2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Kalvin Dinkins
Played for two head coaches at Mississippi State: Greg Knox and Jeff Lebby. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against UL Monroe — Week 1, 2026.
13 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
13 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mississippi State | 13 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 27 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 45 | 12 | 6.5 | 4.0 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-13vs UL Monroe | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 38-13@ Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-34@ South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-24vs No. 19 Missouri | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-56vs No. 7 Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-31@ No. 22 LSU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 15-23vs Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-31@ No. 11 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%2 TFLSack rate
8%1 sackHurry rate
8%1 hurry13 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Pass share
45.5%
250 pass / 299 run
Plays / game
68.6
8 games
Team sack rate
10.3%
301 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #234 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #12 of 60 SEC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 20 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Zach Arnett, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
