Defensive line, Notre Dame, 2016–⁠19

Khalid Kareem

Number: No. 53
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 265 lb
Class (2019): Senior
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Born: Apr 28, 1998

Khalid Kareem played defensive line at Notre Dame (2016–⁠19). The Cincinnati Bengals took Kareem in round 5, No. 147 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Best season: 46; Tackles, 2019 (Notre Dame, 11–⁠2)
Drafted: No. 147; Round 5, 2020 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

8tackles, career highvs. Michigan, 2018 2.5sacks, career highvs. Virginia, 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

10–⁠3AP 1112–⁠1AP 511–⁠2AP 12

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2017	Notre Dame	20	10	5.5	3	2	6
2018	Notre Dame	37	23	10.5	4.5	3	7
2019	Notre Dame	46	23	10	5.5	1	11
Career		103	56	26	13	6	24

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2016	Notre Dame	53	DL	Fr.
2017	Notre Dame	53	DL	So.
2018	Notre Dame	53	DL	Jr.
2019	Notre Dame	53	DL	Sr.	6′4″	265

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

2019 Notre Dame 13 games, 46 tackles, 5.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	atLouisville	W 35–⁠17	4	2	1	0	0
Sep 14	vs.New Mexico	W 66–⁠14	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 21	atGeorgia	L 17–⁠23	3	1	0.5	0	0
Sep 28	vs.Virginia	W 35–⁠20	3	2	2.5	2.5	0
Oct 5	vs.Bowling Green	W 52–⁠0	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 12	vs.USC	W 30–⁠27	7	3	1	1	0
Oct 26	atMichigan	L 14–⁠45	4	2	0.5	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Virginia Tech	W 21–⁠20	4	3	1	1	0
Nov 9	atDuke	W 38–⁠7	3	0	0.5	0	0
Nov 16	vs.Navy	W 52–⁠20	3	3	2	0	1
Nov 23	vs.Boston College	W 40–⁠7	6	2	1	1	0
Nov 30	atStanford	W 45–⁠24	5	3	0	0	0
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Iowa State	W 33–⁠9	1	0	0	0	0

2018 Notre Dame 12 games, 37 tackles, 4.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 1	vs.Michigan	W 24–⁠17	8	6	1.5	1	0
Sep 8	vs.Ball State	W 24–⁠16	3	2	1	0	1
Sep 15	vs.Vanderbilt	W 22–⁠17	1	1	1	0	0
Sep 22	atWake Forest	W 56–⁠27	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Stanford	W 38–⁠17	1	1	1	1	0
Oct 6	atVirginia Tech	W 45–⁠23	5	2	2.5	1.5	1
Oct 13	vs.Pittsburgh	W 19–⁠14	4	4	1	1	0
Oct 27	vs.Navy	W 44–⁠22	3	2	0	0	0
Nov 3	atNorthwestern	W 31–⁠21	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 10	vs.Florida State	W 42–⁠13	4	4	2	0	0
Nov 24	atUSC	W 24–⁠17	2	1	0	0	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Clemson	L 3–⁠30	3	0	0.5	0	0

2017 Notre Dame 10 games, 20 tackles, 3 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.Temple	W 49–⁠16	1	1	1	0	0
Sep 16	atBoston College	W 49–⁠20	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 23	atMichigan State	W 38–⁠18	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Miami (OH)	W 52–⁠17	2	2	1	1	1
Oct 21	vs.USC	W 49–⁠14	2	2	2	2	0
Oct 28	vs.NC State	W 35–⁠14	2	1	0	0	0
Nov 4	vs.Wake Forest	W 48–⁠37	4	1	1.5	0	0
Nov 18	vs.Navy	W 24–⁠17	4	2	0	0	0
Nov 25	atStanford	L 20–⁠38	0	0	0	0	1
Jan 1 ✦	vs.LSU	W 21–⁠17	3	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2020
Height	6′3¾″
Weight	268 lb
Arm length	34⅜″
Hand size	10⅞″
Wingspan	84″^W

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

In the NFL

7 seasons, 31 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2020	Cincinnati Bengals	12	18	1
2021	Cincinnati Bengals	4	8	0
2022	Indianapolis Colts	3	1	0
2023	Chicago Bears	1	1	0
2024	Atlanta Falcons	2	4	0
2025	Atlanta Falcons	4	7	0
2026 (so far)	San Francisco 49ers	5	8	0
NFL career		31	47	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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