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DJ McKinney

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

CB · #2

Eli Bowen

Oklahoma Sooners

CB · #23

2025 college season

2025 college season: DJ McKinney versus Eli Bowen
DJ McKinney	Statistic	Eli Bowen
Leading value: 34	Tackles	24
Leading value: 5	Passes Defended	3
1	Interceptions	2 (leading value)
Leading value: 1.0	Tackles for Loss	0.0
0.0	Sacks	0.0

Measurements

Measurements: DJ McKinney versus Eli Bowen
DJ McKinney	Statistic	Eli Bowen
6-1	Height	5-9
190 lb	Weight	185 lb

2027 draft projection

2027 draft projection: DJ McKinney versus Eli Bowen
DJ McKinney	Statistic	Eli Bowen
#123	Fanspeak rank	#103 (leading value)
CB 15	Position rank	CB 12 (leading value)
143.8	Average pick	128.2 (leading value)
Leading value: 1,780	Times drafted	1,521
60	Hype Score	65 (leading value)
185x	Most drafted to	232x

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DJ McKinney

Dean Kindig

1st in solos per game over his career. Dylahn Jordan McKinney will play in 2026 for Notre Dame. He previously played for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Colorado Buffaloes. Spent 2 yrs at Sam Houston as a RB; now this is his first year at Colorado. Has size and oodles of length to interfere with your QB's best throws. He played opposite Travis Hunter last year. Best Big12 CB who's top five in the size-speed department. Very nice interview.

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Eli Bowen

Dean Kindig

Bills scouts saw both his INTs in 2025 (Bama, Mizz), Bama's being an 87-yard pick six. Developed under new Bills cornerbacks coach Jay Valai, who served as Oklahoma's co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach. 2025 (OKLAHOMA): Earned All-SEC Third Team honors by the league's coaches. Started each of the last nine games at cornerback. Missed the first four contests with injury. Totaled 24 tackles, two interceptions (totaling 100 return yards) and four pass breakups. Made an interception (returned 13 yards) vs. Missouri (11/22). Named Thorpe Award National DB of the Week and SEC Defensive Player of the Week after returning an interception 87 yards for a TD and notching a season-high five tackles (all solo) at Alabama (11/15). Registered two tackles and one pass breakup vs. Ole Miss (10/25). Tallied three solo tackles vs. Texas (10/11). 2024 (OKLAHOMA): Named to SEC Fall Academic and First-Year honor rolls. An ESPN Freshman All-American. Played in 11 games and made eight starts at cornerback. Started each of last eight games.

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