Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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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.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Dakyus Brinkley built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive end from Katy, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Dakyus Brinkley's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Kansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Dakyus Brinkley, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas. Dakyus Brinkley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Kansas · DE
- Career Tackles
- 15
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Katy · Kansas
- High school pipeline
- Katy · 61 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 15 tackles · DE 132nd (top 47%) · Big 12 288th (top 40%) · National 2,418th (top 39%)
Dakyus Brinkley played DE for Kansas. Across 2 tracked seasons, Dakyus Brinkley recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kansas.
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