Rodney McLeod
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| No. 23 Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | June 23, 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Clinton, Maryland | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Hyattsville (MD) DeMatha | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Virginia | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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Rodney McLeod Jr. (born June 23, 1990) is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. In 2012, He was signed with the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent. He played college football for The University of Virginia. Since being in the NFL, he has obtained a reputation as one of the hardest hitting safeties in the league.
College
He played college football for Virginia. He finished all four years with 190 tackles, 6 Interceptions, one sack, 17 pass deflections and 3 forced fumbles.[1]
Professional career
Pre-draft
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||||
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| 5 ft 9¾ in | 183 lb | 4.60 s | 1.55 s | 2.63 s | 4.12 s | 6.50 s | 36½ in | 10 ft 1 in | 15 reps | ||||||||||
| All values from NFL combine[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams
On April 30, 2012, he was signed with the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent.[3] As a rookie McLeod led the Rams in special teams tackles and one first down reception off of a fake punt. Before the start of the 2013 season, the St. Louis Rams announced that McLeod would be their starting free safety.
McLeod improved in both the 2013 and 2014 seasons cementing his starting position in the Rams secondary. He garnered league wide attention for a hit he made on Denver Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders in Week 12 of the 2014 season. The hit resulted in Sanders leaving the game due to a head injury. McLeod was not fined for the hit as it was deemed to be clean by the league office. In 2015 he had his best season to date being ranked 9th in coverage and 4th in tackling amongst all safeties in the NFL by Pro Football Focus.
NFL stats
| Year | Team | GP | COMB | TOTAL | AST | SACK | FF | FR | FR YDS | INT | IR YDS | AVG IR | LNG | TD | PD |
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| 2012 | STL | 16 | 12 | 09 | 03 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | STL | 16 | 79 | 63 | 16 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 09 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2014 | STL | 16 | 72 | 62 | 10 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 09 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2015 | STL | 11 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Career | 59 | 220 | 173 | 47 | 0.0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
Key
- GP: games played
- COMB: combined tackles
- TOTAL: total tackles
- AST: assisted tackles
- SACK: sacks
- FF: forced fumbles
- FR: fumble recoveries
- FR YDS: fumble return yards
- INT: interceptions
- IR YDS: interception return yards
- AVG IR: average interception return
- LNG: longest interception return
- TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
- PD: passes defended
References
- ↑ "Rodney McLeod College Statistics". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012.
- ↑ NFL Draft Scout Profile
- ↑ "Rodney McLeod". kffl.com. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/15222/rodney-mcleod