Professional career Clinton McDonald




1 professional career

1.1 pre-draft
1.2 cincinnati bengals
1.3 seattle seahawks
1.4 tampa bay buccaneers

1.4.1 2014 season







professional career
pre-draft

mcdonald s pro day on march 27, 2009. results follows.



shortly after pro day, mcdonald invited personal workouts seattle, jacksonville , cincinnati, making seattle , jacksonville. conflict prevented him making cincinnati. according mcdonald, injury , missed playing time during senior year kept him being invited nfl combine.


after arkansas state, felt invited. though got hurt, numbers there top people in nation. heard coaches impressed looking @ me. when didn t invited, didn t down on myself. felt there reason. think god wanted me train longer, work harder. agent, new york-based neil schwartz, told him pro day workout boosted draft status. tony pauline of tfydraft.com quoted saying mcdonald be, 1 of underrated players in draft.


cincinnati bengals

mcdonald selected cincinnati bengals in seventh round of 2009 nfl draft, 249th pick overall. mcdonald failed make final roster rookie, , waived on september 5, 2009, before re-signing practice squad following day remained season. invited bengals training camp in 2010, waived cincinnati following training camp on september 4, 2010, again re-signing practice squad following day. mcdonald signed bengals active roster november 8, 2010, , played in total of 8 games, registering 4 tackles. make room him on roster, bengals placed cornerback rico murray on waivers.


seattle seahawks

he traded seattle seahawks on august 29, 2011 kelly jennings, had signed one-year, $1.8 million deal seahawks. in 2011, mcdonald played in 15 games, 1 start, first of career, against washington redskins (11/27) in place of alan branch. played in 14 games in 2012 much-used backup along defensive line, totaling 25 tackles, 17 of solo. played in both postseason games (at washington , @ atlanta) , had 3 tackles (1 solo) along 1 fumble recovery. on september 14, 2013, re-signed team on one-year contract $630,000. mcdonald recorded first career nfl interception on november 17, 2013, picking off qb matt cassel , returning 3 yards in 41-20 victory on minnesota vikings.


tampa bay buccaneers

on march 11, 2014, mcdonald reached agreement on four-year, $12m deal tampa bay buccaneers. signing reunited him former bengals teammate michael johnson, signed bucs earlier in offseason.


2014 season

after training camp, mcdonald named starting defensive tackle alongside gerald mccoy. debut season bucs has been productive season 46 total tackles, 35 solo tackles, 5 sacks, , 1 interception before injuries prematurely shortened debut campaign.








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