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Jersey Number 0
Richard Kinley
- Position:
- DE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 232
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Memphis, TN
- High School:
- Lausanne Collegiate School
Bio
Honors
• 2023: Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee
2023 (r-Junior)
• Played in nine games and earned five starts
• Finished the year with 20 tackles, including 6.5 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, three pass breakups, three hurries and a fumble recovery
• Was the team’s Defensive Player of the Game twice
• Averaged 48 snaps played per game
• Returned against Jax State and had five tackles, including 2.5 TFLs, a sack and two pass breakups
• Hauled in a fumble against FIU and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown
• Had four tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and a sack in win over UTEP
• Turned in three solos tackles to go with a TFL and a pass breakup at Sam Houston
2022 (r-Sophomore)
• Played in six games
• Ended the season with six tackles, including a TFL and a hurry
• Missed the JMU, Colorado State, TSU, Miami, UTSA UAB and Louisiana Tech games with an injury
• Returned against WKU
• Collected three tackles in bowl win over SDSU
• Had three tackles, including a sack in win over LA Tech
2021 (r-Freshman)
• Played and started in all 13 games
• Ended the season with 32 tackles, including 3.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks, 11 hurries and a fumble recovery
• Was second among linemen with 688 snaps played while grading out a winner 12 times
• Recovered a fumble in win over Monmouth
• Had five tackles and a hurry at Virginia Tech
• Added five stops and a hurry at UTSA
• Earned the team’s defensive lineman of the week award following the Charlotte game
• Recorded four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs at Liberty
• Had three tackles, including a sack in win over UConn
• Collected three hurries and a pass breakup in win over USM
2020 (r-Freshman)
• Played in eight games and had one start
• Finished year with 21 total tackles, including 4.0 TFLS, 2.0 sacks and two hurries
• Averaged 35 snaps per game and graded out a winner five times
• Had a TFL in loss to Troy
• Added a hurry at UTSA
• Collected three tackles, including a sack at FIU
• Had four tackles, including a sack and 1.5 TFLs in win over Rice
• Earned his first collegiate start at Marshall and had seven stops, 0.5 TFLs and a hurry
2019 (Freshman)
• Played in four games
• Ended year with three total tackles
• Turned in two solo tackles against Duke
• Missed time in middle of season with an injury
• Was redshirted
High School
• Lettered in football at Lausanne High School
• Earned all-state, all-region and all-district honors in 2018
• Registered 15.5 sacks in three seasons at Lausanne
Personal
• Full name: Richard Sherman Kinley II
• Parents: Richard and Candace Kinley
• Born: 2/1/01
• Major: MBA
• Other: father played at Middle Tennessee from 1987-90 … brother Cameron played at the Naval Academy from 2017-20
• 2023: Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee
2023 (r-Junior)
• Played in nine games and earned five starts
• Finished the year with 20 tackles, including 6.5 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, three pass breakups, three hurries and a fumble recovery
• Was the team’s Defensive Player of the Game twice
• Averaged 48 snaps played per game
• Returned against Jax State and had five tackles, including 2.5 TFLs, a sack and two pass breakups
• Hauled in a fumble against FIU and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown
• Had four tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and a sack in win over UTEP
• Turned in three solos tackles to go with a TFL and a pass breakup at Sam Houston
2022 (r-Sophomore)
• Played in six games
• Ended the season with six tackles, including a TFL and a hurry
• Missed the JMU, Colorado State, TSU, Miami, UTSA UAB and Louisiana Tech games with an injury
• Returned against WKU
• Collected three tackles in bowl win over SDSU
• Had three tackles, including a sack in win over LA Tech
2021 (r-Freshman)
• Played and started in all 13 games
• Ended the season with 32 tackles, including 3.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks, 11 hurries and a fumble recovery
• Was second among linemen with 688 snaps played while grading out a winner 12 times
• Recovered a fumble in win over Monmouth
• Had five tackles and a hurry at Virginia Tech
• Added five stops and a hurry at UTSA
• Earned the team’s defensive lineman of the week award following the Charlotte game
• Recorded four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs at Liberty
• Had three tackles, including a sack in win over UConn
• Collected three hurries and a pass breakup in win over USM
2020 (r-Freshman)
• Played in eight games and had one start
• Finished year with 21 total tackles, including 4.0 TFLS, 2.0 sacks and two hurries
• Averaged 35 snaps per game and graded out a winner five times
• Had a TFL in loss to Troy
• Added a hurry at UTSA
• Collected three tackles, including a sack at FIU
• Had four tackles, including a sack and 1.5 TFLs in win over Rice
• Earned his first collegiate start at Marshall and had seven stops, 0.5 TFLs and a hurry
2019 (Freshman)
• Played in four games
• Ended year with three total tackles
• Turned in two solo tackles against Duke
• Missed time in middle of season with an injury
• Was redshirted
High School
• Lettered in football at Lausanne High School
• Earned all-state, all-region and all-district honors in 2018
• Registered 15.5 sacks in three seasons at Lausanne
Personal
• Full name: Richard Sherman Kinley II
• Parents: Richard and Candace Kinley
• Born: 2/1/01
• Major: MBA
• Other: father played at Middle Tennessee from 1987-90 … brother Cameron played at the Naval Academy from 2017-20
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