CAREER NOTES
Spent four seasons with the Nittany Lions, playing in 46 games and making 27 starts...Posted 200 career tackles (113 solo) to go with 18.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, one forced fumble, two recoveries and four pass breakups.
2024 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Selected All-Big Ten second team by the coaches and media. Preseason: Named to the Butkus Award watch list.
Season: Started all 16 games...Made 97 tackles (53 solo) to go along with 8.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, one forced fumble and pass breakup...Voted a team captain...Named coaching staff's Defensive Player of the Week (Minnesota - 11/23).
Rankings: Finished 10th in the Big Ten in tackles (97).
at West Virginia (8/31): Posted three tackles. Bowling Green (9/7): Made seven tackles (4 solo). Kent State (9/21): Made a solo tackle. Illinois (9/28): Recorded a solo sack in the second quarter and added a half-tackle for loss later in the quarter...Finished with seven tackles (4 solo). UCLA (10/5): Tallied five tackles, including a half-tackle for loss. at USC (10/12): Made seven tackles (5 solo) to go along with a tackle for loss. at Wisconsin (10/26): Posted four tackles and a half-tackle for loss. Ohio State (11/2): Recorded seven tackles, including five solo...Notched a solo sack in the third quarter. Washington (11/9): Tallied seven tackles, including four solo...Had a solo tackle on Washington's opening drive. at Purdue (11/16): Posted two tackles and assisted on a sack...Added a pass breakup. at Minnesota (11/23): Made nine tackles, including five solo...Collected 1.5 tackles for loss, registering a solo tackle for loss in the second quarter and assisted on a tackle for loss in the fourth quarter. Maryland (11/30): Assisted on three tackles. vs. Notre Dame (1/9): Finished with nine tackles (4 solo).
2023 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned All-Big Ten honorable mention laurels from the coaches and media.
Season: Played in all 13 games at middle linebacker, making 11 starts...Finished with 59 tackles (39 solo), to go along with six tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, a fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry.
West Virginia (9/2): Recorded five tackles. at Illinois (9/16): Recovered a forced fumble by Dominic DeLuca in the first quarter...Made four solo tackles, including a tackle for loss. Iowa (9/23): Posted a solo tackle. at Northwestern (9/30): Made four solo tackles, including two tackles for loss and a sack...Sack came in the first quarter, the first of his career. UMass (10/14): Notched two tackles...Secured a solo tackle for loss. at Ohio State (10/21): Made six tackles (5 solo) and assisted on a sack. Indiana (10/28): Recorded five tackles (2 solo). at Maryland (11/4): Made three tackles. Michigan (11/11): Recorded a nine tackles (6 solo). Rutgers (11/18): Posted a career-high 10 tackles (5 solo) to go along with a half-tackle for loss. at Michigan State (11/24): Recorded five tackles (3 solo). vs. Ole Miss (12/30): Posted five solo tackles, including a tackle for loss.
2022 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in 13 games...Made 41 tackles (20 solo), four tackles for loss, recovered a fumble and returned it for a touchdown, broke up three passes and added a quarterback hurry.
at Purdue (9/1): Assisted on one tackle. Ohio (9/10): Broke up a pass and assisted on a tackle. at Auburn (9/17): Made five tackles (4 solo). Central Michigan (9/24): Recorded three tackles. Northwestern (10/1): Made two solo stops. at Michigan (10/15): Assisted on three tackles. Minnesota (10/22): Recorded three total tackles (1 solo)... Added one pass breakup. Ohio State (10/29): Picked up three tackles, including his first career tackle for loss. at Indiana (11/5): Led the team with eight total tackles (5 solo)...Tallied a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss. Maryland (11/12): Made two solo tackles, including a tackle for loss. at Rutgers (11/19): Led the squad with six total tackles (2 solo)...Recovered a fumble forced by Marquis Wilson that he returned 14 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter. Michigan State (11/26): Posted two tackles. vs. Utah (1/2): Posted two tackles and pass breakup.
2021 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Redshirt season...Appeared in four games...Recorded three tackles and a QB hurry.
Ball State (9/11): Recorded his first career tackle. Villanova (9/25): Posted two tackles and a quarterback hurry.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Cass Technical High School for head coach Thomas Wilcher...Two-time team captain...Earned Division I all-region honors from the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association in 2020...Named the 2019 Detroit Public School League Linebacker of the Year...Additionally was a 2019 all-city selection and all-state honorable mention...Made 47 tackles during junior season, including 12 tackles for loss and one forced fumble...Helped lead the Technicians to an 11-2 mark during sophomore campaign, making 42 tackles, nine tackles for loss and forcing two fumbles...Team won a district and regional championship during freshman year...Made ten tackles and forced a fumble as a freshman... Rated as the No. 19 inside linebacker and No. 12 prospect in Michigan by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 23 inside linebacker, No. 80 prospect in the region and No. 14 prospect in Michigan by ESPN...Tabbed as the No. 15 prospect at his position and No. 9 in the state by Rivals...Also wrestled and ran track at Cass Tech.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kobe Laron King...Son of TaDarrell and Felicia King...Twin brother, Kalen, was also a member of the Penn State football team and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL Draft...Majoring in recreation, park and tourism management...Would like to own his own business.