Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 19-23@ South Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-37vs Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Justin Mckithen
Former cornerback at Old Dominion. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′10″ · 160 lb · Savannah, GA
CFB Index 42 · #198 of 322 cornersLow confidenceOld Dominion 2024 — college career complete
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.
Recruiting
3★
WR recruit
No. 2080 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former cornerback at Old Dominion. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2020.
Justin Mckithen
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Willie Taggart, Tom Herman and Ricky Rahne. In 2022 the league put his name on paper for the first time: Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Old Dominion, 35 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
20204 games
- Signed with Florida Atlantic3-star out of New Hampstead
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coach2021–2024
Old Dominion
Played his entire career under Ricky Rahne.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Florida Atlantic5-4HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy
2021Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo
2022Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Run-leaning
2023Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Tom Herman · Balanced
2024Old Dominion5-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 0.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
42 · #198 of 322 corners
Three-star recruit. Now #198 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Old Dominion | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 23 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 35 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CB
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Loronzo Thompson’s 2020 season.
Matches Loronzo on
Class year
PD rate
Weight
Differs from Loronzo on
Tackle volume (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Beanie Bishop's junior season at Minnesota (2022).
86%match
All-Big 12
Matches Beanie on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Justin Mckithen
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology