Usage / Role
16%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Louisville
Dayna Kinnaird
DL • 6'3" • 270 lbs • Jeffersonville, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dayna Kinnaird shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Dayna Kinnaird built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Jeffersonville, IN wearing No. 57, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Dayna Kinnaird's career was his...
Read the storyDayna Kinnaird, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Louisville. Dayna Kinnaird shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 16
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Dayna Kinnaird quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DL
- Career Tackles
- 16
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Virginia
- Latest roster
- No. 57 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 8 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 46.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 4 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 49.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 44.2 |
Related Context
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Dayna Kinnaird played DL for Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dayna Kinnaird recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Louisville paired 3.5 primary output with 16.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2019 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
11
Usage
3.7
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
Miami
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 0. Florida State: 1. Wake Forest: 0. Clemson: 0. Virginia: 1. Miami: 2. Syracuse: 1. Kentucky: 0
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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 1 by 14.2. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 1 by 14.2. Miami: 1 by 24.2. Syracuse: 1 by 14.2. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Miami
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs Miami
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Kentucky | L 13-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Syracuse | W 56-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ MiamiSplash game | L 27-52 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Virginia | W 28-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Clemson | L 10-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Wake Forest | W 62-59 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Florida State | L 24-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 42-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dayna Kinnaird story
Dayna Kinnaird built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Jeffersonville, IN wearing No. 57, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Dayna Kinnaird's career was his defensive production: 16 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Dayna Kinnaird's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Louisville
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 5 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 3.5 | 16.1 | 7.6 | -1.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 1 | 10 | 5.6 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia
Week 11 · L 17-31 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Miami
Week 11 · L 27-52 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Duke
Week 12 · W 62-22 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
52.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Syracuse
Week 13 · W 56-34 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
37 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 37 takeover score.
#5
@ Florida State
Week 4 · L 24-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Louisville
3.5 primary output · 16.1 efficiency · 7.6 usage
49.8
#2
2019 Regular Season · Louisville
46.2
5 primary · 11 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Louisville
44.2
1 primary · 10 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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