#33

Kyle McKinney

Sophomore safety on UAB's 2026 roster.

S · UAB · So. · #33

5′10″ · 195 lb · Kennesaw, GA

In transfer portal — destination TBD (from UAB)

The story

Sophomore safety on UAB's 2026 roster.

Signed with UAB in 2023.

The full story, with sources

Recruiting

S recruit

Signed with UAB

Last played in 2026.

His career numbers, season by season

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Kyle McKinney

S · Delta State · So · #33

Kyle McKinney has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Delta State. The receipt: 3 tackles against Mississippi Valley State — Week 3, 2026.

3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
head-coach lineage
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	UAB	3	1	--	--	--
2024	UAB	1	1	--	--	--
Career		4	2	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	W 21-6@ Mississippi Valley State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles

2026 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024UAB3-9HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

2026Delta State1-2HC: Alex Mortensen · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#283 / 939 · 35th pct

Sacks#285 / 939 · 35th pct

0.0

Passes defended#411 / 939 · 28th pct

Tackles for loss#633 / 939 · 16th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#932 / 939 · 1st pct

Tackles#940 / 939 · 0th 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 splits

Through 1 game: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

Pass share

36.0%

73 pass / 130 run

Plays / game

67.7

3 games

Team sack rate

8.2%

85 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

The secondary · UAB

#1Darrell SweetingDB · Jr.37 tackles · 2025
#1Sirad BryantS · Sr.37 tackles · 2025
#7Pierre RoysterS · Sr.37 tackles · 2025
#29T'sai McDanielCB · Sr.29 tackles · 2025
#33Kyle McKinneyS · So.1 game · 2026

26 more on the roster · UAB team page

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

2023

2026