Kamren Kinchens

Former safety at Miami. 2023: 5 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

S · Miami · Jr. · #5

6′0″ · 205 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 90 · #8 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLos Angeles — drafted 2024, Rd 3, Pick 36, #99 overall

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 320 nationally · Signed with Miami

Statement game3 INTat Georgia Tech (FBS) · W 35-14

Top 0.1% interceptions game since 2021.

kinchens is a good football player.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 4His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Miami. 2023: 5 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Miami in 2021.
Drafted round 3 by the Los Angeles in 2024.
Named All-America (SN) in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Miami, 155 tackles, an All-American season (2022) — drafted at #99 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

202111 games

Signed with Miami4-star out of Miami Northwestern

202212 games

All-Americafirst · 7 selectors
All-ACCfirst

202310 games

All-ACCfirst

2024

Drafted by Los Angelesround 3, pick 99

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#320 national

CFB

College

Miami

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #99

Los Angeles · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

11 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2022)

6 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches

2021

Jess Simpson

Miami

2022–2023

Mario Cristobal

Miami

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jess Simpson → Mario Cristobal. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

#99Rd 3 · Pick 36

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Miami7-5HC: Jess Simpson · Balanced

2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

90All-America level #8 of 538?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (89th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Interceptions#6 / 827 · 99th pct

Passes defended#254 / 2842 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#372 / 2842 · 86th pct

Tackles#530 / 2842 · 81st pct

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1231 / 2842 · 54th pct

2.5

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th 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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.5	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road4g	4.8	0.5	0.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	4.8	0.5	0.2	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	5.5	0.1	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 538 FBS safeties by CFB Index Score.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #8 of 538 safeties

Former four-star. Now #8 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Miami	52	34	2.5	1.0	5	5	--
2022	Miami	59	34	1.5	0.0	5	6	--
2021	Miami	44	25	1.0	0.0	4	--	--
Career		155	93	5.0	1.0	14	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 48–33

vs Texas A&M

3 SOLO · 7 TOT · 1 REC

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With T. Van Dyke — 374 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.6 · -12 rush yds (2 car) · B. Smith — 1 TD · 98 AVG · 98 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-3vs Miami (OH)	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 48-33vs Texas A&M	7	3	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	L 20-23vs Georgia Tech	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 31-41@ North Carolina	9	9	2.0	1.0	—	2	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 8	W 28-20vs Clemson	6	4	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 9	W 29-26vs Virginia	9	4	0.5	0.0	1	1
Wk 10	L 6-20@ NC State	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 11	L 20-27@ Florida State	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 31-38vs Louisville	8	6	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 45-20@ Boston College	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		52	34	2.5	1.0	5	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kamren Kinchens

202111 games

202212 games

202310 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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