
Tanoh Kpassagnon
Position: | Defensive Line |
Ht./Wt.: | 6-7, 289 lbs |
School: | Villanova |
Status: | Active |
Entering his ninth season in the NFL and first with Chicago in 2025
Has played in 104 games (34 starts) with the Chiefs (2017-20) and Saints (2021-24)
Has 16.5 sacks and 22 tackles for loss among 140 career tackles (93 solo) along with nine passes defended
Originally entered the NFL as a second-round pick (59th overall) of the Chiefs in the 2017 NFL Draft
2024 SEASON (SAINTS)
Played in three games and had one tackle
2023 SEASON (SAINTS)
Played in all 17 games
Has 19 tackles (12 solo) including 3.5 sacks
Has nine QB hits and a pair of passes defended
2022 SEASON (SAINTS)
Played in 15 games with five starts
Totaled 28 tackles, two sacks and six QB hits
2021 SEASON (SAINTS)
Played in eight games with five starts
Had 18 tackles (14 solo) and tied his career high with four sacks to go along with eight QB hits, two passes defended and a forced fumble
2020 SEASON (CHIEFS)
Played in 16 games starting 15 of them
Tallied 28 tackles (20) solo, a sack, four QB Hits and three passes defended
Played in all three playoff games contributing five tackles (four solo), a sack and a pass defended on the way to helping the Chiefs advance to their second consecutive Super Bowl
2019 SEASON (CHIEFS)
Played in 16 regular season games with eight starts
Had 21 tackles (eight solo), four sacks, six tackles for loss, 11 QB hits, two passes defended, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery
Played in all three of Kansas City's playoff games contributing five tackles including two sacks as the Chiefs captured the victory in Super Bowl LIV.
2018 SEASON (CHIEFS)
Played in 13 games
Had seven tackles including one tackle for loss
Appeared in the Chiefs divisional round victory against the Colts
2017 SEASON (CHIEFS)
Played in all 16 games with one start as a rookie
Had 13 tackles including three for loss and two sacks
Appeared in the Chiefs Wild Card playoff game
TRANSACTIONS
06/07/2017: Signed/draft choice to the Chiefs
03/29/2021: Signed/UFA with Saints
02/27/2023: Re-signed with Saints
07/22/2025: Signed/UFA with the Bears
COLLEGE
Played at Villanova University (2012-15)
Appeared in 41 games in four seasons with the Wildcats
Totaled 105 tackles (65 solo), 22.0 sacks (-130 yards), 37.5 tackles for loss (-170 yards), four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and one interception which he returned for 29 yards
Redshirted in 2012, played as a reserve in 2013 totaling 15 tackles with one sack
Had 12 tackles, including five for loss and 3.5 sacks in six games as a sophomore before missing time due to injury in 2014
In 2015 was selected first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association putting up 9.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks
Garnered first-team Associated Press FCS All-American honors in 2016, ranking sixth in the FCS with 21.5 tackles for loss and tying for fifth nationally with 11.0 sacks
PERSONAL
Was a two-way starter at Carrollton Ranchview High School (Texas)
Had 47 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, seven sacks, three forced fumbles as senior
Led his team to 7-4 record and 4A state playoffs in 2016
Two time All-Area selections (2015, 16)
Varsity letters as hurdler and thrower in track and field
*Courtesy ChicagoBears.com
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