Northwestern University Athletics
2026 Football Spring Roster
Jersey Number 2
Kobie McKinzie
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 235
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Lubbock, Texas
- High School:
- Lubbock-Cooper
- Prev School:
- Oklahoma
2025 Redshirt Junior (at Oklahoma):
Played in 12 games and made eight starts at linebacker … started each of the first eight games of the season … missed the Tennessee (11/1) game due to injury … totaled 32 tackles, including 6.5 for loss and one sack, and four QB hurries … notched a TFL and a QB hurry vs. LSU (11/29) … made four stops at Alabama (11/15) … registered three tackles, including a sack and 1.5 TFLs at South Carolina (10/18) … logged four tackles, including 2.0 for loss, vs. Texas (10/11) … recorded three stops, including 1.0 for loss, and a QB hurry vs. Auburn (9/20) … tallied three tackles and a QB hurry at Temple (9/13) … notched a season-high five tackles, including 0.5 for loss, vs. Michigan (9/6) … recorded four tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and a QB hurry in the season opener vs. Illinois State (8/30).
2024 Redshirt Sophomore (at Oklahoma):
Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... played in all 13 games and made two starts at linebacker … starts came in Armed Forces Bowl vs. Navy (12/27) and vs. Tulane (9/14) … totaled 30 tackles, three tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two quarterback hurries and one pass breakup … notched two solo stops vs. Navy (12/27) ... recorded two tackles (0.5 sack) at Missouri (11/9) … tallied three tackles and a QB hurry vs. Maine (11/2) … registered two tackles and a QB hurry vs. South Carolina (10/19) … logged a season-high six tackles (1.0 sack) and a pass breakup in win at Auburn (9/28) … recorded four tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. Tulane (9/14).
2023 Redshirt First-Year (at Oklahoma):
Played in all 13 games as a backup linebacker and on special teams … totaled 22 tackles, 1.0 TFL, one QB hurry and three pass breakups … recorded five tackles at BYU (11/18) … tallied one stop and a PBU vs. West Virginia (11/11) … notched a career-high seven tackles and a QB hurry at Oklahoma State (11/4) … made three solo stops at Tulsa (9/16) … posted four tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. Arkansas State (9/2).
2022 First-Year (at Oklahoma):
Redshirted ... saw action in four games primarily on special teams … played in each of the last four contests at West Virginia (11/12), vs. Oklahoma State (11/19) at Texas Tech (11/26) and vs. Florida in Cheez-It Bowl (12/29).
High School:
Consensus four-star recruit … ranked as the No. 90 prospect in the country by ESPN and No. 170 by Rivals … touted as the No. 3 linebacker in the country by ESPN, No. 6 by Rivals and No. 26 by 247Sports … ranked the No. 18 player in the state of Texas by ESPN, No. 26 by Rivals and No. 42 by 247 … a 2021 Under Armour All-American … a 2020 MaxPreps Junior All-America First Team selection.
Played in 12 games and made eight starts at linebacker … started each of the first eight games of the season … missed the Tennessee (11/1) game due to injury … totaled 32 tackles, including 6.5 for loss and one sack, and four QB hurries … notched a TFL and a QB hurry vs. LSU (11/29) … made four stops at Alabama (11/15) … registered three tackles, including a sack and 1.5 TFLs at South Carolina (10/18) … logged four tackles, including 2.0 for loss, vs. Texas (10/11) … recorded three stops, including 1.0 for loss, and a QB hurry vs. Auburn (9/20) … tallied three tackles and a QB hurry at Temple (9/13) … notched a season-high five tackles, including 0.5 for loss, vs. Michigan (9/6) … recorded four tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and a QB hurry in the season opener vs. Illinois State (8/30).
2024 Redshirt Sophomore (at Oklahoma):
Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... played in all 13 games and made two starts at linebacker … starts came in Armed Forces Bowl vs. Navy (12/27) and vs. Tulane (9/14) … totaled 30 tackles, three tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two quarterback hurries and one pass breakup … notched two solo stops vs. Navy (12/27) ... recorded two tackles (0.5 sack) at Missouri (11/9) … tallied three tackles and a QB hurry vs. Maine (11/2) … registered two tackles and a QB hurry vs. South Carolina (10/19) … logged a season-high six tackles (1.0 sack) and a pass breakup in win at Auburn (9/28) … recorded four tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. Tulane (9/14).
2023 Redshirt First-Year (at Oklahoma):
Played in all 13 games as a backup linebacker and on special teams … totaled 22 tackles, 1.0 TFL, one QB hurry and three pass breakups … recorded five tackles at BYU (11/18) … tallied one stop and a PBU vs. West Virginia (11/11) … notched a career-high seven tackles and a QB hurry at Oklahoma State (11/4) … made three solo stops at Tulsa (9/16) … posted four tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. Arkansas State (9/2).
2022 First-Year (at Oklahoma):
Redshirted ... saw action in four games primarily on special teams … played in each of the last four contests at West Virginia (11/12), vs. Oklahoma State (11/19) at Texas Tech (11/26) and vs. Florida in Cheez-It Bowl (12/29).
High School:
Consensus four-star recruit … ranked as the No. 90 prospect in the country by ESPN and No. 170 by Rivals … touted as the No. 3 linebacker in the country by ESPN, No. 6 by Rivals and No. 26 by 247Sports … ranked the No. 18 player in the state of Texas by ESPN, No. 26 by Rivals and No. 42 by 247 … a 2021 Under Armour All-American … a 2020 MaxPreps Junior All-America First Team selection.
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