Kobe King: LB · Penn State · #41.
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Kobe King
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the Penn State linebacker corps. First career honor, 2024: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Minnesota — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
87 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Penn State | 87 | 47 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Penn State | 59 | 39 | 6.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 39 | 19 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 2021 | Penn State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 188 | 106 | 17.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 15 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-12@ West Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-27vs Bowling Green | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-0vs Kent State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-7vs No. 19 Illinois | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-11vs UCLA | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 33-30@ USC | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13@ Wisconsin | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-20vs No. 4 Ohio State | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-6vs Washington | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-10@ Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 26-25@ Minnesota | 9 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 44-7vs Maryland | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-10vs No. 12 SMU | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-14vs No. 8 Boise State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-27vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 87 | 47 | 7.5 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
87tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%8 TFLSack rate
3%3 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups87 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
4 seasons under James Franklin — 41-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 5.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 6.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
41.8%
437 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
65.4
16 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
457 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #132 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 188 tackles — drafted at #201 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
Next stop · NFL
Minnesota VikingsEntering 2nd NFL season
Minnesota VikingsEntering 2nd NFL season
