Kevin Hester Jr.
Kevin Hester Jr.
Wins his gap play after play. Kevin Hester Jr. has played for two head coaches in four seasons at North Carolina. The receipt: 10 tackles, 1 sacks against Boston College — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at North Carolina, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Freddie Kitchens. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | North Carolina | 37 | 21 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 30 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 47 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 20 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 134 | 56 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 19–17
at Minnesota
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Kevin Penn’s 2023 season.
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