Linebacker, South Carolina, to 2008
Jasper Brinkley
Lettered 2006, 2008 (school media guide)
- Born
- Jul 12, 1985
Jasper Brinkley played linebacker at South Carolina (to 2008). The Minnesota Vikings took Brinkley in round 5, No. 150 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | South Carolina | 2 |
| 2008 | South Carolina | 1 |
| On file (2007–08) | 3 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006N | 13 | 85 | 22 | 107 | 14 | 5 | – | 4 | – | – |
| 2007 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13 | 42 | 23 | 65 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| On file | 142 | 51 | 193 | 20 | 7.5 | – | 5 | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2008 South Carolina 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Iowa | L 10–31 | 1 |
2007 South Carolina 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | at Georgia | W 16–12 | 1 |
| Sep 15 | vs. South Carolina State | W 38–3 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2009 | Combine or pro day 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅝″ | |
| Weight | 252 lb | |
| Arm length | 33″ | |
| Hand size | 9¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.72 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.64 s | |
| Vertical jump | 35½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′6″ | |
| Bench press | 26 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.03 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.32 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 72 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | New York Giants | 10 | 59 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 72 | 303 | 2 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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