Player Dossier

2022-2025

Clemson

Kobe McCloud

LB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kobe McCloud shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

59%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

72

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Player Story

Kobe McCloud built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Kobe McCloud's career was his defensive production: 44...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.853

Gaither · Tampa, FL

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Kobe McCloud, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson. Kobe McCloud shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
44
TFL
6
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Kobe McCloud quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · LB
Career Tackles
44
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 16 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Clemson
Top game
Florida Atlantic
Recruit profile
3-star · Gaither · Clemson
High school pipeline
Gaither · 26 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 21 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
26 tackles · LB 522nd (top 41%) · ACC 227th (top 29%) · National 1,657th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonClemson00-0--0-
2023 PostseasonClemson64-01-044.8
2023 Regular SeasonClemson6133.50--044.8
2024 Regular SeasonClemson11-0--037.5
2025 PostseasonClemson96-0-1058
2025 Regular SeasonClemson9202.5113058

Related Context

Kobe McCloud played LB for Clemson. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kobe McCloud recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Clemson paired 8.5 primary output with 21.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida 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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2025 Postseason · Clemson

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

21.5

Usage

4.3

Consistency

75.1

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 1. Syracuse: 0. North Carolina: 1. Boston College: 1. SMU: 1. Duke: 0.5. Florida State: 2. Louisville: 1. Furman: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 6 by 35. Syracuse: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Boston College: 2 by 18.3. SMU: 0 by 10. Duke: 4 by 21.7. Florida State: 3 by 32.5. Louisville: 3 by 22.5. Furman: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 4 · -0.6 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

Florida State

Best efficiency game

35 vs Penn State

Result
Sat 12/27vs Penn StateL 10-2261001
Sat 11/22vs FurmanW 45-1021001
Sat 11/15@ LouisvilleW 20-1932000
Sun 11/9vs Florida StateSplash gameW 24-1032110
Sat 11/1vs DukeL 45-46400.5000
Sat 10/18vs SMUL 24-3500001
Sat 10/11@ Boston CollegeW 41-1020001
Sat 10/4@ North CarolinaW 38-1043100
Sat 9/20vs SyracuseL 21-3421000

Player Story

Kobe McCloud story

Kobe McCloud built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Kobe McCloud's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Kobe McCloud'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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    Clemson

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonClemson0
2023 PostseasonClemson4.519.35.14.5
2023 Regular SeasonClemson4.519.35.10
2024 Regular SeasonClemson04.21-4.5
2025 PostseasonClemson8.521.54.38.5
2025 Regular SeasonClemson8.521.54.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 3 · W 48-14

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 41 Florida State

Week 11 · W 24-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Kentucky

Week 1 · W 38-35 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 25 Louisville

Week 12 · W 20-19 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

50 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 91 North Carolina

Week 6 · W 38-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

47 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Clemson

8.5 primary output · 21.5 efficiency · 4.3 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Clemson

58

8.5 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 4.3 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Clemson

44.8

4.5 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 5.1 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games