Jaden McKinney
Memphis Tigers
77
Solid

Jaden McKinney

Memphis TigersAverage
DTDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Southern Miss
Projected Starter

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Jaden McKinney is the projected starter at DT for Memphis Tigers.

Senior · #11 · 6'4", 285 lbs

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Depth at DT · Memphis Tigers

  1. 11177Jaden McKinneyStarter
  2. 25669KJ Miles

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Collierville, ranked #1,552 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 27 tackles, 2 TFL, 0.5 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 77 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,552 NatlTeam Share3%
Collierville, TN
Jersey
#11
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
285 lbs
Transfer
Southern Miss

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2720.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8467
National Rank
#1552
High School
Collierville
Hometown
Collierville, TN

Why this rating?

On a 76-rated defense; 68th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.78 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 77.

Team defense (SP+)
76
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 68% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 61% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.78)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WUABTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-13

Oct 3WCLTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-8

Sep 12LBOISTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-20

Sep 5WARSTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-24

Aug 30WUNLVTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-21

Jaden McKinney's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

27 tkl · 2 TFL · 0.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement20%
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