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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Tulsa
McKinley Whitfield
S • 6'3" • 217 lbs • Spiro, OK, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
McKinley Whitfield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
85
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tulsa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Tulsa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Player Story
McKinley Whitfield built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a safety from Spiro, OK wearing No. 5, spending time with Tulsa. The clearest part of McKinley Whitfield's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Louisville
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
McKinley Whitfield, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tulsa. McKinley Whitfield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 243
- TFL
- 11
- Passes defended
- 18
Quick Answers
McKinley Whitfield quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulsa · S
- Career Tackles
- 243
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Tulsa
- Top game
- Arkansas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Inglewood · Louisville
- High school pipeline
- Inglewood · 35 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 71 tackles · S 44th (top 10%) · American Athletic 33rd (top 6%) · National 278th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Tulsa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Tulsa | 13 | 5 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tulsa | 13 | 54 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 30 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tulsa | 12 | 113 | 6 | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | 67.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tulsa | 12 | 71 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 47.6 |
Related Context
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McKinley Whitfield played S for Tulsa. Across 4 tracked seasons, McKinley Whitfield recorded 243 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Tulsa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Tulsa paired 15 primary output with 50.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 50.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Tulsa
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
50.4
Usage
8.7
Consistency
46.1
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 3. Louisiana: 0. Toledo: 1. New Mexico: 0. Navy: 0. Tulane: 0. Houston: 4. UConn: 3. SMU: 2. Memphis: 1. South Florida: 1. Temple: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 10 by 71.7. Louisiana: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 5 by 30.8. New Mexico: 10 by 41.7. Navy: 14 by 50. Tulane: 14 by 50. Houston: 10 by 81.7. UConn: 10 by 71.7. SMU: 11 by 65.8. Memphis: 8 by 43.3. South Florida: 7 by 39.2. Temple: 11 by 45.8
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 2 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 10 · -0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
81.7 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Temple10+ tackles | L 22-43 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/17 | @ South Florida | L 20-27 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Memphis | L 14-41 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ SMU10+ tackles · Splash game | L 34-38 | 11 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ UConn10+ tackles · Splash game | L 14-20 | 10 | 5 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Houston10+ tackles · Splash game | W 45-17 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Tulane10+ tackles | L 28-62 | 14 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Navy10+ tackles | L 21-31 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs New Mexico10+ tackles | L 13-16 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Toledo | L 51-54 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Louisiana | W 66-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | @ Oklahoma State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-59 | 10 | 10 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
McKinley Whitfield story
McKinley Whitfield built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a safety from Spiro, OK wearing No. 5, spending time with Tulsa. The clearest part of McKinley Whitfield's career was his defensive production: 243 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 18 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Tulsa. 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 McKinley Whitfield's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 43 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tulsa.
The arc is straightforward: McKinley Whitfield 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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Tulsa
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Tulsa | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Tulsa | 6.5 | 23.9 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tulsa | 6.5 | 23.9 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tulsa | 15 | 50.4 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tulsa | 11.5 | 33.5 | 6.9 | -3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas
Week 8 · L 0-23
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
95.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Houston
Week 7 · W 45-17 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#3
@ UConn
Week 8 · L 14-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Oklahoma State
Week 1 · L 24-59
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#5
vs North Carolina A&T
Week 3 · W 58-21
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Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Tulsa
15 primary output · 50.4 efficiency · 8.7 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Tulsa
47.6
11.5 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 6.9 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Tulsa
30
6.5 primary · 23.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
8
Splash games
10
10+ tackle games
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