Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2016North Texas
Cortney Finney
LB • 5'11" • Bay City, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cortney Finney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- North Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Bethune-Cookman
Player Story
Cortney Finney built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a linebacker from Bay City, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Cortney Finney's career was his defensive...
Read the storyCortney Finney, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Texas. Cortney Finney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 78
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Cortney Finney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Texas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 78
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · North Texas
- Top game
- Bethune-Cookman
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 78 tackles · LB 148th (top 15%) · Conference USA 25th (top 5%) · National 221st (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 13 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 13 | 70 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 51.5 |
Related Context
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Cortney Finney played LB for North Texas. Across 2 tracked seasons, Cortney Finney recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with North Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
North Texas paired 9.5 primary output with 32.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 32.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bethune-Cookman
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · North Texas
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
32.3
Usage
7.3
Consistency
12.8
Best Game by takeover score
Bethune-Cookman
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Army: 0. SMU: 0. Bethune-Cookman: 5. Florida: 0. Rice: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1.5. Marshall: 1. Army: 0. UTSA: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Southern Miss: 1. UTEP: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 8 by 33.3. SMU: 3 by 12.5. Bethune-Cookman: 8 by 83.3. Florida: 5 by 20.8. Rice: 12 by 50. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 40. Marshall: 7 by 39.2. Army: 5 by 20.8. UTSA: 6 by 25. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 29.2. Western Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Southern Miss: 6 by 35. UTEP: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.4 · Games = 5 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bethune-Cookman
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Bethune-Cookman
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/27 | vs Army | L 31-38 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | @ UTEP | L 24-52 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Southern Miss | W 29-23 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Western Kentucky | L 7-45 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 24-45 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ UTSA | L 17-31 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Army | W 35-18 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Marshall | W 38-21 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 13-30 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Rice10+ tackles | W 42-35 | 12 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Florida | L 0-32 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Bethune-CookmanSplash game | W 41-20 | 8 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs SMU | L 21-34 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cortney Finney story
Cortney Finney built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a linebacker from Bay City, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Cortney Finney's career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with North Texas. 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 Cortney Finney's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Cortney Finney 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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North Texas
2015-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 9.5 | 32.3 | 7.3 | 9.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 9.5 | 32.3 | 7.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Bethune-Cookman
Week 2 · W 41-20
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 5 · L 13-30 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#3
@ UTEP
Week 13 · L 24-52 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
41.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Southern Miss
Week 12 · W 29-23 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
38.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Marshall
Week 6 · W 38-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · North Texas
9.5 primary output · 32.3 efficiency · 7.3 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · North Texas
51.5
9.5 primary · 32.3 efficiency · 7.3 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · North Texas
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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