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

42%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

67

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

53

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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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: 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

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26 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: Rice

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

26

Usage

8.4

Consistency

47.1

Best Game by takeover score

Rice

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 1. UCF: 1. North Texas: 0. Rice: 3.5. UTEP: 0. UAB: 1.5. Florida International: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0.5. Western Kentucky: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 5 by 30.8. UCF: 2 by 18.3. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 5 by 55.8. UTEP: 3 by 12.5. UAB: 7 by 44.2. Florida International: 2 by 8.3. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 17.5. Western Kentucky: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Rice

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Rice

Result
Sat 11/26vs Western KentuckySplash gameL 31-3232101
Sat 11/19@ Middle TennesseeL 21-49320.5000
Sun 11/13@ Florida InternationalW 52-722000
Sat 10/29vs UABW 24-17721.5000
Sat 10/22@ UTEPL 21-2432000
Sat 10/15vs RiceSplash gameW 17-14511.5010
Sat 10/1@ North TexasL 28-4511000
Sat 9/17vs UCFL 14-4021100
Sat 9/3@ OhioL 38-4151000

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

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  1. 1

    Florida Atlantic

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Alabama

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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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

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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

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#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