Awards and Honors Bill Dailey Award Winner - Player Who Makes The Greatest Contribution With Little Recognition (2012) All-Big 12 Second Team (Coaches, AP - 2012) Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S11, S12) 2012 Earned second-team all-Big 12 honors at strong safety … led the nation with nine take-a-ways (6 fumble recoveries/3 interceptions) in 12 games … season-high 12 tackles at Oklahoma State … finished with 10 tackles and two interceptions vs. Oklahoma … had 1 tackles at Texas … recovered a pair of fumbles in win over Baylor … had team-high nine tackles in win at Iowa … was fourth on the team with 79 tackles and four forced fumbles … finished career with 110 tackles, seven fumble recoveries and forced five fumbles.
2011 Played in 11 games, including starts against Baylor, Missouri and Texas Tech … finished the season with 31 tackles, two pass breakups, a forced fumble and a recovered fumble … posted first career double-digit tackle effort with 10 against Baylor … also recovered a fumble against the Bears … forced a fumble, which the Cyclones recovered, against Kansas … recorded six tackles against Missouri and Kansas.
2010 Redshirted initial collegiate season.
Chaffey Three-star recruit ... recorded 22 tackles and one interception in seven games for Chaffey College ... collected 47 tackles and four interceptions in 2008 for Chaffey ... teammate of fellow Cyclone Ricky Howard. High School Recorded 61 tackles and three interceptions as a senior at Cabrillo High School in 2005 ... first-team All-Moore League defensive honors as a senior ... played for coach Marcus Turner.
Personal Born Aug. 24, 1988 ... son of Guy and Deborah Givens ... liberal studies major.