Raekwon McMillan

Raekwon McMillan
No. 52 – Miami Dolphins
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1995-11-17) November 17, 1995
Midway, Georgia
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school: Hinesville (GA) Liberty County
College: Ohio State
NFL Draft: 2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 54
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 2, 2018
Total tackles: 9
Sacks: 0.0
Forced fumbles: 0
Fumble recoveries: 0
Interceptions: 0
Player stats at NFL.com

Raekwon McMillan (born November 17, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State.

Early years

McMillan was born in Midway, Georgia. He was named after rapper Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan.[1][2] He attended Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Georgia. He won the High School Butkus Award in 2013.[3] McMillan was a five-star recruit by Rivals.com and was the top-ranked inside linebacker in his class.[4]

College career

McMillan played college football at Ohio State. As a freshman in 2014, he appeared in 13 games making 54 tackles, 2.5 sacks, an interception returned for 24 yards, and a pass defended. As a sophomore in 2015, he played 13 games with 119 tackles, 1.5 sacks, four passes defended, and a fumble recovery. As a junior in 2016, he played 13 games with 102 tackles, two sacks, five passes defended, and two forced fumbles. After his junior year, McMillan declared his intentions to enter the 2017 NFL Draft.[5]

Professional career

McMillan received an invitation to the NFL Combine and completed all of the combine and positional drills. He also participated at Ohio State's highly anticipated pro day, but opted to only run positional drills.[6] Seven general managers and nine head coaches attended Ohio State's pro day to scout McMillan and ten other prospects.[7] McMillan had private workouts and visits with 11 teams that included the Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, and New Orleans Saints.[8][9][10][11] The majority of NFL draft experts and analysts projected McMillan to be selected in the second or third round.[12] He was ranked the second best inside linebacker in the draft by NFL analyst Bucky Brooks, the third best inside linebacker by NFLDraftScout.com, the fifth best linebacker by Sports Illustrated, and was ranked the tenth best linebacker in the draft by ESPN.[13][14][15]

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
6 ft 2 in
(1.88 m)		 240 lb
(109 kg)		 33 in
(0.84 m)		 9 3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)		 4.61 s 1.61 s 2.69 s 4.39 s 7.15 s 33 in
(0.84 m)		 10 ft 1 in
(3.07 m)		 23 reps
All values from NFL Combine[12][6]

The Miami Dolphins selected McMillan in the second round (54th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[16] He was the seventh linebacker selected in 2017.

On May 5, 2017, the Dolphins signed McMillan to a four-year, $4.69 million contract with $3.16 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.55 million.[17]

McMillan made his professional debut on August 10, 2017 in the first preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons, where he left the game after suffering an apparent knee injury. The next day, on August 11, it was confirmed that he had a torn ACL, abruptly ending his rookie season.[18] He was placed on injured reserve on September 2, 2017.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Muma, Steven (2013-12-16). "5-star Raekwon McMillan announces commitment to Ohio State". SB Nation. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  2. ↑ Staples, Andy (2014-01-27). "All-Name Team: Best monikers in the 2014 recruiting class". SI.com. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  3. ↑ Raekwon McMillan Wins High School Butkus Award Archived 2013-12-13 at Archive.is
  4. ↑ Rivals.com
  5. ↑ http://sports.usatoday.com/2017/01/04/ohio-state-linebacker-raekwon-mcmillan-will-enter-nfl-draft/
  6. 1 2 "*Raekwon McMillan, DS #3 ILB, Ohio State". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ Ben Axelrod (March 23, 2017). "Ohio State 2017 Pro Day: Results, updates and live blog for the Buckeyes' top prospects". landof10.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  8. ↑ D.J. Byrnes (March 16, 2017). "Skull Session: Gareon Conley's Rise, Patriots to Work Out Raekwon McMillan, and Dontre Wilson Cool with Taking His NFL Spot". elevenwarriors.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  9. ↑ K.D. Drummond (April 10, 2017). "2017 Draft: 7 Prospects the Saints are showing heavy interest in". saintswire.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  10. ↑ Kyle Phelps (March 18, 2017). "Bengals met privately with Ohio State linebacker Raekwon McMillan". cincyjungle.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  11. ↑ Luke Easterling (March 13, 2017). "Patriots, Steelers among 11 teams set to meet with Raekwon McMillan". draftwire.usatoday.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  12. 1 2 "NFL Draft Profile: Raekwon McMillan". NFL.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  13. ↑ Chris Burke (April 24, 2017). "2017 NFL Draft Rankings: Top Prospects by Position". si.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  14. ↑ Jeff Legwold (April 22, 2017). "Ranking the 2017 Draft's Top 100 Prospects". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  15. ↑ Bucky Brooks (April 25, 2017). "Bucky Brooks' top 5 2017 NFL Draft prospects by position 3.0". NFL.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  16. ↑ Poupart, Alain (April 28, 2017). "Dolphins Select Raekwon McMillan In Second Round". MiamiDolphins.com.
  17. ↑ "Spotrac.com: Raekwon McMillan contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Raekwon McMillan suffers torn ACL, out for 2017 season". ESPN.com. August 11, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Dolphins Make Roster Moves". MiamiDolphins.com. September 2, 2017.
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