Kevin Givens: DT · Penn State · #30.
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Kevin Givens
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Third year in the same defensive front at Penn State. On tape: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Pittsburgh, Week 2, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 51-6@ Pittsburgh | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Kent State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-24@ Illinois | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-27vs No. 4 Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-21vs Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-28@ Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-24vs No. 18 Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ No. 5 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 22-10vs Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-7@ Rutgers | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-3vs Maryland | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
 Bowl | L 24-27vs No. 16 Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 19 | 10.5 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
32%10 TFLSack rate
15%5 sacksHurry rate
12%4 hurries33 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
3 seasons under James Franklin — 31-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 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
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
42.6%
379 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 82 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
