Lionell Whitaker is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Coastal Carolina.
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against James Madison — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 20 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | Maryland | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Maryland | 18 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Maryland | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 54 | 38 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 13-0vs Charleston Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38vs East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20@ South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-47@ Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-8vs UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 40-45@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-51@ South Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 10-59vs No. 20 James Madison | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-23vs Louisiana Tech | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Total | 20 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
20tackles this season20 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeremiah Johnson
Pass share
46.3%
399 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
66.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #265 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #19 of 25 Sun Belt CBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,019 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Sun Belt as a senior.
A stat line in 30 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Locksley and Tim Beck.
