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