L.J. Mccloud
L.J. Mccloud
Wins his gap play after play. L.J. Mccloud has been at Georgia Southern through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Old Dominion, Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia Southern, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Whitley → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 23 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022
W 45–38
vs James Madison
4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD
Edged out James Madison at home in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to MarQuayveon Evans’s 2021 season.
Matches MarQuayveon on
Differs from MarQuayveon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Zaid Hamdan's sophomore season at Kent State (2024).
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