Defensive back, Wisconsin, 2007–⁠10

Niles Brinkley

Number
No. 29
Height
5′10″
Hometown
St. Louis, MO

Niles Brinkley played defensive back at Wisconsin (2007–⁠10).

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2008*Wisconsin4
2009Wisconsin2
Career6

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
200813319401490
200911335381240
201011399480091
On file1032312626221

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2007Wisconsin29DB
2008Wisconsin29DB
2009Wisconsin29DB
2010Wisconsin29DB5′10″

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

2009 Wisconsin 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 12vs.Fresno StateW 34–⁠311
Nov 14vs.MichiganW 45–⁠241
2008 Wisconsin 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 6vs.MarshallW 51–⁠142
Oct 25vs.IllinoisW 27–⁠171
Nov 15vs.MinnesotaW 35–⁠321
2007 Wisconsin 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, −1 yards
DateOpponentResultInt

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

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height5′9½″
Weight193 lb
Arm length30¼″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.57 s
10-yard split1.63 s
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill7.23 s
20-yard shuttle4.27 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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