Leon McQuay III: DB · USC · #22.
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Leon McQuay III
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches at USC: Steve Sarkisian and Clay Helton. On tape: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against California, Week 9, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-52vs No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Utah State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-27@ No. 7 Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-31@ No. 24 Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-20vs Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-17vs No. 21 Colorado | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-14@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-24vs California | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 45-20vs Oregon | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 26-13@ No. 4 Washington | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-14@ UCLA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-27vs Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 52-49vs No. 5 Penn State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 50 | 32 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 |
Bowl · 2016
W 52-49
vs Penn State · neutral site
1 interception · 7 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Edged out Penn State at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%4 TFL50 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
48.1%
460 pass / 496 run
Plays / game
73.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.5%
481 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at USC, 50 tackles — drafted at #218 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Ed Orgeron, Steve Sarkisian, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 10th NFL season
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 10th NFL season
