Peter Kalambayi in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: JeffreyBeall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Stanford, 2013–⁠17

Peter Kalambayi

Number
No. 34
Height
6′3″
Weight
247 lb
Hometown
Matthews, NC
Born
Jun 26, 1995, in Raleigh, North Carolina

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Peter Kalambayi played linebacker at Stanford (2013–⁠17). The Houston Texans took Kalambayi in round 6, No. 214 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
59
Tackles, 2017 (Stanford, 9–⁠5)
Best game
7 tackles
At San Diego State, week 3, 2017: No. 1 defensive game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 8
In FBS in sacks, 2017
Drafted
No. 214
Round 6, 2018 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Career highs

9tackles, career highat California, 20167sacks, career highat San Diego State, 2017

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2013 and 2015

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2014Stanford––––1––
2016Stanford483163.5025
2017Stanford59336.511015
Career1076412.514.51310

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013Stanford34OLB
2014Stanford34OLB
2015Stanford34OLB
2016Stanford34OLB
2017Stanford34OLB6′3″247

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

2017 Stanford 14 games, 59 tackles, 11 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 26vs.RiceW 62–⁠7551101
Sep 9atUSCL 24–⁠42220000
Sep 16atSan Diego StateL 17–⁠20720700
Sep 23vs.UCLAW 58–⁠34110000
Sep 30vs.Arizona StateW 34–⁠24500.5000
Oct 7atUtahW 23–⁠20441100
Oct 14vs.OregonW 49–⁠7410000
Oct 26atOregon StateW 15–⁠14000000
Nov 4atWashington StateL 21–⁠24530000
Nov 10vs.WashingtonW 30–⁠22411000
Nov 18vs.CaliforniaW 17–⁠14531100
Nov 25vs.Notre DameW 38–⁠20851100
Dec 1vs.USCL 28–⁠31530000
Dec 28 ✦vs.TCUL 37–⁠39431000
2016 Stanford 13 games, 48 tackles, 3.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.Kansas StateW 26–⁠136232.500
Sep 17vs.USCW 27–⁠10431000
Sep 24atUCLAW 22–⁠13220000
Sep 30atWashingtonL 6–⁠44220000
Oct 8vs.Washington StateL 16–⁠42220000
Oct 15atNotre DameW 17–⁠10220000
Oct 22vs.ColoradoL 5–⁠10320.50.500
Oct 29atArizonaW 34–⁠10330000
Nov 5vs.Oregon StateW 26–⁠15210000
Nov 12atOregonW 52–⁠27420000
Nov 19atCaliforniaW 45–⁠31951001
Nov 26vs.RiceW 41–⁠17630.50.501
Dec 30 ✦vs.North CarolinaW 25–⁠23320000
2014 Stanford 1 game, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30vs.UC DavisW 45–⁠0––––1–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2018Combine or pro day 2018
Height6′2⅝″
Weight252 lb
Arm length33½″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.57 s
10-yard split1.56 s
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill7.13 s
20-yard shuttle4.36 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 17 games with a stat; latest team: Green Bay Packers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2018Houston Texans71300
2019Houston Texans81800
2020Houston Texans2200
NFL career173300

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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