Kennedy Urlacher
Kennedy Urlacher
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Marcus Freeman and Lincoln Riley. The receipt: 5 tackles against UCLA — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | USC | 27 | 23 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 39 | 30 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025
W 26–21
vs Iowa
1 PD · 4 SOLO · 5 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
USC
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · USC
Returning around him
- 3 USC players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (9 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
USC · Last season: 9-4 (AP #16) · Talent rank #17 · 2026 recruiting class #1
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ashton Whitner’s 2024 season.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Israel Boyce's sophomore season at West Virginia (2025).
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Background
2026: Urlacher will compete for playing time at safety as a junior in 2026. 2025: Urlacher, who transferred from Notre Dame in the summer of 2025, saw action in all 13 games with 3 starts (Oregon, UCLA and the Alamo Bowl against TCU) at safety as a sophomore in 2025. He recorded 26 tackles, inclu...