#99

Reginald McKenzie Jr.

Defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2017: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Tennessee · #99

6′3″ · 320 lb · Walnut Creek, CA

Tennessee 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2017: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Tennessee, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Tennessee

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Butch Jones — 13-12 over that span.

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#473 / 2682 · 79th pct

2.0

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1218 / 2682 · 54th pct

Tackles for loss#1180 / 2682 · 53rd pct

2.5

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1447 / 2682 · 45th pct

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

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.5	0.4	0.0
Road5g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	0.5	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Tennessee	33	16	2.5	2.0	1	--	--
2016	Tennessee	12	2	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		45	18	3.0	2.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 42–41

at Georgia Tech

8 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.

With T. Daniel — 47 AVG · 70 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Dormady — 221 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 13 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-41@ Georgia Tech	8	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 3	L 20-26@ Florida	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 17-13vs Massachusetts	4	2	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 0-41vs Georgia	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 9-15vs South Carolina	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 7-45@ Alabama	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 26-29@ Kentucky	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 24-10vs Southern Miss	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-50@ Missouri	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-30vs LSU	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		33	16	2.5	2.0	—	1

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