Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Buffalo
Charles McCartherens
CB • 5'11" • 175 lbs • Kennesaw, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Charles McCartherens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Player Story
Charles McCartherens built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Kennesaw, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Charles McCartherens' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Charles McCartherens, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Buffalo. Charles McCartherens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 68
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Charles McCartherens quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · CB
- Career Tackles
- 68
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · North Cobb · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- North Cobb · 39 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · CB 274th (top 58%) · Mid-American 279th (top 49%) · National 3,006th (top 49%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Buffalo | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Buffalo | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Buffalo | 11 | 33 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 36.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Charles McCartherens played CB for Buffalo. Across 3 tracked seasons, Charles McCartherens recorded 68 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 6 primary output with 16 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16 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: Louisiana
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
16
Usage
4.4
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Fordham: 0. Louisiana: 2. Akron: 1. Central Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 2. Kent State: 0. Toledo: 1. Ohio: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Eastern Michigan: 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. Fordham: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana: 4 by 36.7. Akron: 3 by 22.5. Central Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Bowling Green: 1 by 24.2. Kent State: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 0 by 10. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · +0.4 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
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Louisiana
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/22 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 11-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/16 | @ Miami (OH) | L 10-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/8 | vs Ohio | L 10-20 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/31 | @ Toledo | L 13-31 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Kent State | W 24-6 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Bowling GreenSplash game | L 14-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Central Michigan | W 37-13 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Akron | W 13-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ LouisianaSplash game | L 38-45 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Fordham | L 37-40 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Charles McCartherens story
Charles McCartherens built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Kennesaw, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Charles McCartherens' career was his defensive production: 68 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 interceptions across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Buffalo. 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 Charles McCartherens' production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo.
The arc is straightforward: Charles McCartherens 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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Buffalo
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Buffalo | 6 | 16 | 4.4 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Buffalo | 6 | 18.7 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Buffalo | 6 | 18.7 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 19.4 | 3.4 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Louisiana
Week 4 · L 38-45
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Bowling Green
Week 7 · L 14-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Missouri
Week 2 · L 0-38
2
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#4
vs St. Francis (PA)
Week 2 · W 45-6
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Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Western Michigan
Week 8 · L 41-48 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
32.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 32.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Buffalo
6 primary output · 16 efficiency · 4.4 usage
41.4
#2
2024 Postseason · Buffalo
40.6
6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Buffalo
40.6
6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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