Linebacker, Mississippi State, 2011–14
Benardrick McKinney
- Number
- No. 50
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 249 lb
- Hometown
- Tunica, MS
- Born
- Nov 19, 1992, in Tunica, Mississippi
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Benardrick McKinney played linebacker at Mississippi State (2011–14). The Houston Texans took McKinney in round 2, No. 43 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13 | 45 | 57 | 102 | 4.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013N | 13 | 42 | 28 | 70 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| On file | 87 | 85 | 172 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 4 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mississippi State | 50 | LB | ||
| 2012 | Mississippi State | 50 | LB | ||
| 2013 | Mississippi State | 50 | LB | ||
| 2014 | Mississippi State | 50 | LB | 6′5″ | 249 |
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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2015 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅛″ |
| Weight | 246 lb |
| Arm length | 33″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| Wingspan | 80⅛″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.66 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW |
| Vertical jump | 40½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ |
| Bench press | 16 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.21 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.27 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 89 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.
Pro Bowl: 2018 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2016
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2016.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Houston Texans | 14 | 59 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | Houston Texans | 16 | 118 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Houston Texans | 16 | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | Houston Texans | 16 | 102 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2019 | Houston Texans | 14 | 96 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | New York Giants | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 89 | 523 | 11.5 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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