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12 Dre Pinckney

  • Position S
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 193
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown / HS / Last School Boiling Springs, S.C. / Boiling Springs

Biography

Honors
2023 Comeback College Football Player of the Year Watch List
2025 Team Captain

2024 (Redshirt Junior)

  • Saw action in the Georgia Southern game but did not record any statistics.
  • Did not play the rest of the season due to injury.


2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)

  • Earned a spot on the 2023 College Football Comeback Player of Year Watch List
  • Played in 12 games on the season 
  • Recorded 19 total tackles and one interception on the year 
  • Season-high seven tackles at home against Duquesne  (Sept. 16)
  • Had a 12-yard interception return against Marshall (Oct. 28)


2022 (Redshirt Freshman)

  • Made the start in the season opener versus Army (Sept. 3) but suffered a season-ending injury
  • Recorded two tackles in the win over the Black Knights
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2022 fall semester


2021 (Freshman)

  • Redshirt season
  • Saw action in the last three games of the season, including making the start in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17)
  • Recorded 14 tackles on the season, including nine solo tackles
  • Added 1.0 tackle-for-loss, one pass breakup, and one fumble recovery
  • Had 10 tackles and returned a fumble for eight yards in the bowl win over the Huskies
  • Posted two solo tackles each in wins over Texas State (Nov. 20) and at South Alabama (Nov. 26)
  • Named the team's Academic Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 16, 2021
  • Named the Academic Player of the Week on March 25, 2022
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or higher) for both the 2021 fall and 2022 spring semesters

High School
  • A three-star recruit at safety for the Class of 2021 by 247sports, Rivals, and ESPN
  • Ranked as the 32nd-best recruit in the state of South Carolina for the Class of 2021 by ESPN
  • Rated the 38th-best prospect in the state of South Carolina for the Class of 2021 by 247sports
  • Earned 5A honorable mention South Carolina Football Coaches All-State honors after his junior year
  • Lettered at Boiling Springs High School under head coach Rick Tate
  • Totaled 127 tackles, including 97 solo tackles, 10 pass breakups, six interceptions, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery for his high school career
  • Recorded 47 tackles, including 34 solo stops, three pass breakups, and forced two fumbles his senior year

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2021Freshman

    S
    6'0" 200 lbs
    19
  • 12

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    S
    6'0" 200 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    S
    6'0" 205 lbs
    12
  • 9

    2024Redshirt Junior

    S
    6'0" 205 lbs
    9
  • 12

    2025Redshirt Senior

    S
    6'0" 193 lbs
    12