#19

Ky'el Hemby

Senior defensive back for Southern Miss. 2020: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 73 tackles.

DB · Southern Miss · Sr. · #19

6′1″ · 218 lb · Abingdon, MD

Southern Miss 2020 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for Southern Miss. 2020: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 73 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Southern Miss, 212 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2018–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2020

2 coaches

2018–2019

Jay Hopson

Southern Miss

2020

Scotty Walden

Southern Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jay Hopson → Scotty Walden. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Southern Miss6-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2019Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2020Southern Miss3-7HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (96th percentile). Concern: sacks (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#73 / 2211 · 97th pct

Tackles#87 / 2211 · 96th pct

Passes defended#191 / 2211 · 89th pct

Tackles for loss#816 / 2211 · 60th pct

2.5

Interceptions#180 / 568 · 34th pct

QB hurries#917 / 2211 · 29th pct

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th 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

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	7.3	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road3g	7.3	0.3	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	7.5	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	7.2	0.4	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Southern Miss	73	43	2.5	4	1	--
2019	Southern Miss	93	58	1.0	3	2	--
2018	Southern Miss	46	34	1.0	2	6	--
Career		212	135	4.5	9	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2020

W 24–13

vs North Alabama

6 TOT · 5 SOLO

With F. Gore Jr. — 103 rush yds (13 car) · A. Robinson — 4 rec · 45 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-32vs South Alabama	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 30-31vs Louisiana Tech	9	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-66vs Tulane	13	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 5	W 41-31@ North Texas	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 35-56@ Liberty	8	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 6-30vs Rice	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-13vs North Alabama	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 7-10@ Western Kentucky	8	7	1.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 20-23vs UTSA	7	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 45-31vs Florida Atlantic	9	2	1.5	1	2
Total		73	43	2.5	1	4

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

Ky'el Hemby

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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