#91

Kevin Pointer

Former defensive lineman at Wake Forest. 2024: 4 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Wake Forest · Sr. · #91

6′1″ · 282 lb · Jonesboro, AR

CFB Index 66 · #121 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceWake Forest 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 2117 nationally · Signed with UL Monroe

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Wake Forest. 2024: 4 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UL Monroe in 2019.
Transferred from UL Monroe to Wake Forest in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Wake Forest, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2019

Signed with UL Monroe3-star out of Jonesboro

20214 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2117 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UL Monroe0-10HC: Matt Viator · Pass-leaning

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2024Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #121 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#42 / 2892 · 98th pct

Sacks#177 / 2892 · 93rd pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#304 / 2892 · 89th pct

7.0

Tackles#1219 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1521 / 2892 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.0
Road4g	3.2	0.4	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	0.9	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.5	0.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jake Dickert

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #121 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #121 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Wake Forest	33	14	7.0	4.0	1	1	--
2023	Wake Forest	37	18	9.0	1.5	1	--	--
2022	Wake Forest	11	9	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Wake Forest	5	2	1.5	0.5	1	--	--
2020	UL Monroe	38	24	7.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		124	67	27.0	7.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 45–13

vs North Carolina A&T

2 QB HUR · 2 TFL · 1 SACKS

Dominant 32-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.

With T. Morin — 6 rec · 100 yds · H. Bachmeier — 263 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.0 · 6 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-13vs North Carolina A&T	4	3	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 2	L 30-31vs Virginia	2	2	1.0	1.0	1	0
Wk 3	L 6-40vs Ole Miss	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 38-41vs Louisiana	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 7	L 14-49vs Clemson	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 23-20@ UConn	6	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 27-24@ Stanford	3	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	L 36-46vs California	3	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 12	L 24-31@ North Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-42@ Miami	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		33	14	7.0	4.0	1	1

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