Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Colorado
DJ McKinney
CB • 6'2" • 180 lbs • Colleyville, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DJ McKinney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
61
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Colorado
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oklahoma State • Colorado
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
DJ McKinney built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from Colleyville, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Colorado and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of DJ McKinney's career was his...
Read the storyDJ McKinney, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Colorado. DJ McKinney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 133
- TFL
- 4
- Passes defended
- 18
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
DJ McKinney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado · CB
- Career Tackles
- 133
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Colorado
- Top game
- Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- Richland · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · CB 81st (top 18%) · Big 12 124th (top 17%) · National 1,157th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 13 | 36 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 2024 Postseason | Colorado | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 57.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 13 | 57 | 3 | 0 | - | 8 | 2 | 57.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Colorado | 9 | 34 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 40.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Colorado to Notre Dame | P4 to G5/FCS | 87.9 | Jan 9, 2026 |
| 2024 | Oklahoma State to Colorado | P4 to P4 | 82.8 | Jan 2, 2024 |
DJ McKinney played CB for Oklahoma State and Colorado. Across 4 tracked seasons, DJ McKinney recorded 133 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Colorado.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Colorado paired 14 primary output with 29.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma State, Colorado.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Delaware
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Colorado
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
23.5
Usage
4.4
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Delaware
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 1. Delaware: 2. Houston: 0. Wyoming: 2. BYU: 1. TCU: 0. Iowa State: 0. Utah: 1. Arizona: 0
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. Georgia Tech: 4 by 26.7. Delaware: 4 by 36.7. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 5 by 40.8. BYU: 1 by 14.2. TCU: 7 by 29.2. Iowa State: 5 by 20.8. Utah: 6 by 35. Arizona: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Delaware
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Wyoming
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/1 | vs Arizona | L 17-52 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/26 | @ Utah | L 7-53 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Iowa State | W 24-17 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ TCU | L 21-35 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/28 | vs BYU | L 21-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | vs WyomingSplash game | W 37-20 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Fri 9/12 | @ Houston | L 20-36 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs DelawareSplash game | W 31-7 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Georgia Tech | L 20-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DJ McKinney story
DJ McKinney built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from Colleyville, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Colorado and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of DJ McKinney's career was his defensive production: 133 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 18 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. That gives DJ McKinney's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Oklahoma State
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 5 | 16 | 2.2 | 5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 5 | 16 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Colorado | 14 | 29.7 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 14 | 29.7 | 5.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Colorado | 7 | 23.5 | 4.4 | -7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Nebraska
Week 2 · L 10-28
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Colorado State
Week 3 · W 28-9
3
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 109 Delaware
Week 2 · W 31-7
2
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 110 Wyoming
Week 4 · W 37-20
2
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs Central Arkansas
Week 1 · W 27-13
2
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Colorado
14 primary output · 29.7 efficiency · 5.1 usage
57.8
#2
2024 Regular Season · Colorado
57.8
14 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 5.1 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Colorado
40.5
7 primary · 23.5 efficiency · 4.4 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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