T. J. McDonald

T.J. McDonald

McDonald in 2014.

No. 25 Los Angeles Rams

Position:

Safety

Personal information

Date of birth:

January 26, 1991

Place of birth:

Fresno, California

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

217 lb (98 kg)

Career information

High school:

Fresno (CA) Edison

College:

USC

NFL draft:

2013 / Round: 3 / Pick: 71

Career history

St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams (2013–present)

Roster status:

Active

Career highlights and awards

Second-team All-Pac-10 (2010, 2012)
First-team All-Pac-12 (2011)
First-team All-American (2011)

Career NFL statistics as of 2015

Tackles:	221
Sacks:	4.0
Interceptions:	2
Pass deflections:	12
Forced fumbles:	1
Player stats at NFL.com

Timothy "T. J." McDonald, Jr. (born January 26, 1991) is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Rams in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC.

Early years

McDonald was born in Fresno, California. He attended Edison High School in Fresno, where he played high school football for the Edison Tigers. He was considered the second-best safety recruit in the nation by Rivals.com and Scout.com.^[1]^[2]

College career

McDonald enrolled in University of Southern California, where he played for the USC Trojans football team from 2009 to 2012. As a freshman in 2009, McDonald was a backup safety and special teamer, recording seven tackles in 13 games. In 2010 he took over as a starter and had a team leading 89 tackles, three interceptions and a quarterback sack. He was a second-team All-Pacific-10 Conference selection.^[3] After a successful junior season in 2011, McDonald was highly decorated with awards. He was a first-team All-Pac-12 selection^[4] and received first-team All-American honors from Pro Football Weekly^[5] and The Sporting News.^[6]

As a senior he enjoyed the best season of his career in 2012, leading the team with 112 tackles, including 6.5 for loss, a sack and another two interceptions and was named second-team All-Pac-12.

Professional career

2013 NFL Draft

Pre-draft measurables
Ht	Wt	Arm length	Hand size	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
6 ft 2½ in	219 lb	33⅛ in	9¼ in	4.54 s	1.58 s	2.57 s	4.20 s	6.89 s	40 in	10 ft 11 in	15 reps	x
All values from NFL Combine Pro Day^[7]

The St. Louis Rams chose McDonald in the third round, with the 71st overall pick, of the 2013 NFL Draft.

NFL stats

Year	Team	GP	COMB	TOTAL	AST	SACK	FF	FR	FR YDS	INT	IR YDS	AVG IR	LNG	PD
2013	STL	10	53	45	8	1.0	0	0	0	1	-2	-2	-2	4
2014	STL	16	105	84	21	2.0	0	1	3	1	20	20	20	7
2015	STL	10	57	35	22	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Career		36	215	164	51	4.0	1	2	3	2	18	18	18	12

^[8]

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 defensed

Personal

McDonald's father, Tim McDonald, also attended USC and played 13 years in the NFL.^[9] His brother Tevin, went undrafted in the 2015 draft and was signed by the Oakland Raiders.

References

External links

USC profile

St. Louis Rams 2013 NFL Draft selections

Tavon Austin Alec Ogletree T. J. McDonald Stedman Bailey Barrett Jones Brandon McGee Zac Stacy

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Los Angeles Rams current roster

Active roster	4 Greg Zuerlein 5 Nick Foles 6 Johnny Hekker 11 Tavon Austin 14 Sean Mannion 15 Bradley Marquez 17 Case Keenum 18 Kenny Britt 19 Wes Welker 20 Lamarcus Joyner 21 Janoris Jenkins 22 Trumaine Johnson 23 Rodney McLeod 24 Eric Patterson 26 Mark Barron 27 Tre Mason 30 Todd Gurley 31 Maurice Alexander 34 Chase Reynolds 36 Benny Cunningham 37 Christian Bryant 38 Cody Davis 44 Jacob McQuaide 46 Cory Harkey 47 Brad Smelley 50 Cameron Lynch 53 Daren Bates 54 Bryce Hager 56 Akeem Ayers 60 Eric Kush 61 Tim Barnes 62 Louis Trinca-Pasat 63 Matt Longacre 64 Andrew Donnal 65 Demetrius Rhaney 67 Brian Folkerts 69 Cody Wichmann 71 Garrett Reynolds 73 Greg Robinson 77 Isaiah Battle 79 Rob Havenstein 83 Brian Quick 88 Lance Kendricks 90 Michael Brockers 92 Doug Worthington 93 Ethan Westbrooks 95 William Hayes 97 Eugene Sims 98 Nick Fairley 99 Aaron Donald -- Kain Colter

Reserve lists	2 Isiah Ferguson (IR) 12 Stedman Bailey (NFI) 25 T. J. McDonald (IR) 33 E. J. Gaines (IR) 42 Trey Watts (Susp.) 52 Alec Ogletree (IR/DFR) 63 Darrell Williams (IR) 68 Jamon Brown (IR) 76 Rodger Saffold (IR) 94 Robert Quinn (IR)

Practice squad	16 J. J. Worton 39 Malcolm Brown 45 Zach Laskey 48 Justice Cunningham 51 Matthew Wells 57 Zack Hodges 66 David Arkin 81 Nick Toon 87 Deon Long

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