Ckelby Givens

2022 Phil Steele 3rd Team All SWAC 2022 Blue Bloods Freshman All American 2022 Phil Steele Freshman All American 2023 FCS Football Central All American 2023 Phil Steele Preseason All SWAC 2nd Team 2023 SWAC Preseason 2nd Team 2023 1st Team All SWAC Defensive End 2023 SWAC Defensive Player of the Week (week 5) 2024 Buck Buchanan FCS National Defensive Player of the Year Watch List 2024 Stats Perform FCS Preseason 2nd Team All American 2024 SWAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year 2024 SWAC Preseason 1st Team Defensive End 2024 Boxtorow Preseason Defensive Player of the Year 2024 Boxtorow Preseason 1st Team Defensive End 2024 Phil Steele Preseason Defensive Player of the Year 2024 Phil Stelle Preseason 1st Team Defensive End 2024 Phil Steele Preseason FCS 3rd Team All American 2024 Urban Edge Network HBCU+ FCS National Player of the Year Watch List 2024 SWAC Defensive Player of the Year 2024 SWAC 1st Team Defensive End 2024 Boxtorow Defensive Player of the Year 2024 Boxtorow 1st Team Defensive End 2024 Phil Steele Defensive Player of the Year 2024 Phil Stelle 1st Team Defensive End 2024 Phil Steele FCS 2nd Team All-American 2024 Urban Edge Network HBCU+ FCS National Player of the Year Finalist 2024 Buck Buchanan FCS National Defensive Player of the Year Finalist 2025 Stats Perform FCS Preseason 1st Team All-American 2025 SWAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year 2025 SWAC Preseason 1st Team Defensive End 2025 Boxtorow Preseason Defensive Player of the Year 2025 Boxtorow Preseason 1st Team Defensive End 2025 Phil Steele Preseason Defensive Player of the Year 2025 Phil Stelle Preseason 1st Team Defensive End 2025 Phil Steele Preseason FCS 3rd Team All-American 2025 Urban Edge Network HBCU+ FCS National Player of the Year Watch List 2025 HBCU FCS National Player of the Year Award Watch List 2024 Season Started all 13 games during the 2024 season with 73 tackles, an FCS-high 27.5 TFLs, 12 sacks, 13. quarterback hurries, and three forced fumbles while finishing in a sixth-place tie in the Buck Buchanan Award voting and as a third-team All-American. 2023 Season He started all eleven games during the 2023 season, totaling 61 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, seven sacks, four forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery. 2022 Season Ckelby started seven games during his freshman campaign, finishing the season with 23 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, along with a pass deflection and a forced fumble. High School Ckelby attended Captain Shreve High School. Where he was LSHAA All-State, District MVP, All-City MVP and All-State. Personal Ckelby Givens was born on May 3rd in Shreveport, LA... he is a Mass Communications major... he is the son of Phillip Givens and Capathia Kimble... His siblings are Colyn, former Southern University football player and coach, and Cade, current Southeastern Oklahoma State University football player. He is also related to Southern University Baseball Hall of Famer, Cleophus Banks, and former Southern University Basketball alumnus... Throughout his time at Southern he has been a three-time Blue Blood All-American, three-time Phil Steele All-American, two-time FCS Stats Perform All-American, SWAC Defensive Player of the Year Year, 1st-Team All-SWAC, FCS Football Central All-American, and three-time SWAC Academic Honor Roll... oof the field, Ckelby stays busy as a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Student Athlete Advisory Committee. 2022 SWAC Western Division Champion 2024 SWAC Western Division Champion