#18

Kalon Gervin

Senior cornerback on Kansas's 2023 roster.

CB · Kansas · Sr. · #18

5′11″ · 195 lb · Detroit, MI

CFB Index 22 · #281 of 322 cornersLow confidenceKansas 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 188 nationally · Signed with Michigan State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback on Kansas's roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan State in 2018.
Transferred from Michigan State to Kansas in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas, 78 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Signed with Michigan State4-star out of Cass Technical

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#188 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Les Miles

Kansas

2021–2023

Lance Leipold

Kansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced

2020Michigan State2-5HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

22Below cohort / limited sample #281 of 322?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#362 / 2842 · 85th pct

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Solo tackles#1816 / 2842 · 34th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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Tackles#2403 / 2842 · 14th pct

Tackles for loss#2431 / 2842 · 7th 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
Home6g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Backup

Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Kansas	14	11	0.0	4	--	--
2022	Kansas	20	16	1.0	4	--	--
2021	Michigan State	14	13	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Michigan State	22	16	0.0	4	--	--
2019	Michigan State	8	6	0.0	--	--	--
Career		78	62	1.0	12	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-17vs Missouri State	2	2	—	0
Wk 2	W 34-23vs Illinois	0	0	—	1
Wk 4	W 38-27vs BYU	2	1	—	1
Wk 6	W 51-22vs UCF	0	0	—	1
Wk 7	L 32-39@ Oklahoma State	2	2	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-21@ Iowa State	1	1	—	0
Wk 11	L 13-16vs Texas Tech	3	2	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 12	L 27-31vs Kansas State	0	0	—	0
Wk 13	W 49-16@ Cincinnati	1	0	—	1
Bowl	W 49-36@ UNLV	3	3	—	0
Total		14	11	—	4

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

Kalon Gervin

2018

202211 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Game log

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