Rolando Marquise McClain (born July 14, 1989) is a former
American football
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linebacker
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. He played
college football
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Unlike most ...
at
Alabama
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, where he was recognized as a unanimous
All-American and won the
2010 BCS National Championship
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. He was selected eighth overall by the
Oakland Raiders
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in
2010 NFL Draft
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.
Early years
McClain attended
Decatur High School in
Decatur, Alabama
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, where he played linebacker and
tight end
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for the Decatur Red Raiders
high school football
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team. As a junior, he made 104 tackles, 11 for loss, four sacks, an interception, three forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery to go along with his 24 receptions for 436 yards on the offensive side of the ball. McClain's senior season ended with 106 tackles and 13 for loss, which led to
Parade All-American
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honors, and selection to play in the first
Offense-Defense All-American Bowl The Offense-Defense All-American Bowl is an annual high school football all-star game typically held in early January, created to spotlight the nation's top high-school seniors. The game was originally hosted in the U.S. state of Florida, but the 2 ...
in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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.
During his high school years, he was diagnosed with
Crohn's disease
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, although later tests seemed to indicate that was a
misdiagnosis
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.
Considered a four-star recruit by
Rivals.com
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History
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, McClain was listed as the No. 2 inside linebacker in the nation in 2007. He chose Alabama over offers from
Auburn
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,
Ole Miss,
Mississippi State
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Univers ...
,
Vanderbilt,
Kentucky
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, and
Louisville
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...
.
College career
McClain accepted an
athletic scholarship
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to attend the
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and la ...
, where he played for coach
Nick Saban
Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. (; born October 31, 1951) is an American football coach who has been the head football coach at the University of Alabama since 2007. Saban previously served as head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins ...
's
Alabama Crimson Tide football
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team from
2007
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to
2009
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.
2007 season
As a
true freshman
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in 2007, McClain started 8 of 13 games, finishing the season with 75
tackles
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** Tackle (gridiron football position), a position in American football and Canadian football
** Dump tackle, a forceful move in rugby of picking u ...
, two
interceptions
In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team b ...
, and a
sack. He was recognized as a
Southeastern Conference
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(SEC) All-Freshman selection.
2008 season
As a sophomore in
2008
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, McClain compiled 95 tackles, three sacks, and an interception, earning
Associated Press
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(AP) third-team
All-American honors, and was a first-team All-SEC selection.
2009 season
During his junior year in 2009, McClain had 105 tackles including 14.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, fourteen quarterback hurries, two interceptions, three passes broken up, and a forced fumble. He was named
Football Writers Association of America
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(FWAA) National Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against
Kentucky
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in early October. Following the
SEC Championship Game
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, Rolando was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year, and a first-team All-SEC selection.
On December 7, 2009, McClain was announced as the winner of the 2009
Lambert Award
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for the best collegiate linebacker. He is the first Alabama linebacker to win the Lambert Award since its inception in 1991. A day later, he was also awarded the 2009
Dick Butkus Award
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, being only the second Crimson Tide player to do so (along with
Derrick Thomas
Derrick Vincent Thomas (January 1, 1967 – February 8, 2000), nicknamed D.T., was an American football linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Considered one of the greatest pass rushers of all time, he p ...
in 1988). He was recognized a unanimous first-team All-American, after being named to the first teams of the
American Football Coaches Association
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, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, ''
Sporting News
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'', and
Walter Camp Football Foundation
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.
On January 11, 2010, a few days after winning the
BCS National Championship
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, was a postseason college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), first played in the 1998 college foot ...
, McClain decided to forgo his senior year at Alabama and enter the 2010 NFL Draft.
College statistics
Professional career
Oakland Raiders
McClain was selected by the
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raide ...
with the eighth overall pick in the first round of the
2010 NFL Draft
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. He was the highest drafted Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker since
Keith McCants went fourth overall to the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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in the
1990 NFL Draft
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.
