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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Penn State
Kobe King
LB • 6'1" • 251 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
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Kobe King shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
79
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Kobe King built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a linebacker from Detroit, MI wearing No. 41, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Kobe King's career was his defensive production: 188...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 25
- Overall
- No. 201
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
Kobe King, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State. Kobe King shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.5 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Kobe King quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 188
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cass Technical · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Estacado · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 6 · Pick 25 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Junior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 87 tackles · LB 75th (top 7%) · Big Ten 16th (top 2%) · National 102nd (top 2%)
Kobe King played LB for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kobe King recorded 188 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Penn State.
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Honors
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachessecond
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediasecond
- 20232023 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20232023 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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