Kevin Pointer
Kevin Pointer
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Kevin Pointer arrived at Wake Forest from UL Monroe. The receipt: 7 tackles against Louisiana — Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Wake Forest, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dave Clawson.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 33 | 14 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 37 | 18 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 11 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 86 | 43 | 19.5 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 45–13
vs North Carolina A&T
2 QB HUR · 2 TFL · 1 SACKS
Dominant 32-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Howard Cross III’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jevon Banks's graduate season at UConn (2024).
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