Kenny Soares Jr.

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

Projected RDE starter

12 2026 tackles

1 · 2 2026 sacks · TFL

2 2026 INT + PD

48 Career games (21 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Tackles	Sacks	TFL	INT	PD	FF
2026	Michigan State	7	6	12	1	2	1	1	0
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 1.7 67

Havoc plays 4 68

INT + pass breakups 2 97

Forced fumbles 0 0

Explosive rate allowed 11.6% 38

Line yards per carry allowed 2.5 52

Sack rate 6.2% 46

Week	Opponent	Tkl	Sacks	TFL	INT	PD
W1	TOL				1	1
W2	EMU	1	1	1
W5	@ WIS	2		1

Weeks with a recorded defensive stat.

2022 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2022 board

#735 Tyler Griffin ATH · Southeast Bulloch UCF

#735 Dylan Lopez IOL · IMG Academy ORST

#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

#71

Edwin Kolenge The Loomis Chaffee School BC

2026 · 68th pctile of DEs

Recruit · 70th pctile of class