Senior defensive back on New Mexico State's 2022 roster.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Tampa, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive back on New Mexico State's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearD.J. McCullough
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. D.J. McCullough has been at New Mexico State through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against Lamar — Week 11, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at New Mexico State, 57 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Doug Martin → Jerry Kill. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (18th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | New Mexico State | 15 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 42 | 33 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 57 | 46 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2022
W 51–14
vs Lamar
2 PD · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS
Dominant 37-point win at home against Lamar.
With D. Pavia — 146 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.8 · 81 rush yds (8 car) · J. Carlson — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-23vs Nevada | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 0-38@ Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-66@ Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-9vs New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-13@ Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Lamar | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 14-45@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-14@ Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Gavin Gibson’s 2022 season.
Matches Gavin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Thailand Baldwin's sophomore season at Ball State (2024).
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Player DNA