Linebacker, Auburn, 2018–⁠21

Zakoby McClain

Number: No. 9
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 219 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Valdosta, GA

Zakoby McClain played linebacker at Auburn (2018–⁠21).

Best season: 113; Tackles, 2020 (Auburn, 6–⁠5)
National rank: No. 2; In FBS in tackles, 2020

17tackles, career highvs. Texas A&M, 2020 2sacks, career highvs. Ole Miss, 2021

Honors

2021Second-team All-SEC

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

113

8–⁠59–⁠4AP 146–⁠56–⁠7

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2018	Auburn	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
2019	Auburn	55	32	5.5	0.5	1	0	0
2020	Auburn	113	57	5.5	3	0	1	2
2021	Auburn	95	55	8	2	0	6	2
Career		267	147	19	5.5	1	8	4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Auburn	9	LB	Fr.
2019	Auburn	9	LB	So.
2020	Auburn	9	LB	Jr.
2021	Auburn	9	LB	Sr.	6′0″	219

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

2021 Auburn 12 games, 95 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 4	vs.Akron	W 60–⁠10	7	3	0	0	0
Sep 11	vs.Alabama State	W 62–⁠0	10	7	1	0	0
Sep 18	atPenn State	L 20–⁠28	2	1	1	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Georgia State	W 34–⁠24	4	2	1	0	0
Oct 2	atLSU	W 24–⁠19	12	4	0	0	0
Oct 9	vs.Georgia	L 10–⁠34	3	2	0	0	0
Oct 16	atArkansas	W 38–⁠23	15	9	0.5	0	2
Oct 30	vs.Ole Miss	W 31–⁠20	14	10	2	2	0
Nov 6	atTexas A&M	L 3–⁠20	4	3	0	0	1
Nov 13	vs.Mississippi State	L 34–⁠43	13	10	0.5	0	1
Nov 20	atSouth Carolina	L 17–⁠21	4	2	1	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Alabama	L 22–⁠24	7	2	1	0	2

2020 Auburn 11 games, 113 tackles, 3 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 26	vs.Kentucky	W 29–⁠13	8	5	0.5	0	0
Oct 3	atGeorgia	L 6–⁠27	11	6	1	1	0
Oct 10	vs.Arkansas	W 30–⁠28	13	7	0	0	0
Oct 17	atSouth Carolina	L 22–⁠30	13	9	1	1	0
Oct 24	atOle Miss	W 35–⁠28	8	3	0	0	0
Oct 31	vs.LSU	W 48–⁠11	9	2	0.5	0	0
Nov 21	vs.Tennessee	W 30–⁠17	6	2	0	0	0
Nov 28	atAlabama	L 13–⁠42	9	4	0	0	0
Dec 5	vs.Texas A&M	L 20–⁠31	17	9	2	1	0
Dec 12	atMississippi State	W 24–⁠10	8	4	0	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Northwestern	L 19–⁠35	11	6	0.5	0	1

2019 Auburn 12 games, 55 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int
Aug 31	vs.Oregon	W 27–⁠21	4	2	1	0.5	0
Sep 7	vs.Tulane	W 24–⁠6	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Kent State	W 55–⁠16	3	1	0	0	0
Sep 21	atTexas A&M	W 28–⁠20	4	1	0	0	0
Sep 28	vs.Mississippi State	W 56–⁠23	4	3	0	0	0
Oct 5	atFlorida	L 13–⁠24	10	4	1.5	0	0
Oct 19	atArkansas	W 51–⁠10	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Ole Miss	W 20–⁠14	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 16	vs.Georgia	L 14–⁠21	2	1	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Samford	W 52–⁠0	3	2	1	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Alabama	W 48–⁠45	11	6	1	0	1
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Minnesota	L 24–⁠31	7	6	1	0	0

2018 Auburn 2 games, 4 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 8	vs.Alabama State	W 63–⁠9	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 17	vs.Liberty	W 53–⁠0	3	3	0	0	0	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	5′11⅜″
Weight	228 lb
Arm length	31¾″
Hand size	9¼″
Wingspan		75¼″^W
40-yard dash	4.69 s
10-yard split		1.58 s
Vertical jump	33″
Broad jump	9′9″
Bench press		21 reps^W
3-cone drill		7.40 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.59 s^W

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).

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