William Kwenkeu

Senior linebacker for Temple. 2021: 51 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Temple · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 235 lb · Waldorf, MD

CFB Index 35 · #417 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceTemple 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1085 nationally · Signed with Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Temple. 2021: 51 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Temple, 183 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20167 games

Signed with Temple3-star out of St. Charles

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1085 national

CFB

College

Temple

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

4 coaches

2016

Matt Rhule

Temple

2017

Geoff Collins

Temple

era →

2018

Ed Foley

Temple

era →

2019–2021

Rod Carey

Temple

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Ed Foley, and Rod Carey. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2017Temple7-6HC: Geoff Collins · Balanced

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced

2020Temple1-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2021Temple3-9HC: Rod Carey · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #417 of 578?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (96th percentile). Strength: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#113 / 2743 · 96th pct

11.0

Sacks#346 / 2743 · 86th pct

3.0

Solo tackles#521 / 2743 · 80th pct

Tackles#587 / 2743 · 78th pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.0	1.4	0.2	0.0
Road6g	5.2	0.7	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.6	1.2	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.8	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #417 of 578 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #417 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Temple	51	32	11.0	3.0	--	--	--
2020	Temple	49	29	4.0	1.0	1	--	--
2019	Temple	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Temple	33	19	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Temple	34	26	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
2016	Temple	14	10	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		183	117	21.0	7.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 41–7

vs Wagner

1 TFL · 3 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 34-point win at home against Wagner.

With D. Mathis — 292 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 47.6 · -5 rush yds (3 car) · A. Barry — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 14-61@ Rutgers	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 45-24@ Akron	7	3	3.0	2.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	W 41-7vs Wagner	3	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 34-31vs Memphis	7	7	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	L 3-52@ Cincinnati	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 14-34@ South Florida	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 7-49vs UCF	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 3-45@ East Carolina	7	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 8-37vs Houston	6	6	3.0	0.0	—	3.0 TFL
Wk 12	L 10-44@ Tulsa	6	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 14-38vs Navy	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Total		51	32	11.0	3.0	—

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

William Kwenkeu

20167 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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