Kevin Atkins: DT · Fresno State · #90.
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Kevin Atkins
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Fresno State. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Hawai'i, Week 5, 2021.
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
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Fresno State | 41 | 26 | 13.0 | 7.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 22 | 9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | -- |
| 2019 | Fresno State | 31 | 17 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Fresno State | 28 | 12 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Fresno State | 19 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 141 | 71 | 31.0 | 17.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-0vs UConn | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ No. 11 Oregon | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-10vs Cal Poly | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 3 | W 40-37@ No. 13 UCLA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-30vs UNLV | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27@ Hawai'i | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-0@ Wyoming | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-32vs Nevada | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-20@ No. 21 San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-40vs Boise State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-7vs New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-9@ San José State | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 26 | 12.5 | 7.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2021
W 63-10
vs Cal Poly
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 53-point win at home against Cal Poly.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
32%13 TFLSack rate
17%7 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries41 tackles · 13 for loss · 7 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lee Marks
Pass share
54.6%
513 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
78.3
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
543 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
41 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #191 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Fresno State, 141 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 46 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Tedford → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
