Player Dossier

2007-2009

Alabama

Rolando McClain

LB • 6'4" • Decatur, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Rolando McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

83%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

72

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Player Story

Rolando McClain built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a linebacker from Decatur, AL wearing No. 25, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Rolando McClain's career was his defensive production:...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.9398

Decatur · Decatur, AL

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2010
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 8
Overall
No. 8
NFL Team
Las Vegas Raiders

Rolando McClain, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · Alabama. Rolando McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Rolando McClain quick answers

Latest team and position
Alabama · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 5 games
Best season
2007 Postseason · Alabama
Top game
Colorado
Recruit profile
4-star · Decatur · Alabama
High school pipeline
Decatur · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2010 · Round 1 · Pick 8 · Las Vegas Raiders
Latest roster
No. 25 · Class 2009

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2007 PostseasonAlabama20-0--073.3
2007 Regular SeasonAlabama20-0--073.3
2008 Regular SeasonAlabama10-0--056.7
2009 Regular SeasonAlabama20-0--073.3

Related Context

Rolando McClain is listed as a LB for Alabama. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Postseason

Alabama paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · Alabama

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 1. Ole Miss: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

20 vs Ole Miss

Result
Sat 10/10@ Ole MissW 22-31
Sat 10/3@ KentuckyW 38-201

Player Story

Rolando McClain story

Rolando McClain built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a linebacker from Decatur, AL wearing No. 25, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Rolando McClain's career was his defensive production: 5 interceptions across 5 career games in the available record. That gives Rolando McClain's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Alabama

    2007-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2007200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 PostseasonAlabama220
2007 Regular SeasonAlabama2200
2008 Regular SeasonAlabama120-1
2009 Regular SeasonAlabama2201

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Colorado

Week 1 · W 30-24 · Postseason

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Auburn

Week 13 · L 10-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ LSU

Week 11 · W 27-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Ole Miss

Week 6 · W 22-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Kentucky

Week 5 · W 38-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Postseason · Alabama

2 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2007 Regular Season · Alabama

73.3

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Alabama

73.3

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games