Kimari Robinson

Junior cornerback on Duke's 2026 roster.

CB · Duke · Jr. · #5

5′10″ · 180 lb · Miramar, FL · St. Thomas Aquinas School

CFB Index 14 · #344 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Duke for 2026

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Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 990 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 cornerback on Duke's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2023.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

Grades highest in speed and zone coverage.

The full scouting read

Kimari Robinson

CB · Duke · Jr · #5

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Three seasons at Duke, two different head coaches: Trooper Taylor and Manny Diaz. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Wake Forest — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning

2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

14Below cohort / limited sample #344 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#1138 / 2975 · 61st pct

Solo tackles#1178 / 2975 · 59th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road4g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

14 · #344 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #344 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #18 of 19 ACC CBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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	Duke	34	18	1.5	2	--	--
2024	Duke	23	14	4.5	4	--	--
2023	Duke	3	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		60	34	6.0	6	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-17vs Elon	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 19-45vs Illinois	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 27-34@ Tulane	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-33vs NC State	3	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-3@ Syracuse	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-21@ California	5	1	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 8	L 18-27vs Georgia Tech	3	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 32-25@ North Carolina	5	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 49-32vs Wake Forest	5	4	0.5	—	0
Bowl	W 42-39vs Arizona State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		34	18	1.5	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

34Tackles

18Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

34 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 81 PD
Week 131 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

Duke

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Duke

Returning around him

3 Duke players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +2 net (19 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #71

DNA match

Player DNA

Cover Corner

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nunu Campbell’s 2024 season.

Nunu Campbell

94%match

Tulsa · 2024

Ty Mason

Temple · 2021

83%

Jordan Gandy

Northern Illinois · 2022

79%

Syrus Dumas

New Mexico State · 2022

78%

Phillip Hamilton

Navy · 2025

78%

Matches Nunu on

PD rate

Height

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kevin Adams's junior season at Tulane (2025).

Kevin Adams

90%match

Tulane · 2025

Kerry Brown

Minnesota · 2025

85%

Tevin Tucker

Kent State · 2025

84%

Za'Quan Bryan

Minnesota · 2025

83%

Jordan Shaw

Texas A&M · 2025

82%

Matches Kevin on

Class year

Height

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Kimari Robinson

Amarion Fortenberry

Kansas State · 2025

79%

Phillip Hamilton

Navy · 2025

78%

Brandon Crutchfield

Old Dominion · 2025

78%

Taylor Starling

North Texas · 2024

77%

Jordan Shaw

Washington · 2024

76%

Background

2026: Returning starting cornerback … in 24 career games (10 starts), has recorded 59 tackles, 6.0 TFL, one caused fumble, one fumble recovery, six PBUs and one QB pressure … earned first career start at Miami in 2024 ... booked 3+ tackles 11 times with a career-high five at Middle Tennessee in 2...

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The secondary · Duke

#8DaShawn StoneS · Jr.86 tackles · 2025
#2Patrick Smith-YoungS · Sr.70 tackles · 2025
#3Landan CallahanCB · So.42 tackles · 2025
#5Kimari RobinsonCB · Jr.34 tackles · 2025
Dylan FlowersCB · Sr.33 tackles · 2025

12 more on the roster · Duke team page

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