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Player Dossier
2023-2025Miami (OH)
Malcolm McCain
LB • 6'1" • 241 lbs • Snellville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malcolm McCain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
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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
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Miami (OH)
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Miami (OH)
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Malcolm McCain built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Snellville, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Malcolm McCain's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Miami (OH)
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Malcolm McCain, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Miami (OH). Malcolm McCain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 81
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Malcolm McCain quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami (OH) · LB
- Career Tackles
- 81
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Miami (OH)
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Brookwood · Miami (OH)
- High school pipeline
- Brookwood · 29 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 66 tackles · LB 193rd (top 16%) · Mid-American 32nd (top 6%) · National 325th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 7 | 14 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40 |
| 2025 Postseason | Miami (OH) | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 58.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 11 | 53 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 58.6 |
Related Context
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Malcolm McCain played LB for Miami (OH). Across 3 tracked seasons, Malcolm McCain recorded 81 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Miami (OH).
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Miami (OH) paired 10.5 primary output with 34.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 34.2 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: Western Michigan
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Miami (OH)
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
34.2
Usage
8.1
Consistency
32.6
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 1. Wisconsin: 0. Rutgers: 0. UNLV: 0.5. Northern Illinois: 0. Akron: 0. Eastern Michigan: 3. Western Michigan: 3. Toledo: 2. Buffalo: 1. Ball State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fresno State: 13 by 60. Wisconsin: 5 by 20.8. Rutgers: 6 by 25. UNLV: 6 by 30. Northern Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Akron: 4 by 16.7. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 46.7. Western Michigan: 7 by 59.2. Toledo: 8 by 53.3. Buffalo: 8 by 43.3. Ball State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
60 vs Fresno State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | @ Fresno State10+ tackles | L 3-18 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Ball State | W 45-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/20 | @ Buffalo | W 37-20 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/13 | vs ToledoSplash game | L 3-24 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Western MichiganSplash game | W 26-17 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Eastern MichiganSplash game | W 44-30 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Akron | W 20-7 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Northern Illinois | W 25-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs UNLV | L 38-41 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Rutgers | L 17-45 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Wisconsin | L 0-17 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Malcolm McCain story
Malcolm McCain built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Snellville, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Malcolm McCain's career was his defensive production: 81 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Miami (OH). Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Malcolm McCain's production has multiple signals. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami (OH).
The arc is straightforward: Malcolm McCain moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Miami (OH)
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Miami (OH) | 10.5 | 34.2 | 8.1 | 10.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 10.5 | 34.2 | 8.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 78 Western Michigan
Week 9 · W 26-17 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan
Week 8 · W 44-30 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 48 Toledo
Week 12 · L 3-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 66 Fresno State
Week 1 · L 3-18 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 95 Buffalo
Week 13 · W 37-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
49.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Miami (OH)
10.5 primary output · 34.2 efficiency · 8.1 usage
58.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
58.6
10.5 primary · 34.2 efficiency · 8.1 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
40
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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