Linebacker, Alabama, 2007–09
Rolando McClain
- Number
- No. 25
- Height
- 6′4″
- Hometown
- Decatur, AL
- Born
- Jul 14, 1989, in Decatur, Alabama
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Rolando McClain played linebacker at Alabama (2007–09). He won the 2009 Butkus Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2009. The Oakland Raiders took McClain in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2008, 2009First-team All-SEC
- 2009Butkus Award
- 2009Jack Lambert Trophy
- 2009Consensus All‑American
- 2009SEC Defensive Player of the Year
Team titles: National champions, 2009; SEC champions, 2009
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | 38 | 36 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 14 | 48 | 47 | 95 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009N | 14 | 53 | 52 | 105 | 14.5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | – |
| On file | 139 | 135 | 274 | 31.5 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 1 | – | |
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
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.
Game by game
2009 Alabama 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
2008 Alabama 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8 | at LSU | W 27–21 | 1 |
2007 Alabama 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅜″ | |
| Weight | 254 lb | |
| Arm length | 33″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.68 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 35″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′1″ | |
| Bench press | 24 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.16 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.38 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 65 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Oakland Raiders | 15 | 76 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2011 | Oakland Raiders | 15 | 89 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | Oakland Raiders | 11 | 54 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 71 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 69 | 2 | 1 |
| NFL career | 65 | 359 | 9.5 | 4 | |
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.
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