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Ismael Kante

LB · Illinois

Ismael Kante

LB · #26 · Illinois

Profile

Measurements: 6'2" · 240 lb
Seasons: 2
Recruiting: No record matched
Class rank: —
Hometown: Brooklyn Park, MN
School: No record matched

Returning player.

Career

vs Power 4 · 13 games

Defense57 TOT · 30 SOLO · 4.5 TFL · 1 SACKS · 2 QB HUR · 1 PD · 0 TD

2026

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

TacklesBehind the line

−0.5

−1.5

−1

Duke

@ Ohio State

Purdue

@ Michigan State

Oregon

@ Maryland

Nebraska

@ UCLA

Iowa

@ Northwestern

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Fixtures still to play are faint — an empty column under a bold or plain opponent is a game he did not appear in. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 8 games

Defense49 TOT · 27 SOLO · 4 TFL · 1 SACKS · 2 QB HUR · 0 PD · 0 TD

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	TFL	SACKS	QB HUR
11	@ UCLA	L 14–22	5	4	1	1	0
10	vs Nebraska	W 24–13	7	5	0	0	1
9	@ Maryland	W 20–17	4	2	0	0	0
8	vs Oregon	W 21–10	7	4	0	0	1
6	@ Michigan State	W 38–37	8	2	1	0	0
5	vs Purdue	L 17–24	10	7	1.5	0	0
4	@ Ohio State	L 19–42	4	2	0	0	0
2	vs Duke	L 27–31	4	1	0.5	0	0

2025

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

TacklesBehind the line

−0.5

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Passes defended

Tennessee *

@ Duke

@ Indiana

USC

@ Purdue

Ohio State

@ Washington

Rutgers

Maryland

@ Wisconsin

Northwestern

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 5 games

Defense8 TOT · 3 SOLO · 0.5 TFL · 0 SACKS · 0 QB HUR · 1 PD · 0 TD

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD
17	vs Tennessee *	W 30–28	2	0	0	0
14	vs Northwestern	W 20–13	2	0	0	1
13	@ Wisconsin	L 10–27	2	1	0.5	0
6	@ Purdue	W 43–27	1	1	0	0
4	@ Indiana	L 10–63	1	1	0	0

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