Player Dossier

2021-2024

South Alabama

Courtney McBride Jr.

LB • 6'1" • 236 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Courtney McBride Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

70

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

66

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Florida Atlantic • South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

Courtney McBride Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a linebacker from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Florida Atlantic and South Alabama. The clearest part of Courtney McBride Jr.'s...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8167

Heritage · Conyers, GA

Committed To
Florida Atlantic
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Courtney McBride Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · South Alabama. Courtney McBride Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
93
TFL
24
Sacks
10
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Courtney McBride Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
South Alabama · LB
Career Tackles
93
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · South Alabama
Top game
UAB
Recruit profile
3-star · Heritage · Florida Atlantic
High school pipeline
Heritage · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
39 tackles · LB 380th (top 31%) · Sun Belt 101st (top 16%) · National 979th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic22111-037.2
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic9315.5131050
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic11217321047.3
2024 PostseasonSouth Alabama132101-068.9
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama13379.552-068.9

Related Context

Courtney McBride Jr. played LB for Florida Atlantic and South Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, Courtney McBride Jr. recorded 93 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

South Alabama paired 18.5 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida Atlantic, South Alabama.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

19.2

Usage

7.6

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Southern: 0. Florida International: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -3 vs Second Half
Second Half3 · Games = 1 · +3 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

Florida International

Best efficiency game

34.2 vs Florida International

Result
Sat 10/2vs Florida InternationalSplash gameW 58-2111110
Sat 9/11vs Georgia SouthernW 38-610000

Player Story

Courtney McBride Jr. story

Courtney McBride Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a linebacker from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Florida Atlantic and South Alabama. The clearest part of Courtney McBride Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 93 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Courtney McBride Jr.'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.

  1. 1

    Florida Atlantic

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Alabama

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic319.27.6
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic10.5268.47.5
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic1319.86.32.5
2024 PostseasonSouth Alabama18.526.711.25.5
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama18.526.711.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UAB

Week 10 · L 42-45 · Conference game

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Georgia Southern

Week 10 · L 30-34 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Rice

Week 7 · W 17-14 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Florida International

Week 5 · W 58-21 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Western Kentucky

Week 13 · L 31-32 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · South Alabama

18.5 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 11.2 usage

68.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · South Alabama

68.9

18.5 primary · 26.7 efficiency · 11.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

50

10.5 primary · 26 efficiency · 8.4 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

13

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games