Quinn Whitlock

Senior defensive back for North Texas. 2022: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 53 tackles.

DB · North Texas · Sr. · #7

6′0″ · 194 lb · Pinola, MS

CFB Index 58 · #180 of 493 safetiesLow confidenceNorth Texas 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 227 nationally · Joined North Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for North Texas. 2022: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 53 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Texas in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Texas, 109 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20193 games

Signed with North Texas3-star out of Copiah-Lincoln C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#227 national

CFB

College

North Texas

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Seth Littrell

North Texas

Played his entire career under Seth Littrell.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Seth Littrell — 21-28 over that span.

2019North Texas4-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2020North Texas4-6HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Texas6-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022North Texas7-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #180 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Strength: tackles (82nd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#354 / 2755 · 85th pct

Tackles#489 / 2755 · 82nd pct

Solo tackles#645 / 2755 · 76th pct

Tackles for loss#761 / 2755 · 70th pct

4.0

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.4
Road5g	6.8	0.4	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	5.2	0.5	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #180 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #180 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	North Texas	53	27	4.0	4	1	--
2021	North Texas	20	17	2.0	1	--	--
2020	North Texas	33	26	1.5	6	--	--
2019	North Texas	3	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		109	72	7.5	11	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-13@ UTEP	7	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 1	L 10-48vs SMU	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 27-58@ UNLV	9	2	1.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 4	L 34-44@ Memphis	6	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 5	W 45-28vs Florida Atlantic	4	2	1.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 47-27vs Louisiana Tech	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 40-13@ Western Kentucky	8	5	1.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 52-14vs Florida International	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-41@ UAB	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 21-17vs Rice	5	2	1.0	—	0
Total		53	27	4.0	1	4

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

Quinn Whitlock

20193 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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