Player Dossier

2019-2024

Louisville

Richard Kinley

DL • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Richard Kinley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

21%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Middle Tennessee • Louisville
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State

Player Story

Richard Kinley built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 91, spending time with Louisville and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Richard Kinley's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.7985

Lausanne Collegiate School · Memphis, TN

Committed To
Middle Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Richard Kinley, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee. Richard Kinley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
86
TFL
16
Sacks
6.5
QB hurries
16
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Richard Kinley quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisville · DL
Career Tackles
86
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 40 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
Top game
Jacksonville State
Recruit profile
3-star · Lausanne Collegiate School · Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
Lausanne Collegiate School · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 91 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DL 625th (top 61%) · ACC 381st (top 50%) · National 2,994th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee12-0--039.7
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee8203.522-042.4
2021 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee122-0--059.3
2021 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee12303.51.592059.3
2022 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee43101-029.6
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee9206.5333057
2024 PostseasonLouisville63-0--015.6
2024 Regular SeasonLouisville661.501-015.6

Related Context

Richard Kinley played DL for Middle Tennessee and Louisville. Across 6 tracked seasons, Richard Kinley recorded 86 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Middle Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Middle Tennessee paired 16 primary output with 24.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 10.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Middle Tennessee, Louisville.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Louisville

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

10.4

Usage

3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington: 0. Austin Peay: 0. Jacksonville State: 0. Virginia: 1.5. Boston College: 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. Washington: 3 by 12.5. Austin Peay: 1 by 4.2. Jacksonville State: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 2 by 23.3. Boston College: 1 by 14.2. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

23.3 vs Virginia

Result
Tue 12/31@ WashingtonW 35-3431000
Sat 11/30@ KentuckyW 41-1410000
Fri 10/25@ Boston CollegeW 31-2710000
Sat 10/12@ VirginiaW 24-20211.5000
Sat 9/7vs Jacksonville StateW 49-1410000
Sat 8/31vs Austin PeayW 62-011000

Player Story

Richard Kinley story

Richard Kinley built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 91, spending time with Louisville and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Richard Kinley's career was his defensive production: 86 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Richard Kinley'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.

  1. 1

    Middle Tennessee

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisville

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee08.31.3
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee7.519.85.37.5
2021 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee1624.46.48.5
2021 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee1624.46.40
2022 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee28.13.6-14
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee15.525.98.513.5
2024 PostseasonLouisville2.510.43-13
2024 Regular SeasonLouisville2.510.430

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Jacksonville State

Week 6 · L 30-45 · Conference game

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Charlotte

Week 4 · L 39-42 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Rice

Week 8 · W 40-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

vs UTEP

Week 12 · W 34-30 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

76.5 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida International

Week 6 · W 31-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee

16 primary output · 24.4 efficiency · 6.4 usage

59.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

59.3

16 primary · 24.4 efficiency · 6.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

57

15.5 primary · 25.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games