Hero Kanu
Texas Longhorns
88
Great

Hero Kanu

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DTDefenseGreat
Projected Starter

Is Hero Kanu starting?

Hero Kanu is the projected starter at DT for Texas Longhorns.

Redshirt senior · #93 · 6'5", 309 lbs

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Depth at DT · Texas Longhorns

  1. 19388Hero KanuStarter
  2. 29781Alex January
  3. 39065Josiah Sharma
  4. 49665Zion Williams

Texas Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the SEC

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Up next for Texas

Texas plays Missouri away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Santa Margarita Catholic, ranked #129 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 31 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 86th-percentile production nationally — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #129 NatlTeam Share4%Percentile86th
[hometown — wires from CFBD /roster]
Jersey
#93
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
309 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20253142

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9502
National Rank
#129
High School
Santa Margarita Catholic

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 86th-percentile production (×0.99 for competition level) put them -5 vs unit starters → 88.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 86% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WMSSTTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-3

Oct 24WMISSTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-27

Oct 17LFLATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-24

Oct 10LOUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-24

Sep 26WTENNTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-17

Sep 20WUTSATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 30-6

Sep 12WOSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-23

Sep 5WTXSTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-7

Hero Kanu's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

31 tkl · 4 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement31%
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