Kalen King

Former cornerback at Penn State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Penn State · Jr. · #4

5′11″ · 191 lb · Detroit, MI

CFB Index 10 · #328 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceGreen Bay — drafted 2024, Rd 7, Pick 35, #255 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 222 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Penn State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2021.
Drafted round 7 by the Green Bay in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Penn State, 77 tackles — drafted at #255 overall by Green Bay.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20218 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Cass Technical

202213 games

All-Big Tenthird

202310 games

All-Big Tensecond

2024

Drafted by Green Bayround 7, pick 255

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#222 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #255

Green Bay · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Green BayEntering 3rd NFL season

#255Rd 7 · Pick 35

Green BayEntering 3rd NFL season

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2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under James Franklin — 28-11 over that span.

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

10Below cohort / limited sample #328 of 339?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1051 / 2842 · 62nd pct

Tackles#1360 / 2842 · 51st pct

Tackles for loss#1669 / 2842 · 38th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road5g	3.6	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

10 · #328 of 339 corners

Former four-star. Now #328 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Penn State	29	20	1.5	2	--	--
2022	Penn State	27	21	3.0	16	3	--
2021	Penn State	21	15	1.0	5	--	--
Career		77	56	5.5	23	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023

W 51–15

at Maryland

5 TOT · 4 SOLO

Dominant 36-point win on the road against Maryland.

With D. Allar — 240 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 39 rush yds (4 car) · N. Singleton — 20 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-15vs West Virginia	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 30-13@ Illinois	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 31-0vs Iowa	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 41-13@ Northwestern	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 12-20@ Ohio State	6	5	1.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	W 33-24vs Indiana	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 51-15@ Maryland	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 15-24vs Michigan	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 27-6vs Rutgers	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-0@ Michigan State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Total		29	20	1.5	—	2

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