2021: Saw action in eleven of the Bulls' twelve games, including five starts...totaled 18 tackles and four tackles for loss on the year...logged three tackles and 0.5 tackle for loss at SMU (10/2)...amassed 7 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at ECU (10/28)...posted 2 tackles and a tackle for loss at UCF (11/26)...ended the season fourth on the team in tackles for loss with 4.0.
2020: Played in all nine of the Bulls' games on the year and made one start...posted 14 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, one sack and a pass break-up on the year...had a season-high five tackles and one tackle for loss at Temple (10/17)...posted a sack at Memphis (11/7)...had two tackles at Houston (11/14) and two in the season-opening win over The Citadel (9/12).
2019: Played in nine games and made three starts…finished the season with 13 tackles and one sack.
2018: Played in 11 games and started four times…registered 15 tackles (6 solo) and 2.5 tackles for loss…had a season-high four tackles against Georgia Tech (9/8)…recorded a sack against Cincinnati (11/10)…forced a fumble against Cincinnati (11/10).
2017: Posted 16 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a blocked kick in 12 games…set a career high with six tackles in the season opener at San Jose State (8/26)…set a career high with one sack against Cincinnati (10/14).
BOOKER HS: Played for Dumaka Atkins at Sarasota’s Booker High School…earned Florida All-State Class 5A Second Team honors as a senior…one of the top performers at the Opening Regional in Orlando…rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN.com...earned seven varsity letters: football (4), weightlifting (2), and track and field (1).
PERSONAL: Son of Kelvin and Brenda Pinkney...has two brothers, Marquis and Kayin, and two sisters, Erica and Arbreyon...plans to major in interdisciplinary social sciences...born on Oct. 2, 1998...named to the 2020 Athletics Spring Honor Roll.
PINKNEY’S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles 7, at ECU (10/28/21)
TFL 1.5 (2x), most recently at ECU (10/28/21)
Sacks 1.5, at Illinois (9/15/18)
Blocked Kick 1 (PAT), at San Jose State (9/26/17)
PBU 1, at Houston (11/14/20)
PINKNEY GAME-BY-GAME STATS
2021 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Florida A&M (1-1-0); SMU (3-1-2); Tulsa (2-2-0); Temple (1-1-0) ECU (7-3-4); Houston (1-1-0); Tulane (1-1-0); UCF (2-2-0)
2020 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
The Citadel (2-1-1); Notre Dame (1-1-0); Cincinnati (1-1-0); Temple (5-4-1); Tulsa (1-1-0); Memphis (1-1-0); Houston (2-2-0); UCF (1-0-1)
2019 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
SMU (2-1-1); UConn (1-1-0); BYU (3-2-1); Navy (2-1-1); East Carolina (2-0-2); Temple (3-0-3).
2018 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Georgia Tech (4-0-4); Illinois (5-3-2); East Carolina (1-1-0); Tulane (2-1-1); Cincinnati (3-1-2).
2017 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
San Jose State (6-2-4); Stony Brook (1-0-1); East Carolina (2-0-2); Cincinnati (3-0-3); Tulane (1-1-0); Houston (1-0-1); UConn (2-1-1).
