JD McKinley
California Golden Bears
68
DepthProjected Starter
Is JD McKinley starting?
JD McKinley is the projected starter at WLB for California Golden Bears.
Freshman · #33
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- 13368JD McKinleyStarter
- 23268Tristan Jernigan
- 3955AJ Tuitele
California Starting Lineup
- DE
- NT
- DT
- EDGE
- WLBJD McKinleyThis player
- MLB
- LCB
- SS
- FS
- RCB
- NB
- RES
Top linebackers in the ACC
- Jersey
- #33
- Class
- FR
Why this rating?
On a 78-rated defense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 68.
Team defense (SP+)
78
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-10 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 10WVTTKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 1
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 25-20
Oct 3LUNLVTKL 3
- TKL
- 3
- SOLO
- 1
- SACK
- 1
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 39-31
Sep 26LCLEMTKL 4
- TKL
- 4
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 24-10
Sep 12WSYRTKL 5
- TKL
- 5
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 21-18
Sep 6LUCLATKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 45-24
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10 | WVT | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | LUNLV | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | LCLEM | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | WSYR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | LUCLA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JD McKinley's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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