Senior defensive back on Michigan State's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb · New Orleans, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 447 nationally · Signed with Warren Easton
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Michigan State's roster.
Chester Kimbrough
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 7 tackles against Indiana — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Michigan State, 99 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Michigan State | 24 | 17 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 20 | 10 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Michigan State | 40 | 27 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Florida | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Florida | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 99 | 64 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 11 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 45–14
vs Richmond
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Central Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-14vs Richmond | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-26@ Iowa | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-49vs Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-38@ Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-21@ Indiana | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 0-42vs Penn State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 17 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jalen Ware’s 2021 season.
Matches Jalen on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Decorian Patterson's graduate season at UCF (2023).
Matches Decorian on
Player DNA