Last confirmed: Kansas, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 215 lb · Cleveland, OH
Najee Stevens-McKenzie: LB · Kansas · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Najee Stevens-McKenzie
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Najee Stevens-McKenzie has been at Kansas through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 9, 2019.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 8.5 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 7-12vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-24@ Boston College | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-29vs West Virginia | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-51@ TCU | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 20-45vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 48-50@ No. 15 Texas | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34vs Texas Tech | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-38vs No. 22 Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-31@ No. 25 Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-41@ Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-61vs No. 11 Baylor | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 33 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
20%8 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups43 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Les Miles
Pass share
50.6%
388 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
63.9
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Kansas, 44 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: David Beaty → Les Miles. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
