Lorenzo McCaskill: LB · Kansas · #7.
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Lorenzo McCaskill
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Sun Belt again in 2021. On tape: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Oklahoma, Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-10vs Tennessee Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-42@ West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-30@ Houston | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-27vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 14-11vs Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-38vs No. 17 TCU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 42-52@ Oklahoma | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 23-35@ Baylor | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-16vs No. 18 Oklahoma State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-43@ Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-55vs Texas | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-47@ No. 15 Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
45tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups45 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
46.0%
371 pass / 435 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
386 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #465 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Louisiana and Kansas, 284 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 51 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Billy Napier and Lance Leipold.
