Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ Alabama | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs App State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#8
Kamaurri McKinley
Senior defensive back on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 186 lb · Lakeland, FL · Lakeland
Returning to East Carolina for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1862 nationally · Signed with East Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2023.
Kamaurri McKinley
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent two seasons in the East Carolina secondary. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against App State, Week 2, 2026.
10 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Lakeland
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
East Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Blake Harrell — 9-6 over that span.
2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2026East Carolina0-2HC: Blake Harrell · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (10th 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: 5.0 TKL/g, 0.8 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
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | East Carolina | 24 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 34 | 15 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
East Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · East Carolina
Returning around him
- 1 East Carolina player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (24 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
East Carolina · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #94
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Hudson Clark’s 2021 season.
Matches Hudson on
PD rate
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Kool-Aid McKinstry's freshman season at Alabama (2021).
87%match
1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 2 · Pk 9
Matches Kool-Aid on
TFL rate
PD rate
Tackle volume
Background
Two-year letterman (2024-25) … Played in 17 career games (7/2024, 10/2025) … Booked 25 tackles (nine solo) with one TFL (-1 yard) … Credited with two pass breakups … Officially signed with East Carolina on Dec. 21, 2023. 2025: Appeared in 10 games (no starts) earning second varsity letter … Logge...
The secondary · East Carolina
- #3Zyeir Gamble72 tackles · 2025
- #13Ayden Duncanson33 tackles · 2025
- #4Kevon Merrell27 tackles · 2025
- #8Kamaurri McKinley24 tackles · 2025
- #23Josh Benton11 tackles · 2025
20 more on the roster · East Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology