#11

Kent Robinson

Junior defensive back on Western Kentucky's 2026 roster.

DB · Western Kentucky · Jr. · #11

5′11″ · 186 lb · Grand Prairie, TX

CFB Index 20 · #323 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Western Kentucky for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 4 pm ETat IndianaMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)Indiana by 44

How he projects

Erases the deep middle of the field.

The full scouting read

The story

3 defensive back on Western Kentucky's 2025 roster.

Transferred from Texas A&M to Western Kentucky in 2024.

His career, year by year

Kent Robinson

DB · Western Kentucky · Jr · #11

Erases the deep middle of the field. Kent Robinson has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 7 tackles against LSU — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Texas A&M7-6HC: Elijah Robinson · Balanced

2024Western Kentucky8-6HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

20Below cohort / limited sample #323 of 364?

Low confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#959 / 2975 · 67th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles#1415 / 2975 · 52nd pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

0.0

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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road5g	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

20 · #323 of 364 corners

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #39 of 43 Conference USA DBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Western Kentucky	29	21	0.0	0.0	4	--	--
2024	Western Kentucky	33	28	4.0	2.0	4	1	--
2023	Texas A&M	6	5	0.0	0.0	4	--	--
Career		68	54	4.0	2.0	12	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 55–6

vs North Alabama

2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 49-point win at home against North Alabama.

With M. McIvor — 305 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.6 · 7 rush yds (1 car) · C. Maynard — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 41-24vs Sam Houston	2	2	—	0
Wk 1	W 55-6vs North Alabama	2	2	—	0
Wk 2	L 21-45@ Toledo	3	3	—	0
Wk 4	W 31-16vs Nevada	1	1	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-22@ Missouri State	2	1	—	2
Wk 10	W 35-16vs New Mexico State	0	0	—	1
Wk 12	W 42-26vs Middle Tennessee	2	1	—	0
Wk 13	L 10-13@ LSU	7	5	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 14	L 34-37@ Jacksonville State	3	1	—	0
Bowl	W 27-16@ Southern Miss	7	5	—	1
Total		29	21	—	4

How he plays

Play style

Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

29Tackles

21Solo

0TFL

0Sacks

4Pass def.

0INT

29 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 52 PD
Week 101 PD

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

Western Kentucky

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Western Kentucky

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -4 net (19 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Western Kentucky · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #87 · 2026 recruiting class #81

DNA match

Player DNA

Centerfielder

Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Willie Roberts’s 2022 season.

Willie Roberts

91%match

Louisiana Tech · 2022

All-Conference USA

Travis Franklin Jr.

Jacksonville State · 2025

87%

Kobee Minor

Indiana · 2023

NFL Rd 7

85%

Bralyn Lux

Texas Tech · 2024

84%

D-Icey Hopkins

Georgia State · 2024

84%

Matches Willie on

TFL rate

Height

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kayin Lee's junior season at Auburn (2025).

Kayin Lee

94%match

Auburn · 2025

Travis Franklin Jr.

Jacksonville State · 2025

87%

Antonio Kite

Ole Miss · 2025

85%

Chris Graves

Ole Miss · 2025

84%

Carter Stoutmire

Colorado · 2025

84%

Matches Kayin on

Class year

Height

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Kent Robinson

Travis Franklin Jr.

Jacksonville State · 2025

87%

Cameron Sidney

California · 2024

79%

Korey Johnson

Air Force · 2025

79%

Shawn Lee Jr.

Pittsburgh · 2025

73%

Kensley Louidor-Faustin

Auburn · 2025

70%

The secondary · Western Kentucky

#7Jaylen LewisDB · R-Sr.74 tackles · 2025
#5Dave HerardDB · R-Sr.58 tackles · 2025
#11Kent RobinsonDB · Jr.29 tackles · 2025
#2Al-Ma'Hi AliDB · Sr.28 tackles · 2025
#12Jaavan MackDB · Sr.26 tackles · 2025

23 more on the roster · Western Kentucky team page

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

202414 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Centerfielder

Players who play like Kent Robinson

The secondary · Western Kentucky