Navy · W 38-30
No tackles.
Texas Southern · W 66-10 · FCS
2 tackles
Army · L 24-56
No tackles.
Rice · W 51-49
No tackles.
North Texas · L 41-48
2 tackles
The other 4 games average 2 tackles. This one was 0 below.
McGhee has tackles in 5 of Florida Atlantic’s 8 games: none against Navy, Army and Rice.
Damarius McGhee
The five seasons span three programs and three head coaches: Ed Orgeron, Lance Leipold and Zach Kittley. On tape: 4 tackles against Florida, Week 1, 2026.
12 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Erases the deep middle of the field.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Roost Oct 20His game this year: coverage — 2 passes defended in the 5 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 30 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2024 | Kansas | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | LSU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 56 | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Last game (Wk 9): 2 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 5 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-66@ Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 16-10vs Florida International | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-17@ UL Monroe | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 66-10vs Texas Southern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 41-48@ North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 5 · 2026
W 66-10
2 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 56-point win at home against Texas Southern.
Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Pass share
55.1%
337 pass / 275 run
Plays / game
76.5
8 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
375 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #27 of 28 American Athletic DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
Played for two programs.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Ed Orgeron, Brian Kelly, Lance Leipold and Zach Kittley.
