DJ McKinney
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
72
Average

DJ McKinney

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RESDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Colorado
3rd String

Is DJ McKinney starting?

DJ McKinney is listed 3rd string at RES for Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Redshirt senior · #2 · 6'1", 190 lbs

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Depth at RES · Notre Dame Fighting Irish

  1. 1082Quincy PorterStarter
  2. 22672Chaz Smith
  3. 35672Charles Jagusah
  4. 45566Chris Terek
  5. 55558Tiki Hola

Notre Dame Starting Lineup

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Up next for Notre Dame

Notre Dame plays Miami at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

The Story

A 3-star recruit out of Colleyville Heritage, ranked #779 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit3★ · #779 Natl
Colleyville, TX
Jersey
#2
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
190 lbs
Transfer
Colorado

DJ McKinney is currently behind Quincy Porter at RES on the Notre Dame depth chart, a FBS Independents team rated 95 overall this season.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8696
National Rank
#779
High School
Colleyville Heritage
Hometown
Colleyville, TX

Why this rating?

On a 94-rated defense; 80th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 72 after depth penalty. Capped to the teammate ahead of them on the depth chart.

Team defense (SP+)
94
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 20% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 for role; −12 depth penalty

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 17LBYUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-24

Oct 10WSTANTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 58-7

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

Final W 37-26

Sep 26WPURTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-10

Sep 19WMSUTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 27-10

Sep 12WRICETKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-0

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

Final W 41-13

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

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