2018 Football Roster
George, Kevin
vs
BYU
Sep 27 (Sat)
8:15 PM
Jersey Number 27
Kevin George
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, La.
- High School:
- Carenco
- Prev School:
- Georgia Military Academy
Bio
Last updated on July 17, 2018
AT COLORADO: 2017 (Soph.)—Redshirted … Spent time practicing at both corner and safety in his first fall in Boulder.
JUNIOR COLLEGE—He played one season at Georgia Military College in 2016, helping the Bulldogs to a 9-2 record and a final national ranking of No. 14 in the NJCAA National Polls ... In nine games under coach Bert Williams, he had 10 tackles, seven pass breakups and two interceptions, one of which he returned 56 yards for a touchdown in a 45-3 win over ASA College of Miami ... His other pick, which came in a 44-0 win over Middle Georgia State, was returned 76 yards, giving him 132 return yards off two interceptions.
HIGH SCHOOL—He started playing cornerback his senior year of high school, but was a safety in previous seasons ... In 11 games as a senior he recorded 24 tackles with four pass breakups and two interceptions while leading his team to an 8-4 record and the second round of the playoffs under coach Kevin Faulk, a former NFL running back ... His interception in the end zone in the final minutes helped seal a 33-21 victory over Teurlings Catholic ... Caught one TD pass in a 69-8 win over Opelousas ... Helped the Bears go 8-3 as a junior and into the first round of the 2014 LHSAA Class 5A playoffs ... Did not allow a passing touchdown to be completed on him all season and he had 31 tackles and four interceptions while also forcing and recovering one fumble ... Also played basketball and ran track in high school … Top 400-meter time of 49.9 was one of the top-three fastest in school history at the time ... He was a part of the 4x400 relay team that finished fourth at the 2014 LHSAA State Class 5A Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Environmental Studies at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born in Lafayette, La. on Dec. 29, 1997… Hobbies include running, playing basketball and hanging out with teammates ... He has two cousins who played college football - Malik George, who redshirted as a freshman at Stephen F. Austin in 2016 before transferring over to the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns; and Claude George, a former linebacker at Texas A&M, who started three games for the Aggies in 2016 and signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks in April 2017.
AT COLORADO: 2017 (Soph.)—Redshirted … Spent time practicing at both corner and safety in his first fall in Boulder.
JUNIOR COLLEGE—He played one season at Georgia Military College in 2016, helping the Bulldogs to a 9-2 record and a final national ranking of No. 14 in the NJCAA National Polls ... In nine games under coach Bert Williams, he had 10 tackles, seven pass breakups and two interceptions, one of which he returned 56 yards for a touchdown in a 45-3 win over ASA College of Miami ... His other pick, which came in a 44-0 win over Middle Georgia State, was returned 76 yards, giving him 132 return yards off two interceptions.
HIGH SCHOOL—He started playing cornerback his senior year of high school, but was a safety in previous seasons ... In 11 games as a senior he recorded 24 tackles with four pass breakups and two interceptions while leading his team to an 8-4 record and the second round of the playoffs under coach Kevin Faulk, a former NFL running back ... His interception in the end zone in the final minutes helped seal a 33-21 victory over Teurlings Catholic ... Caught one TD pass in a 69-8 win over Opelousas ... Helped the Bears go 8-3 as a junior and into the first round of the 2014 LHSAA Class 5A playoffs ... Did not allow a passing touchdown to be completed on him all season and he had 31 tackles and four interceptions while also forcing and recovering one fumble ... Also played basketball and ran track in high school … Top 400-meter time of 49.9 was one of the top-three fastest in school history at the time ... He was a part of the 4x400 relay team that finished fourth at the 2014 LHSAA State Class 5A Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Environmental Studies at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born in Lafayette, La. on Dec. 29, 1997… Hobbies include running, playing basketball and hanging out with teammates ... He has two cousins who played college football - Malik George, who redshirted as a freshman at Stephen F. Austin in 2016 before transferring over to the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns; and Claude George, a former linebacker at Texas A&M, who started three games for the Aggies in 2016 and signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks in April 2017.
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