Senior defensive back on Nevada's 2025 roster.
5′9″ · 182 lb · Lake Stevens, WA
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
CB recruit
No. 1356 nationally · Signed with Lake Stevens
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Nevada's 2025 roster.
Kasen Kinchen
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his second year in the same secondary at Nevada. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Western Kentucky, Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Jeff Choate — 6-19 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #458 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #32 of 42 Mountain West DBs
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.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 20–17
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-46@ Penn State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-17vs Sacramento State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-14vs Middle Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-31@ Western Kentucky | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 17-20@ Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-44vs San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-10vs San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-42vs UNLV | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
2026 Outlook
Nevada
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Nevada
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Nevada · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #118 · 2026 recruiting class #98
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to TJ Smith’s 2024 season.
Matches TJ on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Birchette's sophomore season at Ohio (2021).
Matches Justin on
Player DNA