Kansas State University Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Duke, Khalid
Jersey Number 29
Khalid Duke
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 246
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Riverside Military Academy
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2023 All-Big 12 Second Team (Coaches)
• 2023 Honorable Mention Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year (Coaches)
• 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee
• 2022 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Texas Tech)
CAREER: Saw time in 46 career games with 34 starts, including 26 starts over his final two seasons.
2023: Started all 13 games as he picked up All-Big 12 Second Team honor from the league’s coaches in addition to earning votes for the Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year... Totaled 19 tackles on the year with career highs in tackles for loss (8.0) and sacks (6.0) to go along with a forced fumble... Finished sixth int he Big 12 in sacks per game (0.46)... Tied his career high with 3.0 TFLs against Troy, a game that featured a season-high 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble... Also had 2.0 TFLs against UCF and single-game games against SEMO, UCF, Texas Tech and Kansas.
2022: Saw time in all 14 games with 13 starts, totaling 44 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks and a pass breakup... Tallied a career-best 3.0 sacks against Texas Tech – tied for the fourth most in a game in school history – en route to Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors... Teamed with Felix Anudike-Uzomah to give K-State two players with 3.0 or more sacks in the same game for the first time in school history... It was the first time nationally that two players had 3.0 sacks in the same game since Oregon State against California in 2019 and the first in the Big 12 since at least 2007... Also recorded a season-high eight tackles against the Red Raiders... Had TFLs against Baylor and Kansas, while he also batted down a pass against the Jayhawks... Totaled six tackles at West Virginia.
2021: Played in each of the first three games before an injury cut his campaign short as he redshirted the season... Tallied sacks in each of the first two contests... Totaled four tackles against Stanford, while his sack against Southern Illinois went for a 10-yard loss.
2020: Played in nine games with eight starts, the first starts of his career... Totaled 26 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and a sack on the season... Set a career high with nine tackles in his first-career start at Oklahoma, helping the Wildcats earn their first road victory over a team ranked in the top five of the Associated Press Top 25 poll... Registered a career-best 2.0 tackles for loss at West Virginia, which included a sack.
2019: Saw action in seven games – primarily as a third-down pass rushing specialist – totaling seven tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks... Had a season-best two tackles in the Liberty Bowl against Navy and against Kansas, recording TFLs in both games... Sacks came against Kansas and West Virginia... Also recovered a fumble against Bowling Green and broke up a pass against Navy.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Riverside Military Academy under head coach Nicholas Garrett... Rated the 83rd-best outside linebacker in the Class of 2019 according to ESPN... Earned first team all-state honors from the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2018, the school’s first all-state honor since 2013... Carded 142 tackles and 17 tackles for loss during his senior season of 2018... Compiled 219 tackles, 21 TFLs, nine sacks and two interceptions for his career... Also starred on offense, carding 1,154 yards and 12 touchdowns on 66 career receptions, while he ran 46 times for 467 yards and four scores during his prep career... Also played basketball and was a state champion in the triple jump.
PERSONAL: Khalid Duke was born February 27, 2001, in Decatur, Georgia... Son of Sandra Gelin and the late Malik Maxime Duke... Has one sister, Ashanti, and a brother, Kaseem... Served as a ball boy for the Atlanta Falcons... Majoring in kinesiology.
• 2023 All-Big 12 Second Team (Coaches)
• 2023 Honorable Mention Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year (Coaches)
• 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee
• 2022 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Texas Tech)
CAREER: Saw time in 46 career games with 34 starts, including 26 starts over his final two seasons.
2023: Started all 13 games as he picked up All-Big 12 Second Team honor from the league’s coaches in addition to earning votes for the Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year... Totaled 19 tackles on the year with career highs in tackles for loss (8.0) and sacks (6.0) to go along with a forced fumble... Finished sixth int he Big 12 in sacks per game (0.46)... Tied his career high with 3.0 TFLs against Troy, a game that featured a season-high 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble... Also had 2.0 TFLs against UCF and single-game games against SEMO, UCF, Texas Tech and Kansas.
2022: Saw time in all 14 games with 13 starts, totaling 44 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks and a pass breakup... Tallied a career-best 3.0 sacks against Texas Tech – tied for the fourth most in a game in school history – en route to Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors... Teamed with Felix Anudike-Uzomah to give K-State two players with 3.0 or more sacks in the same game for the first time in school history... It was the first time nationally that two players had 3.0 sacks in the same game since Oregon State against California in 2019 and the first in the Big 12 since at least 2007... Also recorded a season-high eight tackles against the Red Raiders... Had TFLs against Baylor and Kansas, while he also batted down a pass against the Jayhawks... Totaled six tackles at West Virginia.
2021: Played in each of the first three games before an injury cut his campaign short as he redshirted the season... Tallied sacks in each of the first two contests... Totaled four tackles against Stanford, while his sack against Southern Illinois went for a 10-yard loss.
2020: Played in nine games with eight starts, the first starts of his career... Totaled 26 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and a sack on the season... Set a career high with nine tackles in his first-career start at Oklahoma, helping the Wildcats earn their first road victory over a team ranked in the top five of the Associated Press Top 25 poll... Registered a career-best 2.0 tackles for loss at West Virginia, which included a sack.
2019: Saw action in seven games – primarily as a third-down pass rushing specialist – totaling seven tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks... Had a season-best two tackles in the Liberty Bowl against Navy and against Kansas, recording TFLs in both games... Sacks came against Kansas and West Virginia... Also recovered a fumble against Bowling Green and broke up a pass against Navy.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Riverside Military Academy under head coach Nicholas Garrett... Rated the 83rd-best outside linebacker in the Class of 2019 according to ESPN... Earned first team all-state honors from the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2018, the school’s first all-state honor since 2013... Carded 142 tackles and 17 tackles for loss during his senior season of 2018... Compiled 219 tackles, 21 TFLs, nine sacks and two interceptions for his career... Also starred on offense, carding 1,154 yards and 12 touchdowns on 66 career receptions, while he ran 46 times for 467 yards and four scores during his prep career... Also played basketball and was a state champion in the triple jump.
PERSONAL: Khalid Duke was born February 27, 2001, in Decatur, Georgia... Son of Sandra Gelin and the late Malik Maxime Duke... Has one sister, Ashanti, and a brother, Kaseem... Served as a ball boy for the Atlanta Falcons... Majoring in kinesiology.
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