Khalid Duke: DE · Kansas State · #29.
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Khalid Duke
Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. Fifth year in the Kansas State defensive front. The first one came in 2022: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Houston — Week 9, 2023.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas State | 19 | 14 | 8.0 | 6.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 39 | 29 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Kansas State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 26 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Kansas State | 7 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 97 | 68 | 21.0 | 14.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-0vs Southeast Missouri State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-13vs Troy | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 27-30@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-31vs UCF | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-29@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-21@ Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-3vs TCU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-0vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-33@ No. 7 Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-27@ Kansas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 28-19vs No. 19 NC State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 8.0 | 6.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2023
W 42-13
vs Troy
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 29-point win at home against Troy.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
32%6 sacksTFL rate
42%8 TFLHurry rate
11%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
75%6 of 8 pressures19 tackles · 8 for loss · 6 sacks.
5 seasons under Chris Klieman — 39-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
44.9%
426 pass / 523 run
Plays / game
73.0
13 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
447 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #111 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kansas State, 14 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Klieman.
