#42

Antonio Kinard

Linebacker for Cincinnati. 2016: 93 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Cincinnati · #42

6′4″ · Youngstown, OH

Cincinnati 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 996 nationally · Signed with Michigan

Statement game18 tackles · 1 TFL · 1 sackvs Houston (FBS) · L 16-40

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for Cincinnati. 2016: 93 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan in 2010.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Cincinnati, 93 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2010

Signed with Michigan3-star out of Liberty

2011

Recruited3-star out of Hargrave Military Academy

2015

Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Arizona Western College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#996 national

CFB

College

Cincinnati

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Cincinnati4-8HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (28th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#108 / 2668 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#316 / 2668 · 87th pct

7.5

Solo tackles#519 / 2668 · 80th pct

Sacks#661 / 2668 · 73rd pct

1.5

Passes defended#754 / 2668 · 65th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.1	0.8	0.2	0.3
Road5g	7.2	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.5	0.4	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	8.0	0.8	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Cincinnati	93	35	7.5	1.5	2	--	--
Career		93	35	7.5	1.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 28–7

vs UT Martin

3 TOT

Dominant 21-point win at home against UT Martin.

With H. Moore — 260 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 74.0 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · S. Geraci — 1 rec · 6 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week