Player Dossier

2022-2024

Penn State

Kevin Winston Jr.

S • 6'2" • 205 lbs • Columbia, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kevin Winston Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

45

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

45

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

55

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Kevin Winston Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a safety from Columbia, MD wearing No. 2, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Kevin Winston Jr.'s career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8978

DeMatha Catholic · Hyattsville, MD

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 18
Overall
No. 82
NFL Team
Tennessee Titans

Kevin Winston Jr., S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Penn State. Kevin Winston Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
87
TFL
3.5
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Kevin Winston Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · S
Career Tackles
87
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
4-star · DeMatha Catholic · Penn State
High school pipeline
DeMatha Catholic · 82 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 3 · Pick 18 · Tennessee Titans
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
13 tackles · S 310th (top 57%) · Big Ten 332nd (top 41%) · National 2,602nd (top 43%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State61410--011.8
2023 PostseasonPenn State139-0-1051.6
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State13512.50-4051.6
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State213-0--055.6

Related Context

Kevin Winston Jr. played S for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kevin Winston Jr. recorded 87 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Penn State paired 0 primary output with 27.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

27.1

Usage

4.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

West Virginia

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 0. Bowling Green: 0

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

50 vs West Virginia

Result
Sat 9/7vs Bowling GreenW 34-2711000
Sat 8/31@ West Virginia10+ tacklesW 34-12127000

Player Story

Kevin Winston Jr. story

Kevin Winston Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a safety from Columbia, MD wearing No. 2, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Kevin Winston Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 87 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 5 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Penn State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kevin Winston Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Penn State.

The arc is straightforward: Kevin Winston Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Penn State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State111.42.2
2023 PostseasonPenn State8.525.84.87.5
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State8.525.84.80
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State027.14.8-8.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 13 · W 42-0 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

67 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.

#2

vs Michigan

Week 11 · L 15-24 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Rutgers

Week 12 · W 55-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Rutgers

Week 12 · W 27-6 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Maryland

Week 10 · W 51-15 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

43 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Penn State

0 primary output · 27.1 efficiency · 4.8 usage

55.6

#2

2023 Postseason · Penn State

51.6

8.5 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 4.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Penn State

51.6

8.5 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 4.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games