Usage Score
5.3
Player Dossier
2024-2025Kansas
Dakyus Brinkley
DE • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Katy, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dakyus Brinkley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.
Efficiency
16
Consistency
22.8
Season Value
21.2
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 2
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
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.
Dakyus Brinkley, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas. Dakyus Brinkley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kansas paired 6.5 primary output with 16 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Loss with 3 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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2025 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
16
Usage
5.3
Consistency
22.8
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Fresno State: 0.5. Missouri: 0. UCF: 1. Texas Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Arizona: 3. Iowa State: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Low volume / high quality
High volume / high quality
Low volume / lower quality
High volume / lower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 5 by 25.8. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 1 by 14.2. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 2 by 38.3. Iowa State: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
Wins0.5 · n=3 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · n=4 · +0.8 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · n=4 · -0.9 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · n=4 · +0.9 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Arizona
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Iowa StateSplash game | L 14-38 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Arizona | L 20-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Oklahoma State | W 38-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Texas Tech | L 17-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ UCF | W 27-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Missouri | L 31-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Unknown | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Fresno State | W 31-7 | 5 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Kansas
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 6.5 | 16 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Arizona
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.3 takeover score.
#2
Iowa State
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 37 takeover score.
#3
UCF
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 17.6 takeover score.
#4
Fresno State
0.5
Primary metric
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 16.3 takeover score.
#5
Unknown
0
Primary metric
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
6.5 primary output · 16 efficiency · 5.3 usage
21.2
#2
2024 Regular Season · Kansas
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2024 · Rating 0.9043
Katy · Katy, TX
- Committed To
- Kansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Career Facts
1
Career teams
2
Seasons tracked
15
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 8 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.