Trent Tanking, ILB | Height: 6’2” | Weight: 225 lbs.
Trent Tanking was the kind of player that coaches, commentators, and fans love in college football, rising from an unheralded walk-on to team captain. Unrated as a recruit coming out of Holton High School, Tanking joined K-State as a preferred walk-on, spurning offers from Division II schools. He redshirted in 2013, then saw action primarily on kickoff coverage his first three years. In the 2016 regular-season finale against TCU, he played most of the snaps at linebacker, tallying five solo tackles and an interception in his first prolonged action on defense.