Linebacker, Kansas (from Pittsburgh, South Carolina), 2020–25
Bangally Kamara
Lettered 2020–23 at Pittsburgh (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Akron, OH
- Born
- Oct 13, 2001
Bangally Kamara played linebacker at Pittsburgh (2020–23), South Carolina (2024) and Kansas (2025).
Career highs
11tackles, career highat Duke, 2023Team titles: ACC champions, 2021
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 42 | 25 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 53 | 23 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | South Carolina | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Kansas | 54 | 35 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Career | 172 | 99 | 18.5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 14 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 1 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 1 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 1 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 1 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | South Carolina | 1 | LB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Kansas | 1 | LB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 6′2″ | 235 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Kansas 11 games, 54 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 | vs. Fresno State | W 31–7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at Missouri | L 31–42 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 20 | vs. West Virginia | W 41–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | vs. Cincinnati | L 34–37 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at UCF | W 27–20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Texas Tech | L 17–42 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Kansas State | L 17–42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 1 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 38–21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at Arizona | L 20–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Iowa State | L 14–38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs. Utah | L 21–31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2024 South Carolina 3 games, 9 tackles
2023 Pittsburgh 10 games, 53 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Wofford | W 45–7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Cincinnati | L 21–27 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | atWest Virginia | L 6–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Louisville | W 38–21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Wake Forest | L 17–21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Notre Dame | L 7–58 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Florida State | L 7–24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Syracuse | L 13–28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Boston College | W 24–16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Duke | L 19–30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Pittsburgh 12 games, 42 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs.West Virginia | W 38–31 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Tennessee | L 27–34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Western Michigan | W 34–13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Rhode Island | W 45–24 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Georgia Tech | L 21–26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 45–29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | atLouisville | L 10–24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at North Carolina | L 24–42 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Syracuse | W 19–9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | at Virginia | W 37–7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Duke | W 28–26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. UCLA | W 37–35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 Pittsburgh 8 games, 10 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Massachusetts | W 51–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs.Western Michigan | L 41–44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. New Hampshire | W 77–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | atGeorgia Tech | W 52–21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Miami | L 34–38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | atDuke | W 54–29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | vs.Wake Forest | W 45–21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Michigan State | L 21–31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Pittsburgh 2 games, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs. Austin Peay | W 55–0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | atFlorida State | W 41–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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