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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Coastal Carolina
Lionell Whitaker
CB • 5'11" • 194 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Lionell Whitaker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Maryland • Coastal Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Player Story
Lionell Whitaker built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from Miami, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Maryland. The clearest part of Lionell Whitaker's career was his...
Read the storyLionell Whitaker, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Maryland. Lionell Whitaker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 54
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Lionell Whitaker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Coastal Carolina · CB
- Career Tackles
- 54
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Maryland
- Top game
- Louisiana Tech
- High school pipeline
- Conroe · 16 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · CB 185th (top 40%) · Sun Belt 233rd (top 37%) · National 2,050th (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 27.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 10 | 17 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 29.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 20 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 36 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maryland to Coastal Carolina | P4 to G5/FCS | 21.2 | Jan 21, 2025 |
Lionell Whitaker played CB for Maryland and Coastal Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Lionell Whitaker recorded 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Coastal Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Maryland paired 0 primary output with 7.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 12.3 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Coastal Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
12.3
Usage
2.6
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 1. Virginia: 0. Charleston Southern: 1. East Carolina: 0. South Alabama: 0. Old Dominion: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. South Carolina: 0. James Madison: 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. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Charleston Southern: 1 by 14.2. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 2 by 18.3. South Carolina: 4 by 16.7. James Madison: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
Best efficiency game
20 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/30 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 14-23 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs James Madison | L 10-59 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ South Carolina | L 7-51 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Georgia Southern | L 40-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UL Monroe | W 23-8 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Old Dominion | L 7-47 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ South Alabama | W 38-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs East Carolina | L 0-38 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Charleston Southern | W 13-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Virginia | L 7-48 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Lionell Whitaker story
Lionell Whitaker built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from Miami, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Maryland. The clearest part of Lionell Whitaker's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 3 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Lionell Whitaker'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
Maryland
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Coastal Carolina
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 2 | 9.6 | 2.6 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 0 | 7.5 | 1.5 | -2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 1 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 77 Louisiana Tech
Week 1 · L 14-23 · Postseason
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Penn State
Week 11 · L 0-30 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 103 Georgia Southern
Week 12 · L 40-45 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
43 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.
#4
vs Charleston Southern
Week 2 · W 13-0
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Havoc Plays
41.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Buffalo
Week 1 · W 31-10
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Havoc Plays
40.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Maryland
0 primary output · 7.5 efficiency · 1.5 usage
39.9
#2
2023 Regular Season · Maryland
39.9
0 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
36
3 primary · 12.3 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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