Duke McGhee

Defensive back for Minnesota. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

DB · Minnesota · #8

6′1″ · 211 lb · Decatur, GA

Minnesota 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive back for Minnesota. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Minnesota, 104 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Minnesota

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Tracy Claeys

Minnesota

2017

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Minnesota9-4HC: Tracy Claeys · Run-heavy

2017Minnesota5-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#483 / 2682 · 77th pct

Tackles#666 / 2682 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#678 / 2682 · 73rd pct

4.5

Solo tackles#711 / 2682 · 73rd pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.0	0.4	0.0	0.3
Road4g	5.0	0.5	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	6.0	0.8	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Minnesota	50	29	4.5	3	1	--
2016	Minnesota	54	33	1.0	3	1	--
Career		104	62	5.5	6	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 54–21

vs Nebraska

9 TOT · 6 SOLO · 2 TFL

Dominant 33-point win at home against Nebraska.

With D. Croft — 105 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 183 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD · R. Smith — 134 rush yds (24 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 17-7vs Buffalo	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 48-14@ Oregon State	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 34-3vs Middle Tennessee	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 27-30vs Michigan State	6	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Illinois	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-17@ Iowa	4	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 10-33@ Michigan	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 54-21vs Nebraska	9	6	2.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 12	L 0-39@ Northwestern	6	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 0-31vs Wisconsin	8	2	0.5	—	1
Total		50	29	4.5	1	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays