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2007-2010Wisconsin
Niles Brinkley
DB • 5'10" • St. Louis, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Niles Brinkley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
0
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wisconsin
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
Player Story
Niles Brinkley built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a defensive back from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 29, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Niles Brinkley's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNiles Brinkley, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Niles Brinkley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Quick Answers
Niles Brinkley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wisconsin · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Wisconsin
- Top game
- Marshall
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Class 2010
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 61.5 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.7 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Niles Brinkley is listed as a DB for Wisconsin. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Wisconsin paired 4 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2007 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2007 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
0
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan
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All Games0 · Games = 1
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan
Best efficiency game
0 vs Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
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| Sat 11/10 | vs Michigan | W 37-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Niles Brinkley story
Niles Brinkley built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a defensive back from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 29, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Niles Brinkley's career was his defensive production: 6 interceptions across 6 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Wisconsin. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Niles Brinkley's production has multiple signals. With 6 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wisconsin.
The arc is straightforward: Niles Brinkley moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Wisconsin
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 4 | 26.7 | — | 4 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 2 | 20 | — | -2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Marshall
Week 2 · W 51-14
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
vs Michigan
Week 11 · W 45-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Fresno State
Week 2 · W 34-31
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Minnesota
Week 12 · W 35-32 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
#5
vs Illinois
Week 9 · W 27-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Wisconsin
4 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · — usage
61.5
#2
2009 Regular Season · Wisconsin
56.7
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Wisconsin
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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