Player Dossier

2016-2019

Minnesota

Antoine Winfield Jr.

DB • 5'10" • 205 lbs • The Woodlands, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Antoine Winfield Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36 disruption score.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

35

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

lowhigh

Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Minnesota

1617181919

Snapshot

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

Player Story

Antoine Winfield Jr. built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from The Woodlands, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Antoine Winfield Jr.'s career was his...

Read the story
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8311

The Woodlands · The Woodlands, TX

Committed To
Minnesota
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 13
Overall
No. 45
NFL Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Antoine Winfield Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Minnesota. Antoine Winfield Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
154
TFL
6
Sacks
3
Passes defended
6
Touchdowns
6
Antoine Winfield Jr. Minnesota Highlights video thumbnail

Featured Highlight

Watch Antoine Winfield Jr. on film

Antoine Winfield Jr. Minnesota Highlights

2019 · Minnesota · Player Highlight

Antoine Winfield Jr. college highlights at Minnesota.

Season
2019
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Antoine Winfield Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Minnesota · DB
Career Tackles
154
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Minnesota
Top game
Buffalo
Recruit profile
3-star · The Woodlands · Minnesota
High school pipeline
The Woodlands · 42 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 2 · Pick 13 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Latest roster
No. 11 · Sophomore
2019 Tackles rank
65 tackles · DB 77th (top 9%) · Big Ten 43rd (top 7%) · National 364th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonMinnesota10522.50-3237.1
2017 Regular SeasonMinnesota42011-2035.7
2018 Regular SeasonMinnesota417-0--220.8
2019 PostseasonMinnesota115-0--072.2
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota11602.52-1272.2

Related Context

Antoine Winfield Jr. played DB for Minnesota. Across 4 tracked seasons, Antoine Winfield Jr. recorded 154 tackles and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Minnesota.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Minnesota paired 12.5 primary output with 36 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 36 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2019 Postseason · Minnesota

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

36

Usage

11.6

Consistency

55.8

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

1234567891011

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 0. South Dakota State: 1. Fresno State: 3. Georgia Southern: 0. Illinois: 1. Nebraska: 2. Rutgers: 2. Maryland: 1. Penn State: 2. Iowa: 0. Wisconsin: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 5 by 20.8. South Dakota State: 4 by 26.7. Fresno State: 4 by 46.7. Georgia Southern: 6 by 25. Illinois: 4 by 26.7. Nebraska: 10 by 61.7. Rutgers: 0 by 20. Maryland: 6 by 35. Penn State: 11 by 65.8. Iowa: 8 by 33.3. Wisconsin: 7 by 34.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.3 · Games = 9 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

65.8 vs Penn State

Result
Wed 1/1@ AuburnW 31-2454000
Sat 11/30vs WisconsinL 17-38720.5000
Sat 11/16@ IowaL 19-2385000
Sat 11/9vs Penn State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 31-261190020
Sat 10/26vs MarylandW 52-10650010
Sat 10/19@ RutgersSplash gameW 42-7000020
Sat 10/12vs Nebraska10+ tackles · Splash gameW 34-7107110
Sat 10/5vs IllinoisW 40-17420010
Sat 9/14vs Georgia SouthernW 35-3265000
Sun 9/8@ Fresno StateSplash gameW 38-35441110
Fri 8/30vs South Dakota StateW 28-2142001

Player Story

Antoine Winfield Jr. story

Antoine Winfield Jr. built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from The Woodlands, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Antoine Winfield Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 154 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 9 interceptions across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Minnesota. 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 Antoine Winfield Jr.'s production has multiple signals. His career also includes 110 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Minnesota.

The arc is straightforward: Antoine Winfield Jr. 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Minnesota

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonMinnesota6.528.26.6
2017 Regular SeasonMinnesota430.98.6-2.5
2018 Regular SeasonMinnesota120.25.6-3
2019 PostseasonMinnesota12.53611.611.5
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota12.53611.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Buffalo

Week 1 · W 17-7

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

89.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Penn State

Week 5 · L 26-29 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Fresno State

Week 2 · W 38-35

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Penn State

Week 11 · W 31-26 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Fresno State

Week 2 · W 21-14

1

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Minnesota

12.5 primary output · 36 efficiency · 11.6 usage

72.2

#2

2019 Regular Season · Minnesota

72.2

12.5 primary · 36 efficiency · 11.6 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Minnesota

37.1

6.5 primary · 28.2 efficiency · 6.6 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

7

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games