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Verone McKinley III

Oregon · Safety · 2018-21

TKL
167
INT
11
PD
10

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

McKinley was a consensus All-American in 2021.

From 2018 to 2021, McKinley recorded 167 tackles and 2 tackles for loss. From 2019 to 2021, McKinley also had 11 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 88 overall, the highest safety rating at Oregon since 1990 and No. 5 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2021
    • Consensus All-American

Season by Season

Verone McKinley III season-by-season statistics at Oregon
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20183000
201946124
202041021
202177166
Total16721011

Seasons with tracked stats at Oregon. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Oregon Teammates

  1. 90Kayvon Thibodeaux2019-21EDGE
  2. 88Bo Nix2022-23QB
  3. 88Dillon Gabriel2024QB
  4. 86Troy Franklin2021-23WR
  5. 80Bryce Boettcher2022-25LB
  6. 75Travis Dye2018-21RB
  7. 75Mar'Keise Irving2022-23RB
  8. 75Tez Johnson2023-24WR
  9. 75Christian Gonzalez2022CB
  10. 72Matayo Uiagalelei2023-25LB

Full Oregon all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S
  8. 88Malaki StarksGeorgia · 2022-24S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Verone McKinley III) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.