Senior tight end for Penn State. 2025: 14 catches, 167 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′4″ · 251 lb · Wexford, PA
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Yards / catch: 69th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
receiving yards · 2025
14 catches · 2 TD · 11.9 per catch
Best game: 4 rec, 40 yds, vs Indiana
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Penn State. 2025: 14 catches, 167 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Khalil Dinkins
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Four seasons at Penn State, two different head coaches: James Franklin and Terry Smith. The receipt on tape: 49 rec yds, 3 receptions against UCLA, Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Terry Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (14th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 24.0 | 13.6 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 23.7 | 10.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 26.2 | 15.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 20.7 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 14 | 167 | 11.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Penn State | 14 | 122 | 8.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Penn State | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 37 | 399 | 10.8 | 7 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-11vs Nevada | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-0vs Florida International | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-30vs Oregon | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-42@ UCLA | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | 40 | Season-high 49 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 24-25@ Iowa | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ Ohio State | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-27vs Indiana | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Total | 14 | 167 | 12.4 | 2 | 40 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Penn State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Penn State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Penn State · Last season: 7-6 (AP #7) · Talent rank #26 · 2026 recruiting class #65
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Josh Kattus’s 2025 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Josh Kattus's senior season at Kentucky (2025).
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Player DNA