Linebacker for Tennessee. 2017: 24 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′0″ · 228 lb · Locust Grove, GA
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 179 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 linebacker for Tennessee. 2017: 24 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
Cortez McDowell
Second year in the Tennessee linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 13 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Georgia Tech — Week 1, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Tennessee, 78 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Butch Jones — 13-12 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017
W 42–41
at Georgia Tech
13 TOT · 7 SOLO · 0 TFL
Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.
With T. Daniel — 47 AVG · 70 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Dormady — 221 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 13 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-41@ Georgia Tech | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Indiana State | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-26@ Florida | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Player DNA