Kobie McKinzie
Northwestern Wildcats
91
Elite

Kobie McKinzie

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Projected Starter

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Kobie McKinzie is the projected starter at MLB for Northwestern Wildcats.

Graduate student · #2 · 6'2", 235 lbs

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Depth at MLB · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 1291Kobie McKinzieStarter
  2. 24572Jack Sadowsky V
  3. 33468Payton Roth
  4. 44264Nigel Glover

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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Up next for Northwestern

Northwestern plays Iowa at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 4-star recruit out of Lubbock-Cooper, ranked #164 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 32 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 80th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit4★ · #164 NatlTeam Share4%Percentile80th
Lubbock, TX
Jersey
#2
Class
GR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
235 lbs
Transfer
Oklahoma

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—326.51

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9341
National Rank
#164
High School
Lubbock-Cooper
Hometown
Lubbock, TX

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 80th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 80% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 12% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 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 31LORETKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-26

Oct 24WRUTGTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-14

Oct 17WMSUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-21

Oct 10WBALLTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-14

Oct 3WPSUTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-13

Sep 26LIUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 29-23

Sep 19WCOLOTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 6WSDSTTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 34-18

Kobie McKinzie's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

32 tkl · 6.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement36%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.