Kendarin Ray

Senior safety for Tulsa. 2023: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 131 tackles.

S · Tulsa · Sr. · #1

6′3″ · 208 lb · Brenham, TX

CFB Index 86 · #19 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceTulsa 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 2165 nationally · Signed with Tulsa

Statement game16 tacklesvs North Texas (FBS) · L 28-35

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Tulsa. 2023: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 131 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulsa in 2018.
Transferred from Tulsa to Tulsa in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Tulsa, 353 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Tulsa3-star out of Brenham

202312 games

Entered the portal
All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2165 national

CFB

College

Tulsa

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2022

Philip Montgomery

Tulsa

2023

Kevin Wilson

Tulsa

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Philip Montgomery → Kevin Wilson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Tulsa4-8HC: Philip Montgomery · Balanced, fast tempo

2020Tulsa6-3HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Tulsa7-6HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Tulsa5-7HC: Philip Montgomery · Balanced

2023Tulsa4-8HC: Kevin Wilson · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

86All-Conference level #19 of 538?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (100th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#7 / 2842 · 100th pct

Tackles#10 / 2842 · 100th pct

131

Tackles for loss#752 / 2842 · 71st pct

4.0

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	11.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
Road6g	10.3	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	9.3	0.4	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	12.5	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #19 of 538 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #19 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Tulsa	131	73	4.0	0.0	1	1	--
2022	Tulsa	86	55	3.0	0.0	5	1	--
2021	Tulsa	33	17	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Tulsa	63	44	1.0	0.0	7	--	--
2019	Tulsa	40	21	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		353	210	10.5	1.0	13	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 42–7

vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff

5 SOLO · 10 TOT

Dominant 35-point win at home against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

With C. Williams — 233 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.6 · -9 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · J. Ford — 110 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-7vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	10	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-43@ Washington	7	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 17-66vs Oklahoma	11	2	1.5	—	0
Wk 4	W 22-14@ Northern Illinois	10	8	0.0	1	0
Wk 5	W 48-26vs Temple	8	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 17-20@ Florida Atlantic	10	7	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-42vs Rice	15	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-69@ SMU	9	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 26-33vs Charlotte	9	5	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	L 22-24@ Tulane	11	9	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 28-35vs North Texas	16	10	0.0	—	0	Season-high 16 tackles
Wk 13	W 29-27@ East Carolina	15	9	0.0	—	0
Total		131	73	4.0	1	1

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

Kendarin Ray

2018

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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