Kavir Bains is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Pittsburgh.
Bains moves between deep coverage and the slot. On tape: 13 tackles against Florida State, Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 4 passes defended. 3 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 58 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
| Career | 58 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-9vs Duquesne | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31@ West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Louisville | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-7vs Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ No. 25 Florida State | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 30-13@ Syracuse | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 53-34vs NC State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-20@ Stanford | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 15-37vs No. 9 Notre Dame | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-28@ No. 15 Georgia Tech | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-38vs No. 13 Miami | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-23vs East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 58 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
58tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL58 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
52.3%
464 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
478 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
58 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #88 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #12 of 75 ACC DBs
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%).
The No. 3,377 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the ACC as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
