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Player Dossier
2022-2025Army
Kalib Fortner
LB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Knoxville, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kalib Fortner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
92
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Army
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Army
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Air Force
Player Story
Kalib Fortner built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 53, spending time with Army. The clearest part of Kalib Fortner's career was his defensive production: 214...
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- Committed To
- Army
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Kalib Fortner, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Army. Kalib Fortner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 214
- TFL
- 20
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 13
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Kalib Fortner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Army · LB
- Career Tackles
- 214
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Army
- Top game
- Air Force
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Knoxville Central · Army
- High school pipeline
- Knoxville Central · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 53 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 83 tackles · LB 93rd (top 8%) · American Athletic 12th (top 2%) · National 125th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Army | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Army | 11 | 55 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Army | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 69.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Army | 13 | 69 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 69.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Army | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 69.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Army | 13 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 8 | - | 0 | 69.1 |
Related Context
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Kalib Fortner played LB for Army. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kalib Fortner recorded 214 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Army.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Army paired 19.5 primary output with 39.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 39.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tarleton State
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Army
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
39.7
Usage
13.5
Consistency
49.4
Best Game by takeover score
Tarleton State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UConn: 1. Tarleton State: 3.5. Kansas State: 2. North Texas: 1. East Carolina: 1.5. UAB: 1. Charlotte: 2. Tulane: 0. Air Force: 1. Temple: 2. Tulsa: 2. UTSA: 0. Navy: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UConn: 6 by 35. Tarleton State: 6 by 60. Kansas State: 3 by 32.5. North Texas: 6 by 35. East Carolina: 11 by 60.8. UAB: 3 by 22.5. Charlotte: 7 by 49.2. Tulane: 9 by 37.5. Air Force: 8 by 43.3. Temple: 4 by 36.7. Tulsa: 8 by 53.3. UTSA: 5 by 20.8. Navy: 7 by 29.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 7 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 6 · +0.0 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
Tarleton State
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs East Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs UConn | W 41-16 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/13 | @ Navy | L 16-17 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ UTSA | W 27-24 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs TulsaSplash game | L 25-26 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs TempleSplash game | W 14-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Air Force | W 20-17 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Tulane | L 17-24 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs CharlotteSplash game | W 24-7 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ UAB | W 31-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/25 | @ East Carolina10+ tackles | L 6-28 | 11 | 8 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs North Texas | L 38-45 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Kansas StateSplash game | W 24-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Tarleton StateSplash game | L 27-30 | 6 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kalib Fortner story
Kalib Fortner built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 53, spending time with Army. The clearest part of Kalib Fortner's career was his defensive production: 214 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Army. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kalib Fortner's production has multiple signals. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Army.
The arc is straightforward: Kalib Fortner moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Army
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Army | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Army | 5 | 25.4 | 7.9 | 5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Army | 19.5 | 39.4 | 13.3 | 14.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Army | 19.5 | 39.4 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Army | 17 | 39.7 | 13.5 | -2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Army | 17 | 39.7 | 13.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Air Force
Week 10 · W 20-3
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Holy Cross
Week 11 · W 17-14
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Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Tarleton State
Week 1 · L 27-30
3.5
Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Syracuse
Week 4 · L 16-29
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 1 · W 27-6 · Postseason
3
Havoc Plays
73.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Army
19.5 primary output · 39.4 efficiency · 13.3 usage
69.1
#2
2024 Regular Season · Army
69.1
19.5 primary · 39.4 efficiency · 13.3 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Army
69.1
17 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 13.5 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
12
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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