Player Dossier

2008-2011

Minnesota

Gary Tinsley

LB • 6'1" • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Gary Tinsley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Gary Tinsley built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 51, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Gary Tinsley's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.8567

First Coast · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Minnesota
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Gary Tinsley, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Minnesota. Gary Tinsley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Quick Answers

Gary Tinsley quick answers

Latest team and position
Minnesota · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 2 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Minnesota
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
3-star · First Coast · Minnesota
High school pipeline
First Coast · 50 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 51 · Class 2011

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonMinnesota10-0--050
2009 Regular SeasonMinnesota00-0--0-
2010 Regular SeasonMinnesota10-0--073.3
2011 Regular SeasonMinnesota00-0--0-

Related Context

Gary Tinsley is listed as a LB for Minnesota. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Minnesota paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · Minnesota

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Purdue

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Purdue

Best efficiency game

0 vs Purdue

Result
Sat 10/25@ PurdueW 17-6

Player Story

Gary Tinsley story

Gary Tinsley built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 51, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Gary Tinsley's career was his defensive production: 1 interception across 2 career games in the available record. That gives Gary Tinsley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Minnesota

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonMinnesota00
2009 Regular SeasonMinnesota00
2010 Regular SeasonMinnesota1201
2011 Regular SeasonMinnesota0-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 7 · L 17-28 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Purdue

Week 9 · W 17-6 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Minnesota

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2008 Regular Season · Minnesota

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Minnesota

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games