- Men's Sports
Chad Kinkead
Blue Knight Notes - 2009: Won Defensive MVP and Student Athlete Award... Named to the Athletic Director's 2009 Fall Honor Roll. Chad played in all 11 games for the Blue Knights...Four-year letter winner...Led the team in tackles registering 116 total (63 solo, 53 assisted) including 10.5 tackles for loss...Finished the season 2 tackles away from breaking the single season assisted tackle record...Recorded 17 tackles, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, and 1 fumble recovery against Seton Hill University on 11/7/09...His performance against Seton Hill earned him d2football.com's Independent Defensive Player of the Week honors...Had 3 sacks on the year...Tied for the second most interceptions on the team with 3...Had 1 forced fumble and 2 fumble recoveries...Hurried the quarterback 8 times and had 3 pass break ups...Had 1 sack and 7 total tackles in the spring game. 2008: Was named to the ICAA All-Academic Team...Letterwinner...Appeared in all 11 games for the Blue Knights...Was second on the team with 83 tackles, including 34 solo...Led the Blue Knights in forced fumbles with 2...Recorded season high 11 tackles vs. #21 St. Francis (IL)...Made his first career interception vs. Marian on 11/15/08..Named to the Athletic Director's Fall Honor Roll for 2008... 2007: Selected to the Blue Knight Unity Council...Letterwinner...Starter at strong side linebacker appeared in all 11 games...2nd on the team with 99 tackles, tied for 1st with 59 solo tackles...T-11th in the MSFA and T-58th in the nation with 8.7 tackles per game...Earned Honorable Mention All-MSFA...Returned a fumble 77 yards for a game-winning TD in the 2nd OT of a comeback win vs. W.V. Tech in Week 1 of the season (9/1)...Recorded a team-high and career-high 15 tackles vs. No. 6 St. Xavier on 10/13...Sacked the QB 4 times. 2006: Registered four tackles as a true freshman...Named defensive Blue Knight hitter for scout teams against Central State (9/3) and Malone (10/14).
Prep Notes: Was a senior captain for Coach John Gibson at Champion High School...Named 1st team All-Trumbull Athletic Conference...1st team All-Northeast Ohio...Named special mention All-State.
Personal: Son of Mark and Jane Kinkead...Born June 30, 1988...Criminal Justice major...His younger brother Bret joined the Blue Knights in the fall of 2009.
Kinkead's Career Defensive Stats
| Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Fumbles | Blkd | ||||||||
| Year | GP | Solo | Ast | Tot | TFL/Yds | No./Yds | Int./Yds | PBU | QBH | Rcv/Yds | FF | Kick |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | 11 | 59 | 40 | 99 | 9.0-43 | 4-30 | - | - | 8 | 1-77 | 1 | - |
| 2008 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 83 | 5.0-12 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 5 | 4 | - | 2 | - |
| 2009 | 11 | 63 | 53 | 116 | 10.5-51 | 3-18 | 3-0 | 3 | 8 | 2-0 | 1 | - |
| Totals | 37 | 159 | 143 | 302 | 24.5-106 | 9-54 | 4-2 | 8 | 20 | 3-77 | 4 | - |