Kobe Hylton

Former safety at Oklahoma State. 2024: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 40 tackles.

S · Oklahoma State · Sr.

6′0″ · 210 lb · Snellville, GA

CFB Index 42 · #337 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceOklahoma State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former safety at Oklahoma State. 2024: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 40 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oklahoma State, 178 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202212 games

Entered the portal
All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

20238 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202411 games

Entered the portal

2025

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022UTEP5-7HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2023UTEP3-9HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2024Oklahoma State3-9HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #337 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#488 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles#934 / 2892 · 67th pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #337 of 537 safeties

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Oklahoma State	40	31	1.0	0.0	2	1	--
2023	UTEP	47	24	0.5	0.0	4	--	--
2022	UTEP	91	54	7.5	0.5	3	--	--
Career		178	109	9.0	0.5	9	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 39–31

vs Arkansas

3 SOLO · 3 TOT

Edged out Arkansas at home in a shootout.

With A. Bowman — 326 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 64.2 · 7 rush yds (5 car) · H. Kaak — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 39-31vs Arkansas	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 45-10@ Tulsa	3	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 19-22vs Utah	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-42@ Kansas State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-38vs West Virginia	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 35-38@ BYU	11	8	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 9	L 28-38@ Baylor	3	2	0.0	1	1
Wk 10	L 21-42vs Arizona State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 13-38@ TCU	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 48-56vs Texas Tech	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 0-52@ Colorado	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		40	31	1.0	1	2

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