Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Webb City, MO
Kiante Hardin: DB · Minnesota · #3.
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Kiante Hardin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two seasons at Minnesota, two different head coaches: Jerry Kill and Tracy Claeys. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Wisconsin — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 3 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
2016 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-23vs Oregon State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-14vs Iowa | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-10@ Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-17@ Illinois | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-31vs Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-24@ No. 21 Nebraska | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-12vs Northwestern | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-31@ No. 5 Wisconsin | 10 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 39 | 24 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%3 TFL39 tackles · 3 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tracy Claeys
Pass share
37.2%
323 pass / 546 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Minnesota, 39 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2015–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jerry Kill → Tracy Claeys. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
