Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Tennessee
Cortez McDowell
LB • 6'0" • 228 lbs • Locust Grove, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cortez McDowell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
69
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
64
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Player Story
Cortez McDowell built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Locust Grove, GA wearing No. 20, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Cortez McDowell's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Cortez McDowell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tennessee. Cortez McDowell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 78
- TFL
- 5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Cortez McDowell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · LB
- Career Tackles
- 78
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Florida
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Locust Grove · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Locust Grove · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · LB 486th (top 45%) · SEC 191st (top 32%) · National 1,714th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Tennessee | 11 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 11 | 47 | 4 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 46.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.7 |
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Cortez McDowell played LB for Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cortez McDowell recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 1 primary output with 35.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 35.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
35.3
Usage
13.2
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 0.5. Indiana State: 0.5. Florida: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 13 by 55. Indiana State: 8 by 38.3. Florida: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
Best efficiency game
55 vs Georgia Tech
Player Story
Cortez McDowell story
Cortez McDowell built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Locust Grove, GA wearing No. 20, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Cortez McDowell's career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Tennessee. 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 Cortez McDowell's production has multiple signals. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: Cortez McDowell 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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Tennessee
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Tennessee | 7 | 26.8 | 5.3 | 7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 7 | 26.8 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 1 | 35.3 | 13.2 | -6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida
Week 4 · W 38-28 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Georgia Tech
Week 1 · W 42-41
0.5
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Vanderbilt
Week 13 · L 34-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Indiana State
Week 2 · W 42-7
0.5
Havoc Plays
51.1 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Missouri
Week 12 · W 63-37 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Tennessee
1 primary output · 35.3 efficiency · 13.2 usage
53.7
#2
2016 Postseason · Tennessee
46.5
7 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 5.3 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Tennessee
46.5
7 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 5.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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