Latrell McCutchin

Senior defensive back on Houston's 2025 roster.

DB · Houston · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 185 lb · Austin, TX

CFB Index 60 · #131 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Houston for 2026

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 225 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Houston's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2021.
Transferred from USC to Houston in 2023.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

The full scouting read

Latrell McCutchin

DB · Houston · Sr · #1

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Four head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. The receipt: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Rice — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2024Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Houston10-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

60Quality starter #131 of 364?

Low confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (91st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#45 / 2975 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#237 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles#550 / 2975 · 81st pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.6	0.3	0.1	0.4
Road5g	5.4	0.2	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	0.5	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.0	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #131 of 364 corners

Former four-star. Now #131 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #19 of 42 Big 12 DBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Houston	52	39	3.0	1.0	8	--	--
2024	Houston	36	30	1.0	0.0	2	--	--
2022	USC	17	13	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Oklahoma	9	9	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		114	91	5.0	2.0	11	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 31–28

vs Arizona

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.

With C. Weigman — 164 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 98 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Connors — 100 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 35-9@ Rice	11	6	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 3	W 36-20vs Colorado	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 27-24@ Oregon State	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 11-35vs Texas Tech	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 31-28vs Arizona	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 24-16@ Arizona State	7	7	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	L 35-45vs West Virginia	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 30-27@ UCF	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-17vs TCU	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 31-24@ Baylor	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Bowl	W 38-35vs LSU	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		52	39	3.0	1.0	—	8

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

52Tackles

39Solo

3TFL

1Sacks

8Pass def.

0INT

52 tackles. 8 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 31 PD
Week 51 PD
Week 81 PD
Week 92 PD
Week 101 PD
Week 142 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Houston

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Houston

Returning around him

1 Houston player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +1 net (18 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Houston · Last season: 10-3 (AP #25) · Talent rank #57 · 2026 recruiting class #38

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nate Valcarcel’s 2024 season.

Nate Valcarcel

83%match

Northern Illinois · 2024

All-MAC

Dy'Vonne Inyang

UTEP · 2021

All-Conference USA

82%

Kapena Gushiken

Washington State · 2024

80%

Domani Jackson

Alabama · 2024

NFL Rd 6

77%

EJ Jackson

App State · 2023

76%

Matches Nate on

PD rate

Height

Class year

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Nate Valcarcel's senior season at Northern Illinois (2024).

Nate Valcarcel

93%match

Northern Illinois · 2024

All-MAC

Damaje Yancey

Troy · 2024

91%

Jordan Hancock

Ohio State · 2024

NFL Rd 5

87%

Chris Johnson

San Diego State · 2025

All-Mountain West

86%

EJ Jackson

App State · 2023

85%

Matches Nate on

Class year

PD rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

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Bud Clark

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

Latrell McCutchin

20219 games

20229 games

2023

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

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