Antoine Winfield: DB · Minnesota · #11.
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Antoine Winfield
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches at Minnesota: Tracy Claeys and P.J. Fleck. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 1 sack against Nebraska — Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 1 pass defended. 7 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-21vs South Dakota State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-35@ Fresno State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-32vs Georgia Southern | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-17vs Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7vs Nebraska | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-7@ Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-10vs Maryland | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-26vs No. 5 Penn State | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 19-23@ No. 23 Iowa | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-38vs No. 13 Wisconsin | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-24vs No. 9 Auburn | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 45 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 |
Week 11 · 2019
W 31-26
vs Penn State
2 interceptions · 11 tackles · 9 solo tackles
A close one, won by 5 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
7interceptionsTackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL65 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 pass breakup · 7 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
37.2%
322 pass / 544 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
65 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Minnesota, 154 tackles — drafted at #45 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A stat line in 29 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 7th NFL season
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 7th NFL season
