Tevin Tucker
Tevin Tucker
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Tevin Tucker has been at Kent State through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt: 10 tackles against Northern Illinois — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kenni Burns → Mark Carney. 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
Mark Carney
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 32 | 21 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Kent State | 65 | 38 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Kent State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 98 | 59 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 21–17
vs Merrimack
2 SOLO · 3 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Kent State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -4 net (11 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #122
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Rodrick Hunter’s 2025 season.
Matches Rodrick on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kimari Robinson's junior season at Duke (2025).
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