Kavika Baumgartner: DL · Fresno State · #98.
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Kavika Baumgartner
Wins the gap play after play. The two seasons at Fresno State span two head coaches: Jeff Tedford and Tim Skipper. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Air Force — Week 11, 2024.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fresno State | 21 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Fresno State | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 33 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-30@ No. 9 Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 46-30vs Sacramento State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-0vs New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-21@ New Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-59@ UNLV | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ Nevada | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-21vs Hawai'i | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-36@ Air Force | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 28-22vs Colorado State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-28vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 46-30
1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle · 1 solo tackle
Edged out Sacramento State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries21 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Skipper
Pass share
53.1%
430 pass / 380 run
Plays / game
62.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #252 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Fresno State — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Tedford → Tim Skipper. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
