Elvis Hines: CB · Kent State · #14.
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Elvis Hines
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Played for two head coaches at Kent State: Paul Haynes and Sean Lewis. The first one came in 2021: All-MAC. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Northern Illinois — Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
61 tackles. 10 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 1.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kent State | 63 | 43 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 |
| 2020 | Kent State | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | Kent State | 52 | 36 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2018 | Kent State | 37 | 27 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2017 | Kent State | 18 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 181 | 125 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 27 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-41@ No. 6 Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 60-10vs VMI | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-30@ No. 5 Iowa | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-37@ Maryland | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-20vs Bowling Green | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-38vs Buffalo | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-64@ Western Michigan | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27@ Ohio | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-47vs Northern Illinois | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 30-54@ Central Michigan | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-0@ Akron | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-47vs Miami (OH) | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-41vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 43 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
63tackles this season63 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 10 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Road7g | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
39.1%
405 pass / 632 run
Plays / game
79.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.7%
450 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #292 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kent State, 181 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Haynes → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
