Senior safety for San Diego State. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 12 tackles.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Jacksonville, TX
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 numbers
interception · 2025
2 PBU · 12 tackles · 2 TFL
Best game: 1 PBU, 4 tackles, vs North Texas
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety for San Diego State. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 12 tackles.
Deshawn McCuin
Erases the deep middle of the field. Four head coaches in seven seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against North Texas — Bowl, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 7 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Rocky Long, Brady Hoke, and Sean Lewis. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (9th 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
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State | 12 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | San Diego State | 26 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | San Diego State | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | TCU | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | TCU | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | TCU | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 68 | 50 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 10 | 3 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 13-36@ Washington State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-10@ Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-0@ Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-38@ Hawai'i | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 25-3vs San José State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 47-49vs North Texas | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
San Diego State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · San Diego State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
San Diego State · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #89 · 2026 recruiting class #83
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jason Marshall Jr.’s 2024 season.
Matches Jason on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA
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