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Jersey Number 35
Kalvin Dinkins
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 320
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Lake, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Lake HS
Career Honors
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2022-23 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes
Played in 15 career games with nine starts … Following the 2025 season, Dinkins has 32 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and three sack.
2025 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in all 13 games with nine starts … First season playing in more than one game … Recorded 27 tackles, 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks … Season-high six tackles twice, against Arizona State and Ole Miss … Ended the season registering a tackle in each of the final six games … Became a full time started against Texas … Ended the season having started nine straight games … vs Arizona State (9/6 ): Set a career high with 6 tackles ... vs Tennessee (9/27): started his first game with State ... at Texas A&M (10/4): tied his career high in tackles for loss ... recorded his first sack of the season ... at Missouri (11/15): Tied his career high in sacks and tackles for the second time this season ... made his seventh straight start ... vs Ole Miss (11/28): tied his career high in tackles.
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore Season)
Played in one game with zero starts … Missed the final 11 games due to injury … Recorded two tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Recorded two tackles … Earned first career sack.
2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Played in one game … Missed the final 11 games due to injury … Recorded three tackles ... SE Louisiana (9/2): Recorded three tackles in his collegiate debut.
2022 (True Freshman Season)
Did not see any game action … Earned a redshirt
High School
Prepped at Lake High School under head coach Tate Hanna … Considered a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals and On3 … Rated as the No. 18 player in Mississippi by 247Sports and No. 14 in the state by On3 … A two-time first team All-State selection and earned first team All-District honors three straight seasons for the Hornets … Also lettered in powerlifting at Lake High School where he finished second in the 308-plus weight class at the state championship.
Personal
Son of Stanley and Carrie Dinkins ... Has one brother, Stanley Dinkins Jr. ... Major is currently undeclared.
Career-Highs Entering 2026
Tackles: 6, vs. Arizona State (9/6/2025)
Tackles for Loss: 1.0, 4x, last at Missouri (11/15/2025)
Sacks: 1.0, 3x, last at Missouri (11/15/2025)
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2022-23 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes
Played in 15 career games with nine starts … Following the 2025 season, Dinkins has 32 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and three sack.
2025 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in all 13 games with nine starts … First season playing in more than one game … Recorded 27 tackles, 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks … Season-high six tackles twice, against Arizona State and Ole Miss … Ended the season registering a tackle in each of the final six games … Became a full time started against Texas … Ended the season having started nine straight games … vs Arizona State (9/6 ): Set a career high with 6 tackles ... vs Tennessee (9/27): started his first game with State ... at Texas A&M (10/4): tied his career high in tackles for loss ... recorded his first sack of the season ... at Missouri (11/15): Tied his career high in sacks and tackles for the second time this season ... made his seventh straight start ... vs Ole Miss (11/28): tied his career high in tackles.
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore Season)
Played in one game with zero starts … Missed the final 11 games due to injury … Recorded two tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Recorded two tackles … Earned first career sack.
2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Played in one game … Missed the final 11 games due to injury … Recorded three tackles ... SE Louisiana (9/2): Recorded three tackles in his collegiate debut.
2022 (True Freshman Season)
Did not see any game action … Earned a redshirt
High School
Prepped at Lake High School under head coach Tate Hanna … Considered a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals and On3 … Rated as the No. 18 player in Mississippi by 247Sports and No. 14 in the state by On3 … A two-time first team All-State selection and earned first team All-District honors three straight seasons for the Hornets … Also lettered in powerlifting at Lake High School where he finished second in the 308-plus weight class at the state championship.
Personal
Son of Stanley and Carrie Dinkins ... Has one brother, Stanley Dinkins Jr. ... Major is currently undeclared.
Career-Highs Entering 2026
Tackles: 6, vs. Arizona State (9/6/2025)
Tackles for Loss: 1.0, 4x, last at Missouri (11/15/2025)
Sacks: 1.0, 3x, last at Missouri (11/15/2025)
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