#18

Chris Megginson

Senior cornerback on SMU's 2023 roster.

CB · SMU · Sr. · #18

6′0″ · 192 lb · Lynchburg, VA

CFB Index 26 · #281 of 339 cornersLow confidenceSMU 2023 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback on SMU's roster.

Transferred from Liberty to SMU in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at SMU, 116 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

2022–2023

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2020Liberty10-1HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2022Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

26Below cohort / limited sample #281 of 339?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (93rd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#158 / 2842 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#1319 / 2842 · 52nd pct

Tackles#2085 / 2842 · 25th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2431 / 2842 · 7th pct

0.0

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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road5g	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #281 of 339 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	SMU	18	16	0.0	6	--	--
2022	Liberty	33	26	2.0	6	--	--
2021	Liberty	21	11	1.0	6	--	--
2020	Liberty	30	22	0.0	1	1	--
2019	Liberty	14	10	0.0	2	--	--
Career		116	85	3.0	21	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023

W 38–34

at Memphis

2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Edged out Memphis on the road in a shootout.

With P. Stone — 286 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.5 · 10 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · R. Daniels — 3 rec · 45 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-14vs Louisiana Tech	3	3	—	0
Wk 3	W 69-0vs Prairie View A&M	1	1	—	0
Wk 4	L 17-34@ TCU	3	3	—	0
Wk 7	W 31-10@ East Carolina	1	1	—	3
Wk 9	W 69-10vs Tulsa	2	1	—	0
Wk 10	W 36-31@ Rice	0	0	—	1
Wk 11	W 45-21vs North Texas	4	3	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 12	W 38-34@ Memphis	2	2	—	0
Wk 13	W 59-14vs Navy	0	0	—	1
Wk 14	W 26-14@ Tulane	2	2	—	1
Total		18	16	—	6

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

Chris Megginson

202310 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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