Antonio Stevens

Senior defensive back for Kennesaw State. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

DB · Kennesaw State · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 216 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 44 · #212 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Kennesaw State for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

4 PBU · 32 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 1 PBU, 2 tackles, vs Louisiana Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Kennesaw State. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Battle Ground Academy in 2020.
Transferred from Purdue to Kennesaw State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Antonio Stevens

DB · Kennesaw State · Sr · #3

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against UTEP, Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Purdue2-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-heavy

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning

2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Kennesaw State10-4HC: Jerry Mack · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #212 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles#1250 / 2975 · 57th pct

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.4
Road5g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jerry Mack

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #212 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #212 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #26 of 43 Conference USA DBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kennesaw State	32	15	2.0	0.0	4	1	--
2024	Purdue	46	28	3.0	0.5	1	1	--
2023	Purdue	17	14	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Purdue	5	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Purdue	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		102	62	5.0	0.5	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 27–13

vs Merrimack

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

With A. Odom — 108 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 42.2 · 22 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · J. Huiet — 0 TFL · 1 TOT · 37 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 9-10@ Wake Forest	5	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	L 9-56@ Indiana	2	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 27-13vs Merrimack	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 28-21vs Arkansas State	4	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-16vs Middle Tennessee	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 35-7vs Louisiana Tech	2	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 9	W 45-26@ Florida International	3	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 33-20vs UTEP	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 26-35@ Jacksonville State	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 19-15@ Jacksonville State	1	1	1.0	—	0
Total		32	15	2.0	1	4

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

32Tackles

15Solo

2TFL

0Sacks

4Pass def.

1INT

32 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 21 PD
Week 71 PD · 1 INT
Week 91 PD
Week 101 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Kennesaw State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Kennesaw State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Kennesaw State · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #133 · 2026 recruiting class #120

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to J'Marick Woods’s 2021 season.

J'Marick Woods

76%match

Duke · 2021

Myles Olufemi

Coastal Carolina · 2021

76%

Adonis Williams Jr.

Ohio · 2024

75%

Jeremiah Wood

Ohio · 2023

74%

Lantz Russell

UTEP · 2025

74%

Matches J'Marick on

PD rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Differs from J'Marick on

Class year (higher)

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Marvae Myers-Glover's graduate season at Marshall (2025).

Marvae Myers-Glover

84%match

Marshall · 2025

Hudson Clark

Arkansas · 2024

84%

Jaelen Stokes

South Florida · 2025

82%

Tyrin Taylor

Jacksonville State · 2025

81%

John Humphrey

USC · 2024

78%

Matches Marvae on

Tackle volume

PD rate

TFL rate

Player DNA

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Jaivion Green

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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2020

202510 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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