Kenny Soares Jr.

DE · #1 · Michigan State · SR · 6'2" · 234 · Trumbull, CT

Transferred from NCST · Projected RDE starter

78 2025 tackles

0.5 · 2 2025 sacks · TFL

0 2025 INT + PD

41 Career games (15 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Tackles	Sacks	TFL	INT	PD	FF
2025	NC State	13	8	78	0.5	2	0	0	0
2024	Northwestern	12	2	20	0.5	1	0	0	0
2023	Northwestern	12	5	34	2	4	0	0	0
2022	Northwestern	4	0

Tackles per game 6.0 100

Havoc plays 3 40

INT + pass breakups 0 0

Forced fumbles 0 0

Explosive rate allowed 11.1% 54

Line yards per carry allowed 2.7 30

Sack rate 5.7% 38

with NC State

Weeks with a recorded defensive stat.

2022 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2022 board

#748

Gavin Broscious IOL · Desert Edge MSU

#748

Braelin Moore IOL · Freedom VT

#748

Kenny Soares Jr. LB · Avon Old Farms NW

#756

Zion Steptoe WR · Frisco Memorial PUR

#756

Robert Fitzgerald S · Dallas Jesuit NW

LBs in the class

#68 Elijah Herring Riverdale TENN

#69

Micah Pollard Bartram Trail MICH

#70

Kenny Soares Jr. Avon Old Farms NW

#71 Deuce Caldwell Mauldin UNC

#72

Edwin Kolenge The Loomis Chaffee School BC

2025 · 40th pctile of DEs

Recruit · 70th pctile of class

The pedigree says there is more in there.