@ Kansas State	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 45-36vs Iowa State	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 17-13@ BYU	2	2	1.0	—
Wk 14	L 17-45@ Baylor	1	1	0.0	—
Total		29	22	1.5	—

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

Taiwan Berryhill

20204 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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