Player Dossier

2019-2023

Michigan State

Chester Kimbrough

DB • 6'0" • 185 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chester Kimbrough shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

5

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

24

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Florida • Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Chester Kimbrough built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida and Michigan State. The clearest part of Chester Kimbrough's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8875

IMG Academy · Bradenton, FL

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Chester Kimbrough, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Michigan State. Chester Kimbrough shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
99
TFL
6.5
Sacks
4
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
11

Quick Answers

Chester Kimbrough quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · DB
Career Tackles
99
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Michigan State
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
3-star · IMG Academy · Michigan
High school pipeline
IMG Academy · 130 FBS recruits · 13 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
24 tackles · DB 376th (top 40%) · Big Ten 178th (top 29%) · National 1,685th (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonFlorida51-0--014.4
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida57-0-2014.4
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida67-0-107.4
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State10403113049.5
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State72022-3034.1
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State7241.51-2039.9

Related Context

Chester Kimbrough played DB for Florida and Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chester Kimbrough recorded 99 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 9 primary output with 25.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida, Michigan State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Florida

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

6.6

Usage

0.8

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 0. South Carolina: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Kentucky: 0. Tennessee: 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. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 0 by 10. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Carolina

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Vanderbilt

Result
Sat 12/5@ TennesseeW 31-1911000
Sat 11/28vs KentuckyW 34-1010000
Sat 11/21@ VanderbiltW 38-1733000
Sat 10/10@ Texas A&ML 38-4110000
Sat 10/3vs South CarolinaW 38-2400001
Sat 9/26@ Ole MissW 51-3511000

Player Story

Chester Kimbrough story

Chester Kimbrough built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida and Michigan State. The clearest part of Chester Kimbrough's career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Chester Kimbrough's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Florida

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan State

    2021-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonFlorida210.71.4
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida210.71.40
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida16.60.8-1
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State925.74.98
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State721.93.3-2
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State4.520.75.8-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Indiana

Week 7 · W 20-15 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

84.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Western Michigan

Week 1 · W 35-13

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Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Iowa

Week 5 · L 16-26 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Akron

Week 2 · W 52-0

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Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Tennessee

Week 4 · W 34-3 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

45.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Michigan State

9 primary output · 25.7 efficiency · 4.9 usage

49.5

#2

2023 Regular Season · Michigan State

39.9

4.5 primary · 20.7 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Michigan State

34.1

7 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games