Player Dossier

2023-2025

Buffalo

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.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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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
1
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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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8063

North Cobb · Kennesaw, GA

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo102410-2041.4
2024 PostseasonBuffalo112-0--040.6
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo113310-4040.6
2025 Regular SeasonBuffalo4911-2036.9

Related Context

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

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.7 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: Missouri

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

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2024 Postseason · Buffalo

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

18.7

Usage

3.4

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Missouri

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 0. Lafayette: 0. Missouri: 2. Massachusetts: 1. Northern Illinois: 1. UConn: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Ohio: 0. Akron: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Kent State: 1

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. Liberty: 2 by 8.3. Lafayette: 6 by 25. Missouri: 2 by 28.3. Massachusetts: 1 by 14.2. Northern Illinois: 1 by 14.2. UConn: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 4 by 26.7. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Akron: 4 by 16.7. Eastern Michigan: 9 by 37.5. Kent State: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Missouri

Best efficiency game

37.5 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Sat 1/4@ LibertyW 26-721000
Wed 11/27vs Kent StateW 43-711100
Thu 11/21@ Eastern MichiganW 37-2095000
Sat 11/2@ AkronW 41-3043000
Sat 10/26@ OhioL 16-4732000
Sat 10/19vs Western MichiganL 41-4842001
Sat 9/28@ UConnL 3-4722000
Sat 9/21@ Northern IllinoisW 23-2011001
Sat 9/14vs MassachusettsW 34-311001
Sat 9/7@ MissouriSplash gameL 0-38210011
Thu 8/29vs LafayetteW 30-1366000

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
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo6164.4
2024 PostseasonBuffalo618.73.40
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo618.73.40
2025 Regular SeasonBuffalo419.43.4-2

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