Columbia University Athletics

2021
 
Did not see any action as a junior defensive back … Contributed on the scout team.
 
2020
 
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
2019
 
Did not see any game action as a first-year defensive back … Contributed on the scout team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2019 graduate of Lanier High School in Sugar Hill, Ga., where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Korey Mobbs … Class 8-6A All-Region Defensive Back selection as a senior in 2018 … Two-year starter at cornerback and running back … Made 45 tackles, deflected 11 passes, recovered three fumbles and forced one fumble as a cornerback on senior season … Led the Longhorns to a state semifinal appearance as a senior … Made eight tackles and deflected three passes in a game … Recovered blocked field goal for 70-yard touchdown run in win over Lanier … Rushed for 665 yards on 85 carries as a junior in 2017 … Rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247sports.com … Also competed in track and field and earned three varsity letters … His 4x100-meter relay team placed in the top-5 finalists in the state of Georgia in 2016 and 2017 … As a junior, rushed for 500 yards and four touchdowns … Three-time All-American sprinter in track and field … Top 100-meter time is 10.7 … National Honor Society member … Earned Honor Roll status … Involved in the community as he collected gifts for Children’s Hospital.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Kevonte Lamar Polk on November 2, 2000 in Minnesota … Son of Kiba and Mazita Polk of Buford, Ga. … Has a younger sister Kiana … Father competed in track and field at St. Thomas University … Uncle Marzel Harris competed in track and field at Augsburg College … Nickname is KP … Role model is his father because he has taught him many life lessons … Hobbies and interests include reading and cooking … One word that describes him: motivated … Person in history he would most like to meet: Martin Luther King, Jr. … Selected Columbia because it provided him with the best opportunity to be successful and achieve his dreams … Committed to Columbia on February 4, 2019 … Selected Columbia over offers from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, Navy, Air Force, Iowa, Memphis, Western Kentucky, Wake Forest and Vanderbilt … Originally committed to Navy but changed his mind and decided to attend Columbia … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Psychology.