#5
Nyles Pinckney
Minnesota 2021 alumnus
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Nyles Pinckney
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Minnesota
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Minnesota | 29 | 18 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 29 | 18 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021
W 41–14
at Northwestern
2 SOLO · 2 TOT
Dominant 27-point win on the road against Northwestern.
How he plays
Play style
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Aeneas Peebles’s 2021 season.
86%match
NFL Rd 6
Matches Aeneas on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Differs from Aeneas on
Hurry rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to JB Brown's sophomore season at Massachusetts (2023).
85%match
Matches JB on
Class year
TFL rate
Sack rate