Player Dossier

2023-2025

Miami (OH)

Christian McKinney

LB • 6'0" • 216 lbs • Homewood, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Christian McKinney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

61

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

46

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Miami (OH)

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Miami (OH)
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Christian McKinney built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Homewood, IL wearing No. 16, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Christian McKinney's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8475

Homewood-Flossmoor · Flossmoor, IL

Committed To
Miami (OH)
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Christian McKinney, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Miami (OH). Christian McKinney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
9
TFL
2
Sacks
2

Quick Answers

Christian McKinney quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami (OH) · LB
Career Tackles
9
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Homewood-Flossmoor · Miami (OH)
High school pipeline
Homewood-Flossmoor · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
6 tackles · LB 866th (top 68%) · Mid-American 314th (top 55%) · National 3,415th (top 56%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)2311--050.9
2025 PostseasonMiami (OH)51-0--033.6
2025 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)5511--033.6

Related Context

Christian McKinney played LB for Miami (OH). Across 3 tracked seasons, Christian McKinney recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Miami (OH).

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Miami (OH) paired 2 primary output with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Miami (OH)

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

16.3

Usage

4.5

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 0. Kent State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -2 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Kent State

Result
Thu 11/14vs Kent StateSplash gameW 34-711110
Sat 10/26vs Central MichiganW 46-720000

Player Story

Christian McKinney story

Christian McKinney built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Homewood, IL wearing No. 16, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Christian McKinney's career was his defensive production: 9 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Christian 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.

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    Miami (OH)

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)0
2024 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)216.34.52
2025 PostseasonMiami (OH)292.30
2025 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)292.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 8 · W 44-30 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Kent State

Week 12 · W 34-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Central Michigan

Week 9 · W 46-7 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 132 Ball State

Week 14 · W 45-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Lindenwood

Week 5 · W 38-0

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Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Miami (OH)

2 primary output · 16.3 efficiency · 4.5 usage

50.9

#2

2025 Postseason · Miami (OH)

33.6

2 primary · 9 efficiency · 2.3 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Miami (OH)

33.6

2 primary · 9 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games