Usage Score
7.4
Player Dossier
2022-2025Mississippi State
Kalvin Dinkins
DL • 6'2" • 320 lbs • Lake, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kalvin Dinkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.
Efficiency
16.3
Consistency
10
Season Value
13.2
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Kalvin Dinkins, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Kalvin Dinkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.
Kalvin Dinkins played DL for Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kalvin Dinkins recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 2 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.3
Usage
7.4
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Arizona State: 1. Tennessee: 0. Texas A&M: 2. Texas: 0. Arkansas: 0. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 2. Ole Miss: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 6 by 35. Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 2 by 28.3. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 1 by 24.2. Ole Miss: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas A&M
Best efficiency game
35 vs Arizona State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/3 | vs Wake Forest | L 29-43 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs Ole Miss | L 19-38 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Missouri | L 27-49 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Georgia | L 21-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Arkansas | W 38-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Texas | L 38-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Texas A&M | L 9-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Tennessee | L 34-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Arizona State | W 24-20 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Southern Miss | W 34-17 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Mississippi State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
20222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 12.5 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 2 | 28.3 | 17.8 | 2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 5 | 16.3 | 7.4 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 5 | 16.3 | 7.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Texas A&M
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#2
Unknown
2
Primary metric
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.7 takeover score.
#3
Missouri
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.
#4
Arizona State
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.4 takeover score.
#5
Ole Miss
0
Primary metric
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
2 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 17.8 usage
38.4
#2
2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State
38.2
0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
13.2
5 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 7.4 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2026 · Rating 0.825
Melbourne Central Catholic · Melbourne, FL
- Committed To
- UAB
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Career Facts
1
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
32
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 12 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.