Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016UCLA
Takkarist McKinley
DL • 6'2" • Richmond, CA, USA
High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence
Takkarist McKinley shows a high-volume tackler profile with 52.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
88
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
93
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Player Story
Takkarist McKinley built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Richmond, CA wearing No. 98, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Takkarist McKinley's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2017
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 26
- Overall
- No. 26
- NFL Team
- Atlanta Falcons
Takkarist McKinley, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA. Takkarist McKinley shows a high-volume tackler profile with 52.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 61
- TFL
- 18
- Sacks
- 10
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Takkarist McKinley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · DL
- Career Tackles
- 61
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Utah
- NFL Draft
- 2017 · Round 1 · Pick 26 · Atlanta Falcons
- Latest roster
- No. 98 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 61 tackles · DL 12th (top 2%) · Pac-12 43rd (top 8%) · National 484th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 61 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 77.4 |
Related Context
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Takkarist McKinley played DL for UCLA. Across 3 tracked seasons, Takkarist McKinley recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
UCLA paired 37 primary output with 52.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 52.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
3.4
Efficiency
52.2
Usage
20.1
Consistency
57.2
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 1. BYU: 3. Stanford: 3. Arizona: 4. Arizona State: 2. Washington State: 2. Utah: 10. Colorado: 5. Oregon State: 4. USC: 1. California: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 4 by 26.7. BYU: 5 by 50.8. Stanford: 3 by 42.5. Arizona: 5 by 60.8. Arizona State: 4 by 36.7. Washington State: 6 by 45. Utah: 6 by 75. Colorado: 7 by 79.2. Oregon State: 6 by 65. USC: 4 by 26.7. California: 11 by 65.8
Split Comparison
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Wins3.7 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses3.3 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs Colorado
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ California10+ tackles · Splash game | L 10-36 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | vs USC | L 14-36 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Oregon StateSplash game | W 38-24 | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/4 | @ Colorado2+ sacks · Splash game | L 10-20 | 7 | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Utah2+ sacks · Splash game | L 45-52 | 6 | 6 | — | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 10/16 | @ Washington StateSplash game | L 21-27 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | @ Arizona StateSplash game | L 20-23 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | vs ArizonaSplash game | W 45-24 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | vs StanfordSplash game | L 13-22 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | @ BYUSplash game | W 17-14 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Texas A&M | L 24-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Takkarist McKinley story
Takkarist McKinley built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Richmond, CA wearing No. 98, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Takkarist McKinley's career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with UCLA. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Takkarist McKinley's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 32 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA.
The arc is straightforward: Takkarist McKinley moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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UCLA
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 37 | 52.2 | 20.1 | 37 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Utah
Week 8 · L 45-52 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
10
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
10 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Colorado
Week 10 · L 10-20 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Oregon State
Week 11 · W 38-24 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Arizona
Week 5 · W 45-24 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
66.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.
#5
@ California
Week 13 · L 10-36 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · UCLA
37 primary output · 52.2 efficiency · 20.1 usage
77.4
#2
2015 Regular Season · UCLA
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · UCLA
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
9
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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