Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Ball State
Eric McClain
DB • 5'11" • 180 lbs • Lombard, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Eric McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Eric McClain built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Lombard, IL wearing No. 4, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Eric McClain's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Eric McClain, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State. Eric McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 50
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Eric McClain quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 50
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Glenbard East · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Glenbard East · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · DB 360th (top 37%) · Mid-American 161st (top 28%) · National 1,641st (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 24 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 10 | 26 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 42.2 |
Related Context
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Eric McClain played DB for Ball State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Eric McClain recorded 50 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Ball State paired 0 primary output with 14.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.8 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
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
15.8
Usage
4.8
Consistency
13.3
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. Purdue: 1. Auburn: 0. New Hampshire: 0. UConn: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Akron: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 2. Toledo: 1. Miami (OH): 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 2 by 18.3. Auburn: 1 by 4.2. New Hampshire: 2 by 8.3. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 4 by 26.7. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 36.7. Toledo: 2 by 18.3. Miami (OH): 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Eastern Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Miami (OH) | L 24-45 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Toledo | L 9-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Eastern MichiganSplash game | L 9-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Northern Illinois | L 7-21 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Akron | W 42-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Western Michigan | L 0-42 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ UConn | L 25-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs New Hampshire | W 34-29 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Auburn | L 3-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Purdue | L 0-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Eric McClain story
Eric McClain built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Lombard, IL wearing No. 4, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Eric McClain's career was his defensive production: 50 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 2 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 20 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Eric McClain's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ball State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 14.3 | 2.7 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 5 | 15.8 | 4.8 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 78 Western Michigan
Week 7 · L 0-42 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan
Week 12 · L 9-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 90 Purdue
Week 1 · L 0-31
1
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 48 Toledo
Week 13 · L 9-38 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 82 Miami (OH)
Week 14 · L 24-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
18.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
0 primary output · 14.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage
45.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
42.2
5 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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