LB · Kansas City Chiefs · #23
Drue Tranquill
LOLB1- College
- Notre Dame
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 234 lb
- Experience
- 8th season
Tackles
47▼ 53 vs '25
30th of 123 LBs
Stops
27▼ 27 vs '25
17th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
2.6▼ 1.2 vs '25
36th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
2.0%
22nd of 123 LBs
Coverage
16 targets
43.8 cmp% · 5.1 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs DENW | 50 | 98.0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs INDW | 63 | 96.9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | 9.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 3 @ MIAW | 62 | 84.9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 33.3 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ LVW | 55 | 64.7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 25.0 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 6 vs LACW | 62 | 91.2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ SEAL | 63 | 91.3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 355 | 86.4 | 47 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 43.8 | 5.1 | 0 | 2 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Chiefs
$3.5Mover 1 year
- Avg. per year
- $3.5M
- Guaranteed
- $3M 86%
- 2026 cap hit
- $5M 1.7% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2026
2026 · now
Year 1 of 1 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 355 | 86.4 | 47 | 27 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 59.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 883 | 84.9 | 100 | 54 | 10 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 130.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 798 | 79.2 | 87 | 55 | 4 | 13.8 | 2.0 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 86.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | 577 | 62.4 | 75 | 45 | 6 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 91.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | 978 | 93.4 | 126 | 71 | 8 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 101.2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 561 | 58.4 | 74 | 33 | 5 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 116.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 380 | 52.6 | 70 | 30 | 4 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 109.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 100 | 4,537 | 73.4 | 580 | 316 | 42 | 6.9 | 15.0 | 31 | 44 | 232 | 105.0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 |