2019: Named the Defensive MVP at the 95th East-West Shrine Bowl™ following the season, after finishing with two tackles and an interception ... AFCA FCS Coaches' and HERO Sports FCS All-America First Team selection ... STATS FCS All-America Second Team pick ... earned Associated Press FCS All-America Third Team honors ... started all 15 games at strong safety for the Redbirds … team captain … led the team with 89 tackles on the season, with 64 solo stops … also finished the year with six pass breakups, three sacks, four TFLs and a forced fumble … had a career-high 10 tackles and two pass breakups against No. 9 UNI … tallied a sack and seven tackles in a win at Western Illinois … posted TFLs in back-to-back wins over No. 4 South Dakota State and Missouri State … recorded the game-winning sack in a thrilling win over the Bears ... finished with five tackles and a sack in the first-round FCS playoff win at Southeast Missouri ... tallied six stops in the second-round playoff victory at Central Arkansas.
2018: Missouri Valley Football Conference First-Team selection at safety ... voted as a team captain ... started all 11 games at safety, after sitting out the 2017 season … tied for the MVFC lead with five interceptions … ranked second on the team with 61 tackles, including 34 solo stops … added three pass breakups … returned an interception 39 yards for a touchdown in a win over Western Illinois (Oct. 6) … had a career-high 10 tackles at UNI (Nov. 3) … had nine stops and an interception at Indiana State (Nov. 10) … had six tackles and an interception in the season finale win over Youngstown State (Nov. 17).
2017: Stayed in school, but was not part of the football program for the seaon ... re-joined the team during spring 2018 workouts.
2016: Played in all 12 games for the Redbirds in the defensive backfield ... ended the season with 15 tackles, nine of which were solo stops ... tied for the team lead with seven special teams tackles ... tied a season-best with three tackles in a win over Missouri State (Nov. 12).
2015: Saw action in 10 games for the Redbirds as a defensive back ... finished the season with 18 tackles, 14 of which were solo stops ... also credited with four pass breakups ... had at least one pass break up in four-straight games to start the month of October ... set career-best with four tackles each in wins at Youngstown State and Missouri State ... recorded three tackles in a victory over South Dakota.
Garland HS: Dual-threat quarterback and defensive back for Garland HS … completed 87-of-165 pass attempts for 1,160 yards and threw 12 touchdown passes during senior season … rushed 93 times for 798 yards and five touchdowns in final season, as Garland recorded a 5-1 record in district play.
Personal: Son of Sareatha Kirk and Luther Kirk III ... has three older siblings: Keenon, Daijhia and Reginald.
