2023 Football Roster
Kam Pedescleaux
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, TX
- High School:
- Manvel
- Prev School:
- Louisiana
2023: Third Team Group of Five All-American selection by HERO Sports … College Football Network’s AAC Safety of the Year … First Team All-AAC pick by Phil Steele and a Second Team mention by the league’s head coaches … Earned Second Team All-LSWA honors… Led the defense with 12 pass breakups … Also picked up 56 tackles, four tackles for loss, two interceptions and a forced fumble … Had a season-high seven tackles against SMU in the AAC Championship Game … Interceptions came against Memphis and UTSA … Tackles for loss came against Ole Miss, Nicholls, Tulsa and UTSA … Named AAC Defensive Player of the Week following the 29-16 win over UTSA.
Prior to Tulane: Played at Louisiana the last five years...Totaled 46 games in his career along with 159 tackles (93 unassisted, 66 assisted), 17 tackles for loss, 11 pass defended, three forced fumbles and three sacks.
2022: Totaled 37 tackles, 2.5 tackle for loss and two forced fumbles for the Ragin’ Cajuns.
2021: Made eight starts and 12 appearances … Ranked seventh on the Louisiana defense with 51 tackles, including 30 solo . .. Added 5.0 tackles for loss and two pass breakups … Snagged his second-career interception a victory over Liberty (11/20) … Tallied his first-career fumble recovery against Texas State (10/30) … Matched the team high with seven tackles, including 1.0 tackle-for-loss in the SBC title (12/4) … Led the defense with a career high 10 tackles, including seven solo, and 2.0 tackles-for-loss against ULM (11/ 27) … Credited with six tackles against South Alabama (10/ 2) … Notched 3+ tackles on nine occasions.
2020: Had 38 tackles, the seventh most on the team, and ranked second on the team lead with 6.0 tackles-for-loss...His TFL total is tied for the 24th most in the Sun Belt…Picked up his sixth TFL of the year and had two tackles at ULM (11/ 28)…Added four tackles, one of which was a TFL, against South Alabama (11/ 14)…Credited with three tackles and 1.0 sack in the win at Texas State, his first sack of the season and the third of his career…Had a big game against Coastal Carolina with a career-high six tackles…Led Louisiana’s defensive backs in tackles against Iowa State with four, including a career-high 2.0 tackles-for-loss.
2019: Appeared in all 14 games in the defensive backfield, earning starts against South Alabama (11/16) and Miami (Ohio) (1/ 6)…Completed the season with 34 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 sacks, one interception and seven pass breakups…Notched his first career interception at Ohio (9/21)…Had a big day at Georgia Southern, recording five tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss and 1.0 sack which resulted in a nine-yard loss…Added 1.0 tackle-for-loss at Coastal Carolina (11/ 7) and at South Alabama…Added his second sack of the season, which resulted in a six-yard loss, against the Jaguars…Credited with five tackles against ULM (11/30) and in the LendingTree Bowl against Miami (Ohio).
2018: Played in one game and earned a redshirt.
