Kalib Fortner is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Army.
Fortner ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Army since. First career honor, 2024: AAC Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against East Carolina — Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
83 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-30vs Tarleton State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-21@ Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-45vs North Texas | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-28@ East Carolina | 11 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 31-13@ UAB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7vs Charlotte | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24@ Tulane | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-17@ Air Force | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 14-13vs Temple | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-26vs Tulsa | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-24@ UTSA | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | L 16-17vs No. 22 Navy | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-16vs UConn | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 83 | 54 | 7.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
83tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%8 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups83 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Jeff Monken — 25-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 6.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
14.5%
125 pass / 740 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
129 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
83 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #203 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #24 of 61 American Athletic LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 2,698 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the American Athletic as a senior.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Monken.
