L'Jarius Sneed in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Safety, Louisiana Tech, 2016–⁠19

L’Jarius Sneed

Number
No. 1
Height
6′1″
Weight
193 lb
Class (2019)
Senior
Hometown
Minden, LA
Born
Jan 21, 1997, in Minden, Louisiana

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L’Jarius Sneed played safety at Louisiana Tech (2016–⁠19). The Kansas City Chiefs took Sneed in round 4, No. 138 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
73
Tackles, 2019 (Louisiana Tech, 10–⁠3)
Drafted
No. 138
Round 4, 2020 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

13tackles, career highat Marshall, 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2016Louisiana Tech171200100
2017Louisiana Tech302911160
2018Louisiana Tech533911.5360
2019Louisiana Tech73433.50360
Career1731235.52.58180

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2016Louisiana Tech1SFr.
2017Louisiana Tech1SSo.
2018Louisiana Tech1SJr.
2019Louisiana Tech1SSr.6′1″193

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 Louisiana Tech 13 games, 73 tackles, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31atTexasL 14–⁠45440000
Sep 7vs.GramblingW 20–⁠14100001
Sep 14atBowling GreenW 35–⁠7930.5000
Sep 20vs.Florida InternationalW 43–⁠31410000
Sep 28atRiceW 23–⁠20830.5000
Oct 12vs.MassachusettsW 69–⁠21441000
Oct 19vs.Southern MissW 45–⁠30520000
Oct 26atUTEPW 42–⁠21970002
Nov 9vs.North TexasW 52–⁠17321010
Nov 15atMarshallL 10–⁠311370001
Nov 23atUABL 14–⁠20520.5010
Nov 30vs.UTSAW 41–⁠27770010
Dec 26 ✦vs.MiamiW 14–⁠0110002
2018 Louisiana Tech 11 games, 53 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 1atSouth AlabamaW 30–⁠26630001
Sep 8vs.SouthernW 54–⁠178600.500
Sep 22atLSUL 21–⁠38750001
Sep 29atNorth TexasW 29–⁠27630002
Oct 6vs.UABL 7–⁠28220001
Oct 13atUTSAW 31–⁠3220011
Oct 20vs.UTEPW 31–⁠24530010
Oct 26atFlorida AtlanticW 21–⁠13661100
Nov 10vs.RiceW 28–⁠13430010
Nov 17atSouthern MissL 20–⁠21220000
Nov 24vs.Western KentuckyL 15–⁠30540000
2017 Louisiana Tech 10 games, 30 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.Northwestern StateW 52–⁠24220000
Sep 9vs.Mississippi StateL 21–⁠57100000
Sep 23atSouth CarolinaL 16–⁠17550000
Sep 30vs.South AlabamaW 34–⁠16880003
Oct 28atRiceW 42–⁠28110010
Nov 4vs.North TexasL 23–⁠24220001
Nov 11vs.Florida AtlanticL 23–⁠48330001
Nov 18atUTEPW 42–⁠21330001
Nov 25vs.UTSAW 20–⁠6220000
Dec 20 ✦vs.SMUW 51–⁠10331100
2016 Louisiana Tech 7 games, 17 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 24atMiddle TennesseeL 34–⁠38110000
Oct 6vs.Western KentuckyW 55–⁠52310000
Oct 29vs.RiceW 61–⁠16110000
Nov 5atNorth TexasW 45–⁠24210000
Nov 12vs.UTSAW 63–⁠35110000
Dec 3atWestern KentuckyL 44–⁠58650010
Dec 23 ✦vs.NavyW 48–⁠45320000

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2020
Height6′0½″
Weight192 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size8⅞″
Wingspan75⅜″W
40-yard dash4.37 s
10-yard split1.51 sW
Vertical jump41″
Broad jump10′9″
Bench press12 reps

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, 73 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2020Kansas City Chiefs94123
2021Kansas City Chiefs157412
2022Kansas City Chiefs17983.53
2023Kansas City Chiefs167002
2024Tennessee Titans52200
2025Tennessee Titans72500
2026 (so far)Kansas City Chiefs42500
NFL career733556.510

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

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