Tarleton State University Athletics

Senior (2024):
Associated Press FCS All-America First Team (one of 15 offensive players nationally on First Team and one of three running backs) … 2024 Stats Perform FCS All-America First Team (one of 14 offensive players nationally on First Team and one of two running backs) … 2024 FCS Football Central All-American First Team … Phil Steele FCS 2024 All American First Team … AFCA FCS Coaches All-America Second Team … Dave Campbell's Texas Football's 2024 Player of the Year … Dave Campbell's Texas Football's All-Texas Non-FBS 2024 Team … UAC First Team All-Conference … Phil Steele FCS 2024 UAC First Team All-Conference … 2024 Walter Payton Award Preseason Watch List … 2024 FCS Preseason All-America RB by Stats Perform … UAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year … UAC Preseason All-Conference RB … Britten, along with WR Darius Cooper, became Tarleton State's first All-American honors from the AP and Stats Perform since DB Devin Hafford in 2021 … Finished as the leading rusher across the FCS and second across all of NCAA Division I football … Across 14 games, rushed for 1,982 yards and 18 touchdowns on 340 carries, averaging 5.8 yards per rush and 141.6 yards per game … Also had a touchdown and 165 yards on 16 receptions, finishing with 2,147 yards from scrimmage and 19 total touchdowns … Set a new single-season program rushing record, surpassing Derrick Ross' mark that had stood for 20 years (1,560 in 2004) … Rushed for over 100 yards in 11 different games, and with 15 in his Tarleton State career, he had the most ever by a Texan … Is one of three players in program history with multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons … Finished eighth in the voting for the Walter Payton Award (national offensive player of the year award) … Was one of 35 finalists for the 2024 Walter Payton Award, one of 15 running backs among the finalists, with an additional 16 quarterbacks, three wide receivers and one offensive lineman … Was named the FCS Offensive National Player of the Week and UAC Offensive Player of the Week against North Alabama on Sept. 21 after 273 rushing yards and four touchdowns, averaging 13.0 yards per carry … Set a new program record for single-game rushing yards, surpassing Ross' 269 yards rushing vs. Western New Mexico on Sept. 10, 2005 … Britten's 273 rushing yards were the most in a single-game across FCS and second most across all of NCAA Division I in 2024, and his four rushing touchdowns were the tied-third most in a game at the FCS level that season ... Tied the program record in scoring with his four touchdowns, joining six others … In the second quarter at North Alabama, Britten scored his first touchdown on a 96-yard run, which marked the longest run in program history and the third longest rushing play across D1 in 2024 ... On Oct. 5 at Southern Utah, Britten crossed the 1,000-yard mark in the sixth game of the year – only five FCS players have reached 1,000 yards in fewer games; South Dakota State's Zach Zenner in 2012, Portland State's Charles Dunn in 2000, Sacramento State's Charles Roberts in 1999, Siena's Reggie Greene in 1997, and Butler's Arnold Mickens in 1994.
 
Junior (2023):
2023 FCS Football Central All-American Third Team … Phil Steele FCS 2023 All-American Fourth Team … UAC First Team All-Conference … First Team Phil Steele All-Conference … On Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texan Non-FBS Team … Earned his second straight First Team All-Conference award, following First Team All-SWAC honors playing for Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2022 … Was one of the best running backs in the nation, finishing with 1,150 yards on 183 carries (6.3 yards per rush) and 16 rushing touchdowns … Scored in 10 of Tarleton State's 11 games, averaging 104.6 rushing yards per contest … Added 106 receiving yards and a touchdown on 11 catches, finishing with 17 total touchdowns on the season … Conference-wise, was first in rushing touchdowns (16, third in the FCS) and total touchdowns (17, tied-fifth in FCS) … Next closest in rushing touchdowns was at 10, and total at 14 … Was second in total rushing yards (1,150, ninth in FCS), rushing yards per game (104.6, tied-11th FCS) and yards per rush (6.3, 21st in FCS) … In conference play, led with 10 rushing touchdowns (next closest was at six) and was second at 744 rushing yards ... In program history, had the sixth most rushing yards in a single-season and the eighth most rushing yards per game in a single-season … Since 1977, finished with the tied-third most rushing touchdowns in a single-season in program history, tied with Gaylon Bowser's 16 rushing scores in 1987, only behind Xavier Turner's 22 touchdowns in 2018 and Derrick Ross' 22 touchdowns in 2004 … Scored three touchdowns in a game twice, once in the season opener and another in the season finale … Capped off the year and Tarleton State's comeback victory with three rushing touchdowns and 176 yards on 22 carries … Had four 100+ rushing yards on the season, all over the last five games, rushing for a season-high 187 yards at Eastern Kentucky on Oct. 14, doing so on 18 carries (10.4 YPC).
 
Arkansas-Pine Bluff:
First Team All-SWAC in 2022 … Played two seasons for the Golden Lions (2021-22) … Eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark at running back in 2022, rushing for 1,063 yards on 199 carries (5.3 yards per rush, 96.6 yards per game) and 16 touchdowns in 11 games … Also had 36 receptions for 149 yards … Led the team in all major rushing categories, and had 16 of the team’s 22 rushing TD … His 16 TD led the SWAC … Had five multi-TD games, including three 3+ TD performances and a four-touchdown game against Alabama A&M on Oct. 16, part of a 32-carry, 277-yard night ... In the season opener, tallied 277 yards from scrimmage, rushing for 237 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries, adding 60 yards on four catches … In the season finale at Alabama State on Nov. 24, scored three touchdowns on 28 carries, covering 160 yards, at Alabama State … Had four 100+ yard games rushing … Across 19 games in two years, totaled 1,294 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 45 receptions and 215 receiving yards.
 
Western Hills University High School:
Third Team All-State … Team MVP … Played four years of varsity football … Finished as the school’s all-time leading rusher … Through just six games his sophomore season, had already eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards, leading all of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky … At that time, was averaging 8.6 yards per carry with 10 touchdowns, ranked second in the city with 1,322 all-purpose yards, including a 96-yard kickoff return touchdown … Scored 11 of the first 12 TD by the Mustangs his sophomore year … Also participated in four years of varsity track and field.
 
Personal:
Is a 2020 graduate of Western Hills University High School in Cincinnati, Ohio … Full name is Kayvon Antonio Britten … Hometown is Cincinnati, Ohio … Son of Kevin Britten and Patrice Campbell … Majoring in sports management … Born Sept. 18.