2010 season
McClain signed his contract with the Oakland Raiders on July 28, 2010, in time to make the first day of training camp. The contract was estimated to be for $40 million over 5 years.
McClain finished his first season with 85 tackles (second on the team), 0.5 sacks, one interception, and 6 passes defended. In week 2 of the 2010 season against the
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). They played in St. Louis from 1995 to the 2015 season, before moving back to Los Angeles, where the team had played from 1946 to 1994.
The arr ...
, McClain
body slam
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med
Danny Amendola
Daniel James Amendola (born November 2, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Texas Tech. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2008.
After spending his entire rookie season ...
, which drew an "unnecessary roughness" call and eventually a $5,000 fine by the NFL. He recorded his first career sack in week 7 against
Kyle Orton
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of the
Denver Broncos
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and his first career interception in week 12 against
Chad Henne
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of the
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...
.
2011 season
In 2011, he appeared in 15 games (14 starts), posting 99 tackles (second on the team), 77 solo tackles, 5 sacks, 14 passes defended, and one safety.
2012 season
During the 2012 NFL season, in which the Raiders' defense struggled and was statistically the worst defense in the league, McClain saw his playing time decrease following a 37-6 rout by the division rival
Denver Broncos
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. During a week 4 game against Denver, McClain played in 73 snaps, but following the bye, the Raiders made the decision to replace him with 4th round rookie
Miles Burris in their nickel package, resulting in McClain playing only 17 snaps compared to Burris' 55 in the week 6 game against the
Atlanta Falcons
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. Head coach
Dennis Allen said he has been impressed with Burris' ability to make corrections on the fly, and that the linebacker was not a "repeat offender" when it came to mistakes and a smart football player overall, indicating the coaching staff's belief that McClain was guilty of poor decision-making and too many errors. According to sources within the Raiders, it was reported by NFL.com's Albert Breer and Ian Rapoport that McClain had been kicked out of an official team practice session on November 29 due to an "incident". McClain then took to social media outlet
Facebook
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and released a series of comments stating that he was ". . .no longer an Oakland Raider!!" and that he was ". . .mentally done." with the team, wishing ". . .to be anywhere besides here". He appeared in 11 games (9 starts), registering 90 tackles, one sack, 3 passes defensed and one forced fumble.
After various off-the-field incidents, however, he was waived by the Raiders on April 5, 2013. McClain had been drafted with the hopes that he could help improve the Raiders' run defense, an area where the team had been consistently among the worst in the league. Following a string of poor first round picks by late owner/
GM Al Davis
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, the selection of McClain was applauded by many analysts. However, throughout his tenure with the Raiders, the team remained poor at defending the run.
Baltimore Ravens
McClain signed with the
Baltimore Ravens
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on April 10, 2013. The contract was reportedly a one-year, $700,000 deal that included no guaranteed money. On May 15, McClain announced his retirement at the age of 23, before even the beginning of the offseason
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.
Dallas Cowboys
2014 season
On July 1, 2014, after linebacker
Sean Lee
Sean Patrick Lee (born July 22, 1986) is a former American football linebacker. He played his entire 11-year professional career with the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Penn State, and was selected by the Cowboys in the second r ...
was lost for the season, the
Dallas Cowboys
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acquired McClain along with a seventh-round pick (#243-
Laurence Gibson) from the Ravens, in exchange for a sixth round pick in the
2015 NFL Draft
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(#204-
Darren Waller
Darren Charles Waller (born September 13, 1992) is an American football tight end for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia Tech. He is the great-grandson of composer and jazz pianist ...
). At the time the move was seen as a gamble because of his previous career history and character concerns. The trade paid off, with McClain becoming an unquestioned team leader and playing a critical role in the resurgence of the Cowboys' previously-suspect defense. Although he was slowed down with groin and knee injuries after week 9 of the season, the unit raised its level when he was healthy and was setting the tone with his physical style and play-making ability. He finished with 12 starts in 13 games, one sack, five quarterback pressures, nