Player Dossier

2013-2017

New Mexico

Kimmie Carson

LB • 6'1" • 221 lbs • Tulsa, OK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kimmie Carson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

20

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Player Story

Kimmie Carson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 2, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Kimmie Carson's career was his defensive production: 63...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8

East Central · Tulsa, OK

Committed To
New Mexico
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Kimmie Carson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · New Mexico. Kimmie Carson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
63
TFL
7.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Kimmie Carson quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · LB
Career Tackles
63
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 16 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · New Mexico
Top game
UTSA
Recruit profile
3-star · East Central · New Mexico
High school pipeline
East Central · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
7 tackles · LB 793rd (top 72%) · Mountain West 272nd (top 50%) · National 3,076th (top 54%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonNew Mexico12710-1067.3
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico12496.5121067.3
2017 Regular SeasonNew Mexico47-0-1010.3

Related Context

Kimmie Carson played LB for New Mexico. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kimmie Carson recorded 63 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

New Mexico paired 12.5 primary output with 29.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · New Mexico

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

9.8

Usage

1.8

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Air Force

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tulsa: 0. Air Force: 1. Fresno State: 0. Colorado State: 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. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 0 by 10. Fresno State: 4 by 16.7. Colorado State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Air Force

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Fresno State

Result
Sat 10/21vs Colorado StateL 24-2722000
Sun 10/15@ Fresno StateL 0-3844000
Sat 9/30vs Air ForceW 56-3800001
Sat 9/23@ TulsaW 16-1310000

Player Story

Kimmie Carson story

Kimmie Carson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 2, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Kimmie Carson's career was his defensive production: 63 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with New Mexico. 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 Kimmie Carson's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico.

The arc is straightforward: Kimmie Carson 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    New Mexico

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonNew Mexico0
2014 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00
2015 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00
2016 PostseasonNew Mexico12.529.99.212.5
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico12.529.99.20
2017 Regular SeasonNew Mexico19.81.8-11.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UTSA

Week 1 · W 23-20 · Postseason

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Rutgers

Week 3 · L 28-37

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Nevada

Week 10 · W 35-26 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#4

vs UL Monroe

Week 8 · W 59-17

2

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Colorado State

Week 12 · L 31-49 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · New Mexico

12.5 primary output · 29.9 efficiency · 9.2 usage

67.3

#2

2016 Regular Season · New Mexico

67.3

12.5 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 9.2 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · New Mexico

10.3

1 primary · 9.8 efficiency · 1.8 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games