Kurt Hinish: DL · Notre Dame · #41.
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Kurt Hinish
Wins the gap play after play. Fifth year in the same defensive front at Notre Dame. On tape: 10 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Navy, Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 28 | 15 | 5.5 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 19 | 13 | 7.5 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 15 | 7 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Career | 80 | 40 | 18.5 | 5.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-38@ Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 32-29vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13vs Purdue | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 32-29@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-16vs USC | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-34vs North Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-6vs Navy | 10 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 28-3@ Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-0vs Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-14@ Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 10 · 2021
W 34-6
vs Navy
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Navy.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%6 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
11%3 hurries28 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
5 seasons under Brian Kelly — 54-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
50.5%
450 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
74.2
12 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
499 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #157 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Notre Dame, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 42 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brian Kelly.
