#27

Kevin Bourne

Safety for Kent State. 2016: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 67 tackles.

S · Kent State · #27

5′10″ · Newark, OH

Kent State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 3061 nationally · Signed with Kent State

Statement game21 tacklesvs Northern Illinois (FBS) · L 21-31

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 safety for Kent State. 2016: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 67 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Kent State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Kent State, 67 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Kent State2-star out of Newark

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3061 national

CFB

College

Kent State

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Kent State3-9HC: Paul Haynes · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (87th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (28th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#349 / 2668 · 87th pct

Solo tackles#363 / 2668 · 86th pct

Interceptions#152 / 763 · 68th pct

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#989 / 2668 · 60th pct

3.0

Passes defended#1097 / 2668 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

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

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	7.6	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road6g	4.8	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	9.6	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mark Carney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Kent State	67	41	3.0	1.0	1	2	--
Career		67	41	3.0	1.0	1	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 27–7

vs Monmouth

1 TOT

With M. Mitchell — 106 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.1 · 77 rush yds (14 car) · D. Adams — 37 AVG · 50 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 13-33@ Penn State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 27-7vs Monmouth	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 0-48@ Alabama	5	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 27-31vs Akron	6	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 44-20@ Buffalo	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-18@ Miami (OH)	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-14vs Ohio	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 27-24@ Central Michigan	3	3	0.0	0.0	2	0
Wk 11	L 21-37vs Western Michigan	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-42@ Bowling Green	14	6	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 21-31vs Northern Illinois	21	15	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 21 tackles
Total		67	41	3.0	1.0	2	1

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