#41

Kurt Hinish

Senior defensive lineman for Notre Dame. 2021: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · Notre Dame · Sr. · #41

6′1″ · 296 lb · Pittsburgh, PA

CFB Index 55 · #157 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceNotre Dame 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 517 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Notre Dame. 2021: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Notre Dame, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

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

20176 games

Signed with Notre Dame3-star out of Central Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#517 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Brian Kelly — 54-10 over that span.

2017Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-heavy

2018Notre Dame12-1HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2020Notre Dame10-2HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Quality starter #157 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Tackles for loss#514 / 2743 · 80th pct

5.5

Sacks#529 / 2743 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles#1475 / 2743 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1505 / 2743 · 44th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th 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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #157 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #157 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Notre Dame	28	15	5.5	2.0	--	--	--
2020	Notre Dame	19	13	7.5	1.0	--	--	--
2019	Notre Dame	15	7	4.5	2.0	--	--	--
2018	Notre Dame	10	4	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Notre Dame	8	1	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		80	40	18.5	5.0	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 41-38@ Florida State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 32-29vs Toledo	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 27-13vs Purdue	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 32-29@ Virginia Tech	5	1	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 31-16vs USC	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 44-34vs North Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 34-6vs Navy	10	8	2.0	1.0	—	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 11	W 28-3@ Virginia	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 55-0vs Georgia Tech	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 45-14@ Stanford	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		25	13	4.5	2.0	—

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

Kurt Hinish

20176 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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