Kelvin Pinkney: DL · South Florida · #96.
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Kelvin Pinkney
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at South Florida: Charlie Strong and Jeff Scott. On tape: 7 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against East Carolina, Week 9, 2021.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Florida | 18 | 12 | 5.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | South Florida | 14 | 11 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | South Florida | 13 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2018 | South Florida | 15 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2017 | South Florida | 16 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| Career | 76 | 41 | 16.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 38-17vs Florida A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-41@ SMU | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-32vs Tulsa | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-14vs Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-29@ East Carolina | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 42-54vs No. 20 Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-45@ Tulane | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-17@ UCF | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 12 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%5 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries18 tackles · 5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Scott
Pass share
40.1%
426 pass / 636 run
Plays / game
88.5
12 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at South Florida, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Jeff Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
