Ckelby Givens isn’t influenced by money.

The same is true for fame, accolades and other material desires that any normal 21-year-old would fancy. It’s not in the Shreveport native’s nature.

The old soul cares about three things above all else:

1. God.

2. Family.

3. Football.

Those are the priorities that his mother, Capathia Kimble, and father, Phillip Givens, instilled in their middle child, who is Southern football’s star defensive end. Those three items are Ckelby Givens’ compass. It’s why the FCS All-American resisted the allure of FBS.

Givens admits that he’d be lying if he said that the thought of transferring never crossed his mind. The 6-foot-2, 245-pound senior, in fact, entered the transfer portal following his sophomore season in 2023 after leading the Southwestern Athle

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