Dominick McKinley holds the LDT · Backup spot in LSU Tigers’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Dominick McKinley is a 6'6", 297-pound right defensive tackle for the LSU Tigers. A 5-star recruit from Acadiana High School in Lafayette, Louisiana, ranked 14th nationally in the 2024 class, McKinley appeared in 10 games as a true freshman in 2024 and earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after recording 4 tackles and 2 sacks against Oklahoma. In his sophomore season of 2025, he made 2 starts and appeared in all 13 games, compiling 12 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, and 1 sack while adding a quarterback hurry and a pass defensed. McKinley has 23 career appearances with 19 total tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, and 2.0 sacks. He returns as a junior in 2026.

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