Kenton Dopson III
North Carolina Tar Heels
74
AverageProjected Starter
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Kenton Dopson III is the projected starter at LCB for North Carolina Tar Heels.
Freshman · #21
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- 12174Kenton Dopson IIIStarter
- 22368Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins
North Carolina Starting Lineup
- DE
- NT
- DT
- LOLB
- WLB
- MLB
- ROLB
- LCBKenton Dopson IIIThis player
- SS
- FS
- RCB
- NB
- RES
Top defensive backs in the ACC
Up next for North Carolina
North Carolina plays UConn away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.
Why this rating?
On a 82-rated defense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 74.
Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-8 for role
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 31LMIATKL 8
- TKL
- 8
- SOLO
- 6
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 38-35
Oct 24LSYRTKL 3
- TKL
- 3
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 31-30 OT
Oct 17WDUKETKL 7
- TKL
- 7
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 0
Final W 24-20
Oct 10WPITTTKL 4
- TKL
- 4
- SOLO
- 3
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 21-17
Oct 3LNDTKL 1
- TKL
- 1
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 37-26
Sep 19LCLEMTKL 1
- TKL
- 1
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 28-20
Sep 12WETSUTKL 1
- TKL
- 1
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 35-3
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | LMIA | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | LSYR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | WDUKE | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | WPITT | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | LND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | LCLEM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | WETSU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kenton Dopson III's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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