Kenny Soares Jr.
Michigan State Spartans
88
Great

Kenny Soares Jr.

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RDEDefenseGreatTRANSFER · NC State
Projected Starter

Is Kenny Soares Jr. starting?

Kenny Soares Jr. is the projected starter at RDE for Michigan State Spartans.

Redshirt senior · #1 · 6'2", 234 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Michigan State Spartans

  1. 1188Kenny Soares Jr.Starter
  2. 21173Anelu Lafaele
  3. 3858Trey Lisle

Michigan State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Michigan State

Michigan State plays Michigan away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Avon Old Farms, ranked #748 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 80 tackles, 4 TFL, 0.5 sacks. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot and 92th-percentile production nationally — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #748 NatlTeam Share9%Percentile92th
Trumbull, CT
Jersey
#1
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
234 lbs
Transfer
NC State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—8040.5

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8715
National Rank
#748
High School
Avon Old Farms
Hometown
New Canaan, CT

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated defense; 92th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.86 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 88.

Team defense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 92% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 26% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.86)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 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 24LUCLATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-10

Oct 17LNUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-21

Oct 10LILLTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-37 OT

Oct 3LWISTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 31-3

Sep 26LNEBTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-13

Sep 12WEMUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-7

Sep 5WTOLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 30-20

Kenny Soares Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

80 tkl · 4 TFL · 0.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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