Senior safety on UTEP's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Sherman Oaks, CA
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 1127 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on UTEP's 2026 roster.
McKel Broussard
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He got to Eastern Washington by way of UTEP. The receipt: 12 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Northern Arizona — Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UTEP, 47 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dana Dimel.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 18-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road2g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-34@ Northern Arizona | 12 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 34-24vs Northern Iowa | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 23-41@ South Dakota | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Keyshawn Paul’s 2021 season.
Matches Keyshawn on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Rickey Hyatt Jr.'s senior season at South Alabama (2024).
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Player DNA