Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Kentucky
Blake McClain
DB • 5'11" • Winter Park, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Blake McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
69
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
64
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Blake McClain built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Winter Park, FL wearing No. 24, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Blake McClain's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Blake McClain, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kentucky. Blake McClain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 62
- TFL
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Blake McClain quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DB
- Career Tackles
- 62
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Winter Park · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Winter Park · 23 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 62 tackles · DB 90th (top 11%) · SEC 41st (top 7%) · National 451st (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 62 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 46.5 |
Related Context
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Blake McClain played DB for Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Blake McClain recorded 62 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 5.5 primary output with 28.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
28.5
Usage
5.5
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 2. Florida: 0. New Mexico State: 1. South Carolina: 0. Alabama: 0. Mississippi State: 1.5. Missouri: 0. Georgia: 0. Tennessee: 0. Austin Peay: 0. Louisville: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 9 by 57.5. Florida: 9 by 37.5. New Mexico State: 1 by 14.2. South Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Mississippi State: 4 by 31.7. Missouri: 8 by 33.3. Georgia: 7 by 29.2. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8. Austin Peay: 7 by 29.2. Louisville: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.2 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
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
57.5 vs Southern Miss
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Louisville | W 41-38 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Austin Peay | W 49-13 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Tennessee | L 36-49 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Georgia | L 24-27 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Missouri | W 35-21 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Mississippi State | W 40-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Alabama | L 6-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs South Carolina | W 17-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs New Mexico State | W 62-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Florida | L 7-45 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Southern MissSplash game | L 35-44 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Blake McClain story
Blake McClain built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Winter Park, FL wearing No. 24, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Blake McClain's career was his defensive production: 62 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Kentucky. 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 Blake McClain's production has multiple signals. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky.
The arc is straightforward: Blake McClain 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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Kentucky
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5.5 | 28.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Southern Miss
Week 1 · L 35-44
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Mississippi State
Week 8 · W 40-38 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Louisville
Week 13 · W 41-38
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Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
#4
vs New Mexico State
Week 3 · W 62-42
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Havoc Plays
43.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Missouri
Week 9 · W 35-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
30.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 30.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Kentucky
5.5 primary output · 28.5 efficiency · 5.5 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · Kentucky
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Kentucky
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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