Kalon Gervin: CB · Kansas · #18.
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Kalon Gervin
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 11, 2023.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas | 14 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2022 | Kansas | 20 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2021 | Michigan State | 14 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Michigan State | 22 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 78 | 62 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 12 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-17vs Missouri State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-23vs Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-27vs BYU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 51-22vs UCF | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 32-39@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-21@ Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-16vs Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 27-31vs No. 23 Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-16@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 49-36vs UNLV | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
29%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
14tackles this season14 tackles · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
39.0%
311 pass / 487 run
Plays / game
61.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Michigan State and Kansas, 78 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Mark Dantonio, Mel Tucker and Lance Leipold.
