Linebacker, LSU, 2009–12
Kevin Minter
- Number
- No. 46
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Suwanee, GA
- Born
- Dec 3, 1990, in Suwanee, Georgia
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Kevin Minter played linebacker at LSU (2009–12). The Arizona Cardinals took Minter in round 2, No. 45 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: SEC champions, 2011
All-America: AP second team 2012; Walter Camp second team 2012; Sports Illustrated 2012; College Football News second team 2012; Scout.com second team 2012
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | LSU | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 13 | 55 | 75 | 130 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| On file | 81 | 125 | 206 | 18.5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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
2012 LSU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20 | at Texas A&M | W 24–19 | 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 2013 | Combine or pro day 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11¾″ | |
| Weight | 246 lb | |
| Arm length | 32″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.81 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ | |
| Bench press | 25 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.39 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.49 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
9 seasons, 90 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Arizona Cardinals | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Arizona Cardinals | 14 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 87 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 79 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Bengals | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 90 | 327 | 7 | 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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