Kalvin Dinkins
Mississippi State Bulldogs
80
Good

Kalvin Dinkins

Mississippi State BulldogsSolid
NTDefenseGood
2nd String / Backup

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Kalvin Dinkins is listed 2nd string at NT for Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Redshirt senior · #35 · 6'2", 320 lbs

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Depth at NT · Mississippi State Bulldogs

  1. 1985Jaray BledsoeStarter
  2. 23580Kalvin DinkinsYou
  3. 39259Kaleb Morris

Mississippi State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Mississippi State

Mississippi State plays Vanderbilt at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Lake HS, ranked #926 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 27 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 82th-percentile production nationally — good for a 80 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #926 Natl3-Yr Total32 tackles · 3 sacksTeam Share4%Percentile82th
Lake, MS
Jersey
#35
Class
RS SR
Height
6'2"
Weight
320 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20252732
2024211
2023300

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8633
National Rank
#926
High School
Lake HS
Hometown
Lake, MS

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 82th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 80.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 82% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
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 31LTEXTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-3

Oct 24LOUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-15

Oct 17LLSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-0

Oct 3LALATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 56-23

Sep 26WMIZTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-24

Sep 19WSCTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-34

Sep 12WMINNTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-13

Sep 5WULMTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 62-13

Kalvin Dinkins's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

27 tkl · 3 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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