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Kalen King Arizona Cardinals · #35

Cornerback · 5' 11", 190 lbs · Detroit, MI · Age 23

Kalen King is a Cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals, drafted 255th overall, 2024.

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Arizona Cardinals · #35 · Cornerback

Kalen King

Season avg— · no seasons on record yet

Career avg— · career line pending

Live win probabilitySeason

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Scouting report

Kalen King — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Cornerback · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Kalen King is a Cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals, drafted 255th overall, 2024.

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Kalen King stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1729 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

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0Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Kalen King — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

0.0 PPG

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Playmaking

0.0 APG

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Rebounding

0.0 RPG

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Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Kalen King

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.

What moves the production line vs last season

Everything it reads

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0 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 23 — applied per stat

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: — → games & confidence

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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Kalen King career stats, season by season

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Context

Are the Arizona Cardinals built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record

-42.5net index

50off index

8def index

94pace

Aggressive hedge & helpscheme

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: Andrew Billings, Andrew Wingard.

How his role moves

Primary cornerback role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Kalen King

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2003-01-28

The beginning

Kalen King is a Cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals, in his 1st NFL season.

Arizona Cardinals

Turning pro

Drafted 255th overall, 2024 as a Cornerback.

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Kalen King is an Arizona Cardinals cornerback, drafted 255th overall, 2024.

Chapter

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Where things stand

Where King goes from here.

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King's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the field

Measurables

Active

Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 190 lbs
Draft: 255th overall, 2024
Born: Detroit, MI
Age: 23
Jersey: #35

Background

Kalen King is from Detroit, MI and is 23 years old. He was drafted 255th overall, 2024 and plays cornerback at 5' 11", 190 lbs.

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. King is currently on the Arizona Cardinals roster.

The person

Kalen King is a depth and special-teams defensive back who has recorded 0 tackles with 0 interceptions and 0 passes defensed across his career.

Coverage production0 career interceptions and 0 passes defensed.

Tackling0 career tackles from the secondary.

Draft pedigree255th overall, 2024.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Kalen King — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Kalen King, answered.

What position does Kalen King play?

Kalen King is a Cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals.

When was Kalen King drafted?

Kalen King was drafted 255th overall, 2024.

How many seasons has Kalen King played?

This is his first season on record.

What are Kalen King's career stats?

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Kalen King career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Kalen King Arizona Cardinals · #35

Kalen King — the report card

Where Kalen King stands

Kalen King — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Kalen King

Kalen King career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Arizona Cardinals built to win?

The Ballad of Kalen King

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Kalen King — frequently asked

Current role & opportunity

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