2005 General Roster
Roster
Jameel McClain
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 256
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, PA
- High School:
- George Washington HS
At SU: Three letters … Ranks seventh on SU’s record list for tackles by a down lineman (177) and is tied for 11th on the career tackle-for-loss record list (21.5) … Moved to defensive end from linebacker prior to 2006 Spring practice … Redshirted in 2003 … Member of the 2006 Spring, 2006 Fall and 2007 Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Senior Year (2007): One of nine players to start all 12 games … Against Washington, made six tackles, including 0.5 for loss … At Iowa, had eight tackles, 0.5 sacks and registered a forced fumble and fumble recovery … Against Illinois, had seven tackles, including three solo … At Louisville, earned BIG EAST Honor Roll accolades after he had seven tackles, 1.0 sacks, forced a fumble and intercepted the first pass of his career … At Miami (OH), became the first player since Kelvin Smith (vs. Miami OH, 2006) to block a field goal attempt and had five tackles … Against West Virginia, tallied seven tackles … Against Rutgers, made five solo stops in his second consecutive start at linebacker … Against Buffalo, totaled seven tackles … At Pittsburgh, made two tackles … Against South Florida, posted four stops, including three solo … At Connecticut, made a season-best nine stops, including 2.5 for loss … Against Cincinnati, tallied a team-high seven tackles and recorded one pass breakup.
Junior Year (2006): Named All-BIG EAST Second Team … Led the BIG EAST and was 18th nationally in sacks (9.5) and was second in the conference in tackles for loss (14.5) … Semifinalist for the Ted Hendricks Award, given to the nation’s best defensive lineman … Tied for 28th in tackles for loss per game (1.21) … Fifth in tackles for loss (14.5) and tied for 16th in tackles per game (5.8) in the BIG EAST… His 9.5 sacks is tied for fourth on the SU list for sacks by a junior and is 11th on the single-season list … His 14.5 tackles for loss is sixth on the SU single-season list … One of 13 players to start every game …At Wake Forest, had eight tackles … Against Iowa, recorded four tackles and had a career-high two sacks … At Illinois, posted four tackles and forced a fumble … Against Miami (OH), had five tackles and tied his career-high with two sacks … Against Wyoming, recorded four tackles and one sack … Against Pittsburgh, had eight tackles … At West Virginia, recorded seven tackles … Against Louisville, had seven tackles, including one for a loss of five yards, one pass breakup and a half sack … at Cincinnati, had a career-best nine tackles, including 2.5 tackles for a loss of 11 yards and one sack … At South Florida, made two tackles and recovered a fumble … Against Connecticut, had 2.5 tackles-for-loss, including one sack for a three-yard loss … At Rutgers, recorded two tackles.
Sophomore Year (2005): Saw action in 10 games, primarily on special teams … Against Virginia, recorded two tackles … At Florida State, posted four tackles, including one solo … At Connecticut, had three solo tackles … At Pittsburgh, recorded one solo tackle … Against Cincinnati, had two tackles, including one solo … Against South Florida, posted two tackles and one sack … At Notre Dame, had one solo and one assisted tackle … At Louisville, had three solo tackles and one pass breakup.
Freshman Year (2004): Played in 11 games … Played on the punt protection and punt return teams … At Buffalo and against Rutgers, tallied a career-high three tackles … At West Virginia and Boston College, had one tackle … Against Connecticut, recorded the first fumble recovery of his career and two solo tackles … Recorded one tackle against Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl … High School: SuperPrep All-Region and the No. 26-rated player in Pennsylvania … All-Southeastern Pennsylvania … Recorded 111 tackles, three sacks, forced four fumbles, and had five fumble recoveries as a captain in his senior season … Recorded 230 tackles, 22 sacks, eight forced fumbles, and 13 fumble recoveries in his career … Team’s defensive MVP … All-conference, all-area, all–Northeast, all-state and Big 33 Game nominee as a senior … Teammate of SU teammate Kyle Bell at George Washington for coach Ron Cohen … Recruited by assistant coach Chris White.
Personal: Jameel Leshawn McClain … Born July 25, 1985 in Philadelphia, Pa. … Son of Barbara Flood and Ralph McClain … Four brothers and one sister … Dual major in communications and rhetorical studies, and sociology.
McClain's Career Statistics
| Defense | ||||||||
| Tackles | Assists | Tot. | TFL | Sacks | Int. | FF | Fumble Rec. | |
| 2004 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
0.0-0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 2005 |
13 |
7 |
20 |
1.0-10 |
1.0-10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2006 |
32 |
37 |
69 |
14.5-61 |
9.5-40 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 2007 |
39 |
38 |
77 |
6.0-24 |
1.0-6 |
1-38 |
0 |
1 |
| Totals |
90 |
82 |
170 |
21.5-95 |
11.5-56 |
1-38 |
1 |
3 |
McClain's Career Bests
| Tackles | Solo | 6 vs. Louisville, 2007 |
| Assists | 7 vs. West Virginia, 2006; Iowa, 2007 | |
| Total | 9 vs. Cincinnati, 2006; Connecticut, 2007 | |
| TFL-Yds. | 2.5-11 vs. Cincinnati, 2007 | |
| Sacks | 2-15 vs. Iowa, 2007; 2-8 vs. Miami (OH0, 2006 | |
| Int.-Yds. | 1-38 vs. Louisville, 2007 | |
| Pass Breakups | 1 vs. Louisville, 2005 | |
| Fumbles Forced | 1 vs. Illinois, 2006 | |
| Fumble Recoveries | 1 vs. Connecticut, 2004 |
