2023-24 Football Signing Roster
Roster
Tre Pinkney
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Pebblebrook HS
- Prev School:
- Hutchinson CC / Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina (2021-23): Appeared in seven games in 2023, posting 13 tackles (seven solo)…Played in 12 games in 2022, making three starts on defense…Lined up at linebacker and also on special teams…Was fifth on the team with 50 total tackles on the year…Finished with 22 solo tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss, and one pass breakup…Tied for a team-high two picks…Had a stretch of double-digit tackles in three-straight games - versus Buffalo (Sept. 17), at Georgia State (Sept. 22), and against Georgia Southern (Oct. 1)…Recorded a career-high 12 tackles, including five solo stops in the home win over the Buffalo Bulls…Finished with 10 tackles, including seven solo stops, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, and one interception and return for eight yards in the blowout road win at Georgia State…Followed that performance up with 10 tackles, a pass breakup, and an interception in the home win over Georgia Southern…Totaled four tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game at Troy (Dec. 3)…Ended the season with three tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss in the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl versus East Carolina (Dec. 27)…Saw action in one game in 2021…Had one solo tackle in the home win over ULM (Oct. 2).
Junior College (2019-20): A second-team NJCAA All-American…Tabbed an All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) honorable mention selection…Played in eight games for the Blue Dragons and NJCAA Football's National Coach of the year Drew Dallas…A key part in the Blue Dragons winning the program's first NJCAA National Championship and eighth Jayhawk Conference championship title during the 2020-21 season…Helped lead his team to a perfect 8-0 record and the program's third undefeated season…Team was ranked No. 1 in the NJCAA all season long…Totaled a team-high 47 tackles and 14.5 tackles-for-loss on the year…Tallied 9.5 sacks, which lead all of NJCAA nationally…Forced two fumbles and added an interception…His interception came with 1:04 remaining in the national championship game to seal the win for the Blue Dragons…Tallied three pass breakups on the year…Recorded 10.0 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss, and 0.5 sacks in the season opener versus Coffeyville Community College (March 26)…Redshirted in 2019 in his first season there.
High School: A three-star recruit at inside linebacker in the Class of 2019 by both Rivals and 247Sports Composite…Rated as high as the No. 68-best prospect at inside linebacker in the Class of 2019 by 247Sports Composite…Lettered in football at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton, Ga. for head coach Kevin Saunders…Tabbed the Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State Class AAAAAAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2017 as a junior…A two-time first-team all-state selection by the Georgia Sports Writers Association and the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association…Named to the 2018 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Georgia Football second team…Named a Class AAAAAAA All-State honorable mention honoree his senior season by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution…Also named the Region 2AAAAAAA Player of the Year his senior year…Earned a spot on the All-Metro Cobb County team as a senior…Tabbed the Marietta Daily Journal All-County Football Defensive Player of the Year in 2017 following his junior season…Was named the 2017 Defensive Player of the Year by the Cobb County TD Club…Named the 2017 Georgia Athletic Coaches Association (GACA) Class AAAAAAA South Defensive Player of the Year…Selected to play in the 2018 Georgia Elite Classic…Was a three-time MaxPreps Player of the Game his senior season in 2018…Totaled 122 tackles, including 70 solo stops, and 39.0 tackles-for-loss his senior season…Added 12.5 sacks, 27 hurries, and blocked two punts on special teams as a senior…Recorded 108 tackles, 21.5 sacks, and 12.0 tackles-for-loss his junior season.
Personal: Majoring in Liberal Studies.
