Player Dossier

2017-2021

Fresno State

Kevin Atkins

DT • 6'3" • 320 lbs • Murrieta, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kevin Atkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

36%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Player Story

Kevin Atkins built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Murrieta, CA wearing No. 90, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Kevin Atkins' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7893

Vista Murrieta · Murrieta, CA

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Kevin Atkins, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Fresno State. Kevin Atkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
141
TFL
31
Sacks
17.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Kevin Atkins quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · DT
Career Tackles
141
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 47 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Fresno State
Top game
Minnesota
Recruit profile
2-star · Vista Murrieta · Fresno State
High school pipeline
Vista Murrieta · 25 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 90 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
41 tackles · DT 10th (top 5%) · Mountain West 86th (top 16%) · National 912th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonFresno State730.50--016.7
2017 Regular SeasonFresno State7161.50--016.7
2018 PostseasonFresno State101-0--033.9
2018 Regular SeasonFresno State10274.511-033.9
2019 Regular SeasonFresno State11317511045.7
2020 Regular SeasonFresno State6224.54.5--049.3
2021 PostseasonFresno State1320.50--061.8
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State133912.57--061.8

Related Context

Kevin Atkins played DT for Fresno State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kevin Atkins recorded 141 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Fresno State paired 20 primary output with 28.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 28.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Cal Poly

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Postseason · Fresno State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

28.5

Usage

9.1

Consistency

43

Best Game by takeover score

Cal Poly

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 0.5. Oregon: 2.5. UConn: 1. Cal Poly: 4. UCLA: 0. UNLV: 3. Hawai'i: 1. Wyoming: 2. Nevada: 3. San Diego State: 0. Boise State: 1. New Mexico: 0. San José State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 2 by 13.3. Oregon: 5 by 45.8. UConn: 2 by 18.3. Cal Poly: 4 by 56.7. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 4 by 46.7. Hawai'i: 5 by 30.8. Wyoming: 4 by 36.7. Nevada: 2 by 38.3. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Boise State: 4 by 26.7. New Mexico: 3 by 12.5. San José State: 4 by 36.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.6 · Games = 10 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Cal Poly

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Cal Poly

Result
Sat 12/18vs UTEPW 31-24200.5000
Thu 11/25@ San José StateSplash gameW 40-9431.500.500
Sun 11/14vs New MexicoW 34-733000
Sat 11/6vs Boise StateL 14-40410.500.500
Sun 10/31@ San Diego StateW 30-2010000
Sat 10/23vs NevadaSplash gameW 34-3222210
Sat 10/16@ WyomingSplash gameW 17-0421.500.500
Sun 10/3@ Hawai'iL 24-2755100
Sat 9/25vs UNLVSplash gameW 38-30421.501.500
Sun 9/19@ UCLAW 40-3711000
Sun 9/12vs Cal Poly2+ sacks · Splash gameW 63-1043220
Sat 9/4@ OregonSplash gameL 24-31531.5010
Sat 8/28vs UConnW 45-021100

Player Story

Kevin Atkins story

Kevin Atkins built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Murrieta, CA wearing No. 90, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Kevin Atkins' career was his defensive production: 141 tackles, 31 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Kevin Atkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Fresno State

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172017201820182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonFresno State214.23.4
2017 Regular SeasonFresno State214.23.40
2018 PostseasonFresno State6.518.25.54.5
2018 Regular SeasonFresno State6.518.25.50
2019 Regular SeasonFresno State1424.57.27.5
2020 Regular SeasonFresno State930.38.3-5
2021 PostseasonFresno State2028.59.111
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State2028.59.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Minnesota

Week 2 · L 35-38

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Utah State

Week 11 · W 35-16 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Cal Poly

Week 2 · W 63-10

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#4

@ San Diego State

Week 12 · L 7-17 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

#5

vs UNLV

Week 4 · W 38-30 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Fresno State

20 primary output · 28.5 efficiency · 9.1 usage

61.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Fresno State

61.8

20 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 9.1 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Fresno State

49.3

9 primary · 30.3 efficiency · 8.3 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

15

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games