6′3″ · 320 lb · Georgetown, SC · Itawamba C.C.
Naquez Pringle: DT · Kentucky · #77.
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Naquez Pringle
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Second year in the Kentucky defensive front. One game to point at: 3 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Eastern Kentucky — Week 2, 2017.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17@ Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-16vs Eastern Kentucky | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 23-13@ South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-28vs No. 20 Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-20vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-45@ Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-26vs Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-44vs Louisville | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 23-24@ No. 20 Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
3%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
6%1 hurry16 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Mark Stoops — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
40.7%
329 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
376 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Kentucky, 55 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
