2024 Football Roster

December 23, 2023, Las Vegas, NV: A game between Northwestern Football and Utah in the SRS Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, December 23, 2023. (Photo by Griffin Quinn/Northwestern Athletics)
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July 24, 2024, Evanston, IL: Members of the Northwestern Football team pose for photos as part of Internal Media Days at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 5

Kenny Soares Jr.

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    231
  • Position:
    LB
  • Class:
    Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Trumbull, Conn.
  • High School:
    Avon Old Farms

2024 Redshirt Sophomore:
Appeared in 12 games and started in three, tallying 20 tackles, two tackles for loss, one pass breakup, and 0.5 sacks ... Named Academic All-Big Ten ... Notched two tackles and half a sack in the season opener against Miami (Ohio) (8/31) ... Logged two tackles vs. Duke (9/6) ... Recorded a tackle for loss and a pass breakup in a win at Maryland (10/11) ... Totaled a season-high five tackles against Iowa (10/26) ... Registered two tackles against Michigan (11/23) and Illinois (11/30)

2023 Redshirt First-Year:
Played in 12 games and made five starts, totaling 37 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, and two passes broken up ... Recorded the first three tackles of his career and his first-career fumble recovery against Rutgers (9/3) ... Had four tackles in the win over UTEP (9/9) ... Earned his first collegiate start, notching three tackles and his first-career pass breakup against Penn State (9/30) ... Notched four tackles and first career tackle for loss in win over Maryland (10/28) ... Recorded first career sack and also logged a pass breakup in a win at Wisconsin (11/11) ... Had a career-high seven tackles along with a sack in Las Vegas Bowl victory over Utah (12/23)

2022 First-Year:
Made his collegiate debut against Southern Illinois (9/17) and played in four games ... Redshirted

High School:
Committed to Northwestern on December 15, 2021 ... Ranked as the No. 138 linebacker in the country and the No. 3 overall recruit in Connecticut ... First team All-New England ... First team All-Founders League ... Helped lead Avon Old Farms to a New England Championship in 2021

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