5′10″ · 192 lb · Lawrence, KS · Lawrence Free State
Bryce Torneden: S · Kansas · #1.
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Bryce Torneden
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Bryce Torneden has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Kansas. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against TCU — Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
71 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17vs Indiana State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-12vs Coastal Carolina | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-24@ Boston College | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 24-29vs West Virginia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-51@ TCU | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-45vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 48-50@ No. 15 Texas | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34vs Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-38vs No. 22 Kansas State | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-31@ No. 25 Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-41@ Iowa State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-61vs No. 11 Baylor | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 49 | 4.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
71tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL71 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Les Miles
Pass share
50.6%
388 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
63.9
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
71 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas, 229 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 41 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: David Beaty → Les Miles. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
