Kevin Pointer

Height:
6-1
Weight:
285
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Jonesboro, Ark.
High School:
Jonesboro Senior

Career Accolades

2024 All-ACC Honorable Mention

2024 (Redshirt Senior)
Saw action in 11 games with 10 starts during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons... Named All-ACC Honorable Mention... Finished second on the team with 8.0 tackles for loss, as well as sacks with 4.0 sacks... His four sacks this season sets a career-high... Also finished the season with 34 tackles with 15 solo tackles, along with eight quarterback hurries, a pass breakup and an interception... Recorded four tackles with three solo tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss, and a sack in the victory against North Carolina A&T... Recorded the first turnover of the season for the Deacs with a 32-yard interception return against Virginia, finishing the game with three solo tackles, two tackles-for-loss, and a sack... Recorded a career-high seven tackles against Louisiana... Tallied a sack in five games and a tackle-for-loss in six games throughout the 2024 season.

2023 (Redshirt Junior)
Started in all 12 games for the Demon Deacons during the 2023 season… Recorded a career-high 37 tackles with 18 solo tackles and a 9.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.5 sacks and 5 quarterback hurries… Recorded multiple tackles in 10 games during the season… Recorded a career-high in tackles (6) and a career-high in tackles-for-loss (2.0).

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Saw action in all 13 games, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Finished the season with 13 total tackles including 10 solo tackles to go along with 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks, three quarterback hurries and a pass breakup…Finished with a season-high four tackles in the win over Army…Had at least one tackle in seven games…Member of the All-ACC Academic Team.

2021 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in eight games during his first season in Winston-Salem...Notched five total tackles including two solo tackles. 1.5 tackels for loss and 0.5 sacks...Recorded tackles for loss in wins over Norfolk State and Louisville including a sack against the Cardinals...Totaled 135 plays on the field over the course of the season including a season-high 29 in a win against Louisville

Prior to Wake Forest:
Tallied 38 total tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss, at Louisiana-Monroe during the 2020 season...Recorded at least one tackle for loss in the final three games of the season including two games of multiple tackles for loss...Redshirted his true freshman season in 2019

High School:
Played for head coach Randy Coleman...Three-year starter for Jonesboro (Ark.) Senior High School...Named to the Class 6A East All-Conference Team and the Jonesboro Sun "Best Under the Sun" Team...Holds the Jonesboro career record in sack (13.5)...Totaled 179 career tackles with 22 tackles for loss as a senior and 34 tackles for a loss as a junior...Also lettered in basketball and track & field.

Personal:
Majoring in Communications with a Minor in Entrepreneurship.