Rylan Kennedy
Florida State Seminoles
78
Solid

Rylan Kennedy

Florida State SeminolesAverage
JACKDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Texas A&M
Projected Starter

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Rylan Kennedy is the projected starter at JACK for Florida State Seminoles.

Senior · #15 · 6'3", 251 lbs

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Depth at JACK · Florida State Seminoles

  1. 11578Rylan KennedyStarter
  2. 23255Jalen Anderson

Florida State Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the ACC

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Up next for Florida State

Florida State plays Boston College away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Mansfield Lake Ridge, ranked #695 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 14 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #695 NatlTeam Share3%
Mansfield, TX
Jersey
#15
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
251 lbs
Transfer
Texas A&M

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—143.52

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
0.8764
National Rank
#695
High School
Mansfield Lake Ridge
Hometown
Mansfield, TX

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 78th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 78% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 14% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 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 31LCLEMTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 36-24

Oct 17LMIATKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 43-35 2OT

Oct 9LLOUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 44-20

Oct 3WUVATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 38-7

Sep 26WCARKTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-7

Sep 19LALATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 50-36

Aug 29WNMSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-17

Rylan Kennedy's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

14 tkl · 3.5 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement38%
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