#30

Kevin Givens

Junior defensive tackle for Penn State. 2018: 5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DT · Penn State · Jr. · #30

6′1″ · 283 lb · Altoona, PA

Penn State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 885 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive tackle for Penn State. 2018: 5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Penn State, 82 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Penn State3-star out of Altoona

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#885 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under James Franklin — 31-9 over that span.

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (95th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#112 / 2662 · 95th pct

5.0

Tackles for loss#130 / 2662 · 95th pct

10.5

QB hurries#184 / 2662 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#1199 / 2662 · 54th pct

Tackles#1205 / 2662 · 54th pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.3	0.9	0.7	0.0
Road5g	3.4	0.8	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	1.2	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Penn State	33	19	10.5	5.0	1	--	--
2017	Penn State	23	9	4.0	3.5	2	--	--
2016	Penn State	26	12	7.0	4.5	1	--	--
Career		82	40	21.5	13.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018

W 22–10

vs Wisconsin

1 TOT

With T. McSorley — 160 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.0 · 9 rush yds (11 car) · M. Sanders — 159 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week