McKinley Whitfield

Senior safety for Tulsa. 2018: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 71 tackles.

S · Tulsa · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 217 lb · Spiro, OK

Tulsa 2018 alumnus

The story

4 safety for Tulsa. 2018: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 71 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Tulsa, 243 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Tulsa

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Philip Montgomery

Tulsa

Played his entire career under Philip Montgomery.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 15-22 over that span.

2016Tulsa10-3HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Tulsa2-10HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

2018Tulsa3-9HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: tackles (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#124 / 2662 · 94th pct

Tackles#267 / 2662 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#343 / 2662 · 86th pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#1212 / 2662 · 52nd pct

2.5

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.3	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road6g	5.5	0.2	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	0.3	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	0.1	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Tulsa	71	38	2.5	7	2	--
2017	Tulsa	113	67	6.0	8	1	--
2016	Tulsa	59	33	2.5	3	1	--
Career		243	138	11.0	18	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 38–27

vs Central Arkansas

1 PD · 4 TOT · 3 SOLO

With T. Bennett — 49 AVG · 68 LONG · 4 NO · L. Skipper — 196 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 30 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week