Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Michigan 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.
Impact Production
66
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
66
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Florida | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida | 5 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 14.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida | 6 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 7.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan State | 10 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 49.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7 | 20 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 34.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7 | 24 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 39.9 |
Related Context
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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
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.7 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: Indiana
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
25.7
Usage
4.9
Consistency
31.9
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Youngstown State: 1. Miami: 0.5. Nebraska: 1. Western Kentucky: 0. Rutgers: 0.5. Indiana: 4. Michigan: 0. Purdue: 0. Maryland: 2. Ohio State: 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. Youngstown State: 5 by 30.8. Miami: 3 by 17.5. Nebraska: 1 by 14.2. Western Kentucky: 6 by 25. Rutgers: 4 by 21.7. Indiana: 4 by 56.7. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 6 by 25. Maryland: 3 by 32.5. Ohio State: 7 by 29.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Indiana
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | @ Ohio State | L 7-56 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs MarylandSplash game | W 40-21 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Purdue | L 29-40 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Michigan | W 37-33 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ IndianaSplash game | W 20-15 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Rutgers | W 31-13 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Western Kentucky | W 48-31 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Nebraska | W 23-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Miami | W 38-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Youngstown State | W 42-14 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Florida
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Michigan State
2021-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Florida | 2 | 10.7 | 1.4 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida | 2 | 10.7 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida | 1 | 6.6 | 0.8 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan State | 9 | 25.7 | 4.9 | 8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7 | 21.9 | 3.3 | -2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4.5 | 20.7 | 5.8 | -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
4
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
2
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
3
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
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