Verone McKinley III: S · Oregon · #23.
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Verone McKinley III
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Oregon. The first one came in 2021: All-America (Consensus). One game to point at: 8 tackles against Fresno State — Week 1, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
71 tackles. 6 passes defended. 6 interceptions. 1 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-24vs Fresno State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 35-28@ No. 3 Ohio State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-7vs Stony Brook | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-19vs Arizona | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31@ Stanford | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-17vs California | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-31@ UCLA | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-29vs Colorado | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-16@ Washington | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-24vs Washington State | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-38@ No. 24 Utah | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-29vs Oregon State | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-38vs No. 14 Utah | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 43 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 |
Week 2 · 2021
W 35-28
at Ohio State
1 interception · 6 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Edged out Ohio State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
6interceptionsTackle volume
77tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL77 tackles · 1 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 6 interceptions.
4 seasons under Mario Cristobal — 35-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryan McClendon
Pass share
43.6%
408 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
437 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #2 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2021
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oregon, 167 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2021) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2021)
6 first-team selectors
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mario Cristobal.
