Matthew McKenzie
Central Michigan Chippewas
67
Depth

Matthew McKenzie

Central Michigan ChippewasRebuilding
RCBDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

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Matthew McKenzie is the projected starter at RCB for Central Michigan Chippewas.

Junior · #26 · 6'3", 200 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Central Michigan Chippewas

  1. 12667Matthew McKenzieStarter
  2. 22458Ty Williams

Central Michigan Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of The Benjamin School, ranked #1,778 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 1 tackles, 2 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 67 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,778 NatlTeam Share0%
West Palm Beach, FL
Jersey
#26
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
200 lbs

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—120

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
0.8450
National Rank
#1778
High School
The Benjamin School
Hometown
North Palm Beach, FL

Why this rating?

On a 72-rated defense; 48th-percentile production (×0.60 for competition level) put them -5 vs unit starters → 67.

Team defense (SP+)
72
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 48% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 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 10LOHIOTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-14

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

Final W 41-17

Sep 26LMIATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-3

Sep 19WWYOTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 24-10

Sep 12WCOLGTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 13-10

Sep 6LUNMTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 38-7

Matthew McKenzie's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 0 PD · 2 INT
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