Player Dossier

2019-2020

USC

Abdul-Malik McClain

LB • 6'4" • 245 lbs • San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Abdul-Malik McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Player Story

Abdul-Malik McClain built his college career from 2019 through 2020 as a linebacker from San Juan Capistrano, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Abdul-Malik McClain's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9152

JSerra Catholic · San Juan Capistrano, CA

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Abdul-Malik McClain, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · USC. Abdul-Malik McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
2
TFL
2
Sacks
2

Quick Answers

Abdul-Malik McClain quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · LB
Career Tackles
2
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 2 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · USC
Top game
Arizona State
Recruit profile
4-star · JSerra Catholic · USC
High school pipeline
JSerra Catholic · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 42 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUSC2222--081.1
2020 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-

Related Context

Abdul-Malik McClain played LB for USC. Across 2 tracked seasons, Abdul-Malik McClain recorded 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

USC paired 4 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · USC

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

2

Efficiency

24.2

Usage

13.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 2. Arizona State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half2 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · 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

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Arizona State

Result
Sat 11/9@ Arizona StateSplash gameW 31-2611110
Sun 10/20vs ArizonaSplash gameW 41-1411110

Player Story

Abdul-Malik McClain story

Abdul-Malik McClain built his college career from 2019 through 2020 as a linebacker from San Juan Capistrano, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Abdul-Malik McClain's career was his defensive production: 2 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 2 career games in the available record. That gives Abdul-Malik McClain's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    USC

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUSC424.213.6
2020 Regular SeasonUSC0-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arizona State

Week 11 · W 31-26 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Arizona

Week 8 · W 41-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

58.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · USC

4 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 13.6 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · USC

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games