Last confirmed: USC, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · Seffner, FL · Armwood
Leon McQuay III: DB · USC · #22.
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Leon McQuay III
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Leon McQuay III has been at USC through two head coaches in two seasons. On tape: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against California, Week 9, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 4 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 him by name this season.
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16
Sports Illustrated Oct 13Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-52@ No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Utah State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-27@ No. 7 Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-31@ No. 24 Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-20vs Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-17vs No. 21 Colorado | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-14@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-24vs California | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 45-20vs Oregon | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 26-13@ No. 4 Washington | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-14@ UCLA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-27vs Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 52-49@ No. 5 Penn State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 50 | 32 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 |
Bowl · 2016
W 52-49
vs Penn State · neutral site
1 interception · 7 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Edged out Penn State at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%4 TFL50 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
48.1%
460 pass / 496 run
Plays / game
73.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.5%
481 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at USC, 50 tackles — drafted at #218 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Ed Orgeron, Steve Sarkisian, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 10th NFL season
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 10th NFL season
