Kobie McKinzie

Position:
LB
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
6-2
Weight:
236
Hometown:
Lubbock, Texas
High School:
Lubbock-Cooper HS

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
2022	4-0	0	0	0	0.0-0	0.0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
2023	13-0	12	10	22	1.0-2	0.0-0	0-0	0	0	3	1
2024	13-2	16	14	30	3.0-9	1.5-7	0-0	0	0	1	2
2025	12-8	12	20	32	6.5-18	1.0-3	0-0	0	0	0	4
Career	42-10	40	44	84	10.5-29	2.5-10	0-0	0	0	4	7

2025 (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 (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 (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 (OKLAHOMA)
Redshirted ... saw action in four games primarily on special teams … played in each of 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 … chose the Sooners over Texas and Texas Tech, among others.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2022 ... major is criminal justice.