Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Fordham | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#12
Dre Pinckney
Graduate safety on Coastal Carolina's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 193 lb · Boiling Springs, SC · Boiling Springs
CFB Index 24 · #484 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Coastal Carolina for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1758 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Coastal Carolina's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2021.
Dre Pinckney
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Five seasons at Coastal Carolina, five different head coaches: Jamey Chadwell, Chad Staggs, Tim Beck, Jeremiah Johnson and Ryan Beard. The receipt: 1 tackles against Fordham — Week 2, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2021
- Signed with Coastal Carolina3-star out of Boiling Springs
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Coastal Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
5 coaches2021
Coastal Carolina
2022era →
Chad Staggs
Coastal Carolina
2025era →
Jeremiah Johnson
Coastal Carolina
2026era →
Ryan Beard
Coastal Carolina
Played under 5 different head coaches: Jamey Chadwell, Chad Staggs, Tim Beck, Jeremiah Johnson, and Ryan Beard. Multi-era developmental context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2022Coastal Carolina9-4HC: Chad Staggs · Run-leaning
2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced
2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Jeremiah Johnson · Run-leaning
2026Coastal Carolina1-1HC: Ryan Beard · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
24 · #484 of 544 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #484 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #39 of 42 Sun Belt Ss
How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 38 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 19 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 72 | 36 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 45–7
vs Fordham
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 38-point win at home against Fordham.
With R. Podesta — 39 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG · D. Bailey — 203 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 30.0 · 21 rush yds (4 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Coastal Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Coastal Carolina
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -11 net (32 in / 43 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Coastal Carolina · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #105 · 2026 recruiting class #118
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kelechi Nwachuku’s 2023 season.
Matches Kelechi on
Tackle volume
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kelechi Nwachuku's senior season at UTSA (2023).
Matches Kelechi on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Dre Pinckney
Background
Honors 2025 Team Captain 2023 Comeback College Football Player of the Year Watch List 2025 (Redshirt Senior) Played in all 13 games while starting in four Recorded 35 tackles and one fumble recovery 0.5 tackles for loss and defended a pass 2024 (Redshirt Junior) Saw action in the Georgia Southern...
The secondary · Coastal Carolina
- #2Ja'Marion Wayne59 tackles · 2025
- #14Myles Woods46 tackles · 2025
- #12Dre Pinckney38 tackles · 2025
- #17Chris Henry10 tackles · 2025
- #45Kadon Crawford2 tackles · 2025
18 more on the roster · Coastal Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology