#17

Tre Pinkney

Former linebacker at Southern Miss. 2024: 74 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Southern Miss · Sr. · #17

6′1″ · 220 lb · Atlanta, GA

CFB Index 44 · #336 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceSouthern Miss 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former linebacker at Southern Miss. 2024: 74 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Southern Miss, 124 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

202412 games

Entered the portal

2025

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2023

Will Hall

Southern Miss

2024

Reed Stringer

Southern Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Reed Stringer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2022Coastal Carolina9-4HC: Chad Staggs · Run-leaning

2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced

2024Southern Miss1-11HC: Reed Stringer · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #336 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (93rd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#207 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#316 / 2892 · 89th pct

Tackles for loss#571 / 2892 · 78th pct

5.0

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Sacks#1282 / 2892 · 53rd pct

0.5

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
Road6g	5.2	0.6	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.5	0.4	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	0.4	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

44 · #336 of 571 LBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Southern Miss	74	36	5.0	0.5	--	--	--
2023	Coastal Carolina	13	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Coastal Carolina	36	18	1.5	0.0	1	1	--
2021	Coastal Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		124	62	6.5	0.5	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 35–10

vs SE Louisiana

3 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 25-point win at home against SE Louisiana.

With B. Lofton — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · T. Rodemaker — 179 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.7 · -4 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 0-31@ Kentucky	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 35-10vs SE Louisiana	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 24-49vs South Florida	13	8	1.0	0.5	—	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 4	L 7-44@ Jacksonville State	5	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 13-23vs Louisiana	12	6	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 21-38@ UL Monroe	8	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 28-44vs Arkansas State	5	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 15-32@ James Madison	3	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 3-37vs Marshall	7	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 3-58@ Texas State	7	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 14-35vs South Alabama	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 20-52@ Troy	5	3	1.5	0.0	—
Total		74	36	5.0	0.5	—

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