Devon Kennard in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, USC, 2009–⁠13

Devon Kennard

Number
No. 42
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Phoenix, AZ
Born
Jun 24, 1991, in Phoenix, Arizona

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Devon Kennard played linebacker at USC (2009–⁠13). The New York Giants took Kennard in round 5, No. 174 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2013
Second-team All-Pac-12
Drafted
No. 174
Round 5, 2014 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010USC1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
200911181634200310
201011294372721101
201111141529420003
2013N14342660139040–
On file951001952613181–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009USC42OLB
2010USC42OLB
2011USC42OLB
2012USC42OLB
2013USC42OLB6′3″

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

2010 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 27vs.Notre DameL 16–⁠201

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 13–⁠23).

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′3″
Weight249 lb
Arm length33⅜″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.70 s
10-yard split1.64 sW
Vertical jump30″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.25 s
20-yard shuttle4.32 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 108 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014New York Giants9344.50
2015New York Giants93901
2016New York Giants164810
2017New York Giants143340
2018Detroit Lions144570
2019Detroit Lions155470
2020Arizona Cardinals111730
2021Arizona Cardinals142100
2022Baltimore Ravens6700
NFL career10829826.51

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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