Junior defensive lineman on Northern Illinois's 2021 roster.
6′3″ · 225 lb · Norcross, GA
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 824 nationally · Signed with Vanderbilt
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman on Northern Illinois's roster.
Jalen Pinkney
Across three seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Derek Mason, Josh Heupel and Thomas Hammock. The receipt: 1 tackles against Eastern Michigan — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northern Illinois — his college career is complete.
His career
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Thomas Hammock. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | UCF | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-21@ Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 27-20vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-26vs Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |