Kendall Wilkerson

Sophomore defensive lineman for Louisiana. 2021: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

DL · Louisiana · So. · #8

6′5″ · 288 lb · Kentwood, LA

CFB Index 16 · #346 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceLouisiana 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1020 nationally · Signed with Kentwood

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 defensive lineman for Louisiana. 2021: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kentwood in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Louisiana, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

20198 games

Recruited3-star out of Kentwood

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1020 national

CFB

College

Louisiana

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Billy Napier

Louisiana

Played his entire career under Billy Napier.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Billy Napier, all run-leaning offenses — 34-5 over that span.

2019Louisiana11-3HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2020Louisiana10-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2021Louisiana13-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

16Below cohort / limited sample #346 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (13th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1233 / 2743 · 52nd pct

2.5

Tackles#2148 / 2743 · 20th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2327 / 2743 · 13th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

16 · #346 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #346 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Louisiana	17	7	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Louisiana	4	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Louisiana	7	4	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		28	12	3.5	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 27–24

vs Nicholls

2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With L. Lewis — 304 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.6 · 7 rush yds (5 car) · R. Byrns — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 18-38@ Texas	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 27-24vs Nicholls	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 49-14vs Ohio	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 28-20@ Georgia Southern	4	3	2.0	1.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 5	W 20-18@ South Alabama	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 28-27@ Arkansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 21-17vs Georgia State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 42-14@ Liberty	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 21-16vs UL Monroe	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Total		17	7	2.5	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kendall Wilkerson

20198 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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