2025 SEASON: Played in 10 contests, seeing action primarily on special teams while also getting snaps on defense in Weeks 12 and 17…Registered a career-high five tackles (one solo)…Dressed but did not play in three contests and was inactive (healthy scratch) for the other three games…Was placed on injured reserve (ankle) on Dec. 30…Vs. Minnesota (Nov. 23): Played 31 snaps in the first action on defense in his NFL career and recorded a career-high four tackles (one solo) filling in for CB Keisean Nixon, who was injured in the first quarter. Brought down TE T.J. Hockenson well short of the line to gain on a second-down reception in the third quarter, forcing Minnesota into a third-and-12 that it did not convert...Vs. Baltimore (Dec. 27): Appeared on six defensive snaps.
2024: Spent the entire season on Green Bay's practice squad after signing with the team on Aug. 30…Was elevated from the practice squad to the active roster for two games…Vs. Minnesota (Sept. 29): Made his NFL debut, appearing on three plays on special teams…Vs. Detroit (Nov. 3): Played four snaps on special teams…2024 Draft: Selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the sixth round (No. 211 overall).
COLLEGE: Played in 33 games across four seasons of collegiate football, spending three seasons at Tennessee (2021-23) and one season at Independence (Kan.) Community College (2019)…In his three seasons at Tennessee, appeared in 23 games with 15 starts and recorded 87 tackles (56 solo), 5½ tackles for a loss, six INTs, 18 passes defensed and two forced fumbles…Earned his degree in communications studies with a minor in business administration…2023: Started all seven games he appeared in before missing the final four games due to a shoulder injury, recording 19 tackles (13 solo), a career-high three INTs and a career-best 11 passes defensed…Tallied three tackles (two solo), a career-best four passes defensed and a fourth-quarter INT vs. Austin Peay State (Sept. 9)…Posted a season-high seven tackles (five solo) at Florida (Sept. 16)…Recorded his first career pick-six vs. South Carolina (Sept. 30) after picking off QB Spencer Rattler and returning it 28 yards for the score…Posted two tackles (one solo), three passes defensed and a game-sealing INT vs. Texas A&M (Oct. 14), intercepting QB Max Johnson on fourth-and-10 to give the Volunteers the ball with 22 seconds left…2022: Appeared in nine games with six starts, recording a career-high 51 tackles (30 solo), a career-best 3½ tackles for a loss, two INTs, five passes defensed and a fumble recovery…Posted seven tackles (five solo), a tackle for a loss and a game-sealing INT vs. Florida (Sept. 24), picking off QB Anthony Richardson and returning it 5 yards as the clock ran out to give the Volunteers a 38-33 victory…Posted a career-high nine tackles (four solo) and a shared tackle for a loss at South Carolina (Nov. 19)…Matched his career high with nine tackles (seven solo) and a pass defensed vs. Clemson (Dec. 30) in the Capital One Orange Bowl…2021: Appeared in seven games with two starts in his first season with Tennessee, recording 17 tackles (13 solo), two tackles for a loss, two passes defensed, an INT and a forced fumble…Made his first career start and posted a season-high eight tackles (six solo), a tackle for a loss and a forced fumble at Alabama (Oct. 23)…Registered his first career pass defensed to go along with two tackles (both solo) at Kentucky (Nov. 6)…Recorded two tackles (both solo) and his first career INT by picking off QB Aidan O'Connell in the first quarter vs. Purdue (Dec. 30) in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl…2020: Did not play football at Independence Community College as the season was canceled due to COVID-19…2019: Played in all 10 games as a true freshman at Independence, recording 21 tackles (12 solo), a tackle for a loss, nine passes defensed, an INT and three forced fumbles…Tallied two tackles (one solo) and an INT at Hutchinson Community College (Aug. 31)…Posted three tackles (two solo), three passes defensed and a forced fumble at Garden City Community College (Sept. 14)…Recorded a season-high six tackles (four solo), a pass defensed and a forced fumble at Fort Scott Community College (Sept. 21).
PERSONAL: Given name Kamal G. Hadden...Born in Ypsilanti, Mich. ...High school: Attended River Rouge (Mich.) High School and earned all-conference honors as a senior, helping lead the Panthers to a 10-1 record…Also played basketball all four years.
