Defensive back, Pittsburgh, 2017–⁠20

Jason Pinnock

Number: No. 15
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 200 lb
Class (2020): Senior
Hometown: Windsor, CT
Born: Jun 30, 1999

Jason Pinnock played defensive back at Pittsburgh (2017–⁠20). The New York Jets took Pinnock in round 5, No. 175 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Best season: 20; Tackles, 2020 (Pittsburgh, 6–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 175; Round 5, 2021 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

5–⁠77–⁠78–⁠56–⁠5

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD	Hur
2017	Pittsburgh	4	3	0	0	1	1
2018	Pittsburgh	11	11	1	1	6	0
2019	Pittsburgh	15	10	0.5	1	7	1
2020	Pittsburgh	20	17	1	3	5	0
Career		50	41	2.5	5	19	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Pittsburgh	15	DB	Fr.
2018	Pittsburgh	15	DB	So.
2019	Pittsburgh	15	DB	Jr.
2020	Pittsburgh	15	DB	Sr.	6′0″	200

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2020 Pittsburgh 9 games, 20 tackles, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 12	vs.Austin Peay	W 55–⁠0	3	2	1	0	0
Sep 26	vs.Louisville	W 23–⁠20	1	1	0	1	0
Oct 3	vs.NC State	L 29–⁠30	5	5	0	0	0
Oct 10	atBoston College	L 30–⁠31	0	0	0	0	1
Oct 17	atMiami	L 19–⁠31	4	3	0	0	0
Oct 24	vs.Notre Dame	L 3–⁠45	2	2	0	0	1
Nov 21	vs.Virginia Tech	W 47–⁠14	1	1	0	1	0
Nov 28	atClemson	L 17–⁠52	3	2	0	0	2
Dec 10	atGeorgia Tech	W 34–⁠20	1	1	0	1	1

2019 Pittsburgh 8 games, 15 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Virginia	L 14–⁠30	4	3	0	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Ohio	W 20–⁠10	4	3	0.5	0	0
Sep 14	atPenn State	L 10–⁠17	0	0	0	0	1
Sep 21	vs.UCF	W 35–⁠34	0	0	0	1	1
Oct 18	atSyracuse	W 27–⁠20	0	0	0	0	1
Oct 26	vs.Miami	L 12–⁠16	0	0	0	0	2
Nov 14	vs.North Carolina	W 34–⁠27	5	3	0	0	2
Nov 30	vs.Boston College	L 19–⁠26	2	1	0	0	0

2018 Pittsburgh 8 games, 11 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 8	vs.Penn State	L 6–⁠51	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 22	atNorth Carolina	L 35–⁠38	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 29	atUCF	L 14–⁠45	1	1	0	0	1
Oct 6	vs.Syracuse	W 44–⁠37	2	2	1	0	0
Oct 13	atNotre Dame	L 14–⁠19	4	4	0	1	0
Nov 17	atWake Forest	W 34–⁠13	2	2	0	0	0
Dec 1	vs.Clemson	L 10–⁠42	0	0	0	0	3
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Stanford	L 13–⁠14	0	0	0	0	2

2017 Pittsburgh 4 games, 4 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Sep 16	vs.Oklahoma State	L 21–⁠59	0	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Rice	W 42–⁠10	1	1	0
Oct 28	vs.Virginia	W 31–⁠14	0	0	0
Nov 9	vs.North Carolina	L 31–⁠34	3	2	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2021
Height	6′0½″
Weight	204 lb
Arm length	32⅜″
Hand size	9⅛″
Wingspan	78¼″
40-yard dash	4.49 s
10-yard split	1.46 s
Vertical jump	39½″
Broad jump	10′8″
Bench press	15 reps
3-cone drill	6.90 s
20-yard shuttle	4.10 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 65 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2021	New York Jets	7	16	0	0
2022	New York Giants	12	35	1.5	0
2023	New York Giants	16	78	2	2
2024	New York Giants	16	80	3	0
2025	San Francisco 49ers	13	41	0	0
2026 (so far)	New York Giants	1	3	0	0
NFL career		65	253	6.5	2

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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