#28

Brandon McKinney

Senior safety on Utah's 2021 roster.

S · Utah · Sr. · #28

6′0″ · 200 lb · Orange, CA

CFB Index 48 · #272 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceUtah 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 261 nationally · Signed with Washington

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Utah's roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Washington in 2017.
Transferred from Washington to Utah in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Utah, 100 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20176 games

Signed with Washington4-star out of Orange Lutheran

202112 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#261 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Washington10-3HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2018Washington10-4HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2019Washington8-5HC: Chris Petersen · Balanced

2020Washington3-1HC: Jimmy Lake · Run-leaning

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

48Rotational starter #272 of 509?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (87th percentile). Strength: tackles (87th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#335 / 2743 · 87th pct

Tackles#339 / 2743 · 87th pct

Tackles for loss#794 / 2743 · 69th pct

4.0

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.8	0.3	0.0	0.2
Road6g	5.2	0.3	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	0.5	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #272 of 509 safeties

Former four-star. Now #272 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Utah	64	38	4.0	1.0	2	--	--
2020	Washington	4	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Washington	7	6	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2018	Washington	13	6	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Washington	12	8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		100	62	5.0	1.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021

W 35–21

vs Arizona State

1 TFL · 3 SOLO · 4 TOT

With C. Rising — 247 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 90.9 · 59 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · C. Peasley — 39 AVG · 43 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 40-17vs Weber State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 17-26@ BYU	7	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 31-33@ San Diego State	9	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 4	W 24-13vs Washington State	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 42-26@ USC	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 35-21vs Arizona State	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 34-42@ Oregon State	8	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 44-24vs UCLA	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 52-7@ Stanford	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-29@ Arizona	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 38-7vs Oregon	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 38-10vs Oregon	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		60	34	4.0	1.0	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology