Running back, Tulsa (from Sam Houston, New Mexico), 2023–26
D.J. McKinney
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Class (2026)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Tulsa, OK
D.J. McKinney plays running back for Tulsa, after Sam Houston (2023–24) and New Mexico (2025).
2026 so far
72 rushing yards
Last game: at Navy, L 26–34
Next game: vs. Army, Oct 23
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
138rushing yards, career highat UTEP, 20242rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Nevada, 2025Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Rushing
* The season in progress, so far.
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 97 | 481 | 5.0 | 3 | 59 |
| 2025 | New Mexico | 111 | 464 | 4.2 | 7 | 54 |
| 2026 | Tulsa | 13 | 72 | 5.5 | 0 | 16 |
| Career | 221 | 1,017 | 4.6 | 10 | 59 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 12 | 99 | 8.3 | 0 | 20 |
| 2025 | New Mexico | 15 | 161 | 10.7 | 0 | 39 |
| 2026 | Tulsa | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 20 |
| Career | 30 | 276 | 9.2 | 0 | 39 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 3 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 1 |
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sam Houston | 4 | RB | RS | ||
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 4 | RB | Fr. | ||
| 2025 | New Mexico | 4 | RB | So. | ||
| 2026 | Tulsa | 4 | RB | Jr. | 5′9″ | 190 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 98 | 0.15 | 46th (n=434) | 0.16 | 14.4 | 13% | 0.10 |
| 2025 | New Mexico | 134 | 0.17 | 71st (n=576) | 0.10 | 22.8 | 16% | 0.18 |
| 2026 | Tulsa | 18 | -0.04 | – | – | -0.7 | – | – |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Rushing detail
| Season | Team | Success | Line yards | Second level | Open field | Stuffed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 40% | 3.00 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 10% |
Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.
Game by game
2026 Tulsa 5 games, 72 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 24–10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | at | W 23–17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 42–0 | 7 | 56 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 26 | at | L 6–34 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | at | L 26–34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
2025 New Mexico 13 games, 464 rushing yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at | L 17–34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 32–22 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | at | W 35–10 | 21 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | vs. | W 38–20 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | at | L 28–35 | 4 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 11 | at | L 25–41 | 3 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 18 | vs. | W 24–22 | 8 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. | W 33–14 | 11 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at | W 40–35 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 20–17 | 17 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at | W 20–3 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs. | W 23–17 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. | L 17–20 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
2024 Sam Houston 12 games, 481 rushing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at | W 34–14 | 6 | 31 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 7 | at | L 14–45 | 7 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 31–13 | 11 | 44 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 31–11 | 10 | 58 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 40–39 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | at | W 41–21 | 14 | 138 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs. | L 14–31 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. | W 10–7 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. | W 9–3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 16 | at | W 23–17 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at | L 11–21 | 5 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 19 ✦ | vs. | W 31–26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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