Senior defensive lineman on South Florida's 2021 roster.
6′3″ · 315 lb · Sarasota, FL
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.
The story
4 defensive lineman on South Florida's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKelvin Pinkney
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Kelvin Pinkney has been at South Florida through two head coaches in five seasons. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 1.5 TFL against East Carolina, Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Florida, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Jeff Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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
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
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| 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 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 38–17
vs Florida A&M
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Dominant 21-point win at home against Florida A&M.
With A. Stokes — 36 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 50 LONG · T. McClain — 163 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 14.3 · 51 rush yds (14 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| 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 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 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
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.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jordan Jefferson’s 2021 season.
Matches Jordan on
Differs from Jordan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Damarjhe Lewis's senior season at Purdue (2024).
Matches Damarjhe on
Differs from Damarjhe on
Player DNA