1. Kyle Emanuel was born on August 16,1991 and is an American former professional football linebacker.
26 Facts About Kyle Emanuel
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Kyle Emanuel played college football for North Dakota State University where they won four straight FCS championships.
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Kyle Emanuel was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL draft.
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On November 28,2014, it was announced that Emanuel had accepted his invitation to play in the 2015 East-West Shrine Game.
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Kyle Emanuel attended the NFL Scouting Combine and completed all of the combine and positional drills.
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On March 26,2015, Kyle Emanuel participated at North Dakota State's pro day, but opted to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills.
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Kyle Emanuel attended pre-draft visits with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, and Minnesota Vikings.
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Kyle Emanuel was ranked as the 16th best outside linebacker prospect in the draft by DraftScout.
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Kyle Emanuel made his first career sack and interception on Lions' quarterback Matthew Stafford.
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Kyle Emanuel remained inactive for their Week 16 loss against the Oakland Raiders due to the concussion.
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Kyle Emanuel finished his rookie season in 2015 with 25 combined tackles, one interception, one sack, and a pass deflection in 15 games and two starts.
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Kyle Emanuel entered training camp in 2016 as a backup outside linebacker and competed for a primary backup role against Tourek Williams.
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Head coach Mike McCoy named Kyle Emanuel a starting outside linebacker to begin the regular season, replacing Jeremiah Attachou.
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Kyle Emanuel started alongside Melvin Ingram and inside linebackers Manti Te'o and Denzel Perryman.
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Kyle Emanuel was temporarily moved to inside linebacker during the 2016 season after season-ending injuries to Manti Te'o and Nick Dzubnar.
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Kyle Emanuel finished his second season in 2016 with 58 combined tackles, a pass deflection, one forced fumble, and was credited with half a sack in 16 games and 11 starts.
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Head coach Anthony Lynn named Kyle Emanuel the starting strongside linebacker to begin the 2017 regular season, alongside Jatavis Brown and middle linebacker Toomer.
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Kyle Emanuel finished the 2017 NFL season with 34 combined tackles, three pass deflections, 1.5 sacks, and one interception in 16 games and 11 starts.
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Kyle Emanuel entered training camp slated as the starting strong side linebacker, but saw minor competition for the role from rookies Uchenna Nwosu and Kyzir White.
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Kyle Emanuel came out of retirement to sign with the Las Vegas Raiders on August 23,2020.
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Kyle Emanuel was released on September 5,2020, and signed to the practice squad the next day.
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On October 12,2020, Kyle Emanuel was signed by the Houston Texans off the Raiders practice squad.
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Kyle Emanuel was placed on injured reserve on November 9,2020.
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In 2019 Kyle Emanuel was one of the Hosts of the NDSU Bison Pregame Show on KVLY.
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Kyle Emanuel worked as freelance broadcaster with KVLY appearing in the NDSU Pre Game Show and the Halftime report.
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In 2022, Kyle Emanuel married attorney and former Miss North Dakota Jaclyn Arness.