McKinley Whitfield: S · Tulsa · #5.
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McKinley Whitfield
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Three seasons in the Tulsa secondary to date. On tape: 14 tackles against Arkansas State, Week 3, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
71 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-27vs Central Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-28@ Texas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-29vs Arkansas State | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 17-31@ Temple | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-41@ Houston | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-25vs No. 23 South Florida | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-23@ Arkansas | 11 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-24vs Tulane | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-19vs UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-47@ Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 29-37@ Navy | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-24vs SMU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 38 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
71tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL71 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 15-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery
Pass share
35.5%
316 pass / 574 run
Plays / game
74.2
12 games
Team sack rate
11.0%
363 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
71 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Tulsa, 243 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Philip Montgomery.
