Player Dossier

2017-2021

Kent State

Elvis Hines

CB • 5'10" • 174 lbs • Camden, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Elvis Hines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

Elvis Hines built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a cornerback from Camden, NJ wearing No. 14, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Elvis Hines' career was his defensive production: 181...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8174

IMG Academy · Bradenton, FL

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Elvis Hines, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Kent State. Elvis Hines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
181
TFL
5.5
Sacks
3
Passes defended
27

Quick Answers

Elvis Hines quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · CB
Career Tackles
181
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 49 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Kent State
Top game
Akron
Recruit profile
3-star · IMG Academy · Kent State
High school pipeline
IMG Academy · 130 FBS recruits · 13 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 14 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
63 tackles · CB 9th (top 3%) · Mid-American 41st (top 8%) · National 365th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonKent State91811-1018.8
2018 Regular SeasonKent State103721-6048.2
2019 PostseasonKent State125-0--033
2019 Regular SeasonKent State124711-7033
2020 Regular SeasonKent State411-0-3031.6
2021 PostseasonKent State142-0--055.9
2021 Regular SeasonKent State14611.50-10055.9

Related Context

Elvis Hines played CB for Kent State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Elvis Hines recorded 181 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Kent State paired 14.5 primary output with 29.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 29.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Postseason · Kent State

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

29.1

Usage

5.1

Consistency

52.1

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. Texas A&M: 2. VMI: 3. Iowa: 1. Maryland: 0. Bowling Green: 1. Buffalo: 2. Western Michigan: 0. Ohio: 0. Northern Illinois: 2. Central Michigan: 1.5. Akron: 0. Miami (OH): 2. Northern Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wyoming: 2 by 8.3. Texas A&M: 2 by 28.3. VMI: 0 by 30. Iowa: 4 by 26.7. Maryland: 6 by 25. Bowling Green: 3 by 22.5. Buffalo: 5 by 40.8. Western Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Ohio: 7 by 29.2. Northern Illinois: 10 by 61.7. Central Michigan: 6 by 40. Akron: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 7 by 49.2. Northern Illinois: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.4 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

61.7 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Tue 12/21@ WyomingL 38-5220000
Sat 12/4@ Northern IllinoisL 23-4142000
Sat 11/27vs Miami (OH)Splash gameW 48-4774002
Sat 11/20@ AkronW 38-021000
Thu 11/11@ Central MichiganL 30-54610.5001
Wed 11/3vs Northern Illinois10+ tackles · Splash gameW 52-47108101
Sat 10/23@ OhioW 34-2774000
Sat 10/16@ Western MichiganL 31-6455000
Sat 10/9vs BuffaloSplash gameW 48-3854002
Sat 10/2vs Bowling GreenW 27-2033001
Sat 9/25@ MarylandL 16-3766000
Sat 9/18@ IowaL 7-3044001
Sat 9/11vs VMISplash gameW 60-10000012
Sun 9/5@ Texas A&MSplash gameL 10-41210020

Player Story

Elvis Hines story

Elvis Hines built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a cornerback from Camden, NJ wearing No. 14, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Elvis Hines' career was his defensive production: 181 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 6 interceptions across 49 career games in the available record. That gives Elvis Hines' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kent State

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonKent State412.82.9
2018 Regular SeasonKent State1025.44.16
2019 PostseasonKent State925.53.7-1
2019 Regular SeasonKent State925.53.70
2020 Regular SeasonKent State421.53.3-5
2021 PostseasonKent State14.529.15.110.5
2021 Regular SeasonKent State14.529.15.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Akron

Week 7 · W 26-3 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Northern Illinois

Week 10 · W 52-47 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Akron

Week 13 · L 14-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Penn State

Week 3 · L 10-63

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Howard

Week 2 · W 54-14

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Kent State

14.5 primary output · 29.1 efficiency · 5.1 usage

55.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Kent State

55.9

14.5 primary · 29.1 efficiency · 5.1 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Kent State

48.2

10 primary · 25.4 efficiency · 4.1 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

14

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games