Dakyus Brinkley
Kansas Jayhawks
75
Solid

Dakyus Brinkley

Kansas JayhawksRebuilding
LDEDefenseSolid
2nd String / Backup

Is Dakyus Brinkley starting?

Dakyus Brinkley is listed 2nd string at LDE for Kansas Jayhawks.

Redshirt sophomore · #9 · 6'3", 255 lbs

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Depth at LDE · Kansas Jayhawks

  1. 13380Leroy Harris IIIStarter
  2. 2975Dakyus BrinkleyYou
  3. 34558Garrett Martin

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Up next for Kansas

Kansas plays UCF at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:45 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Katy, ranked #323 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 15 tackles, 5 TFL, 1.5 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 75 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit4★ · #323 NatlTeam Share3%
Katy, TX
Jersey
#9
Class
RS SO
Height
6'3"
Weight
255 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251551.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9043
National Rank
#323
High School
Katy
Hometown
Katy, TX

Why this rating?

On a 77-rated defense; 77th-percentile production (×0.92 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 75.

Team defense (SP+)
77
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 77% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 17LKSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 35-24

Oct 11LUTAHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-24

Oct 3WMTSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-0

Sep 19LASUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-17

Sep 12LMIZTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-21

Sep 5WLIUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 51-6

Dakyus Brinkley's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

15 tkl · 5 TFL · 1.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement38%
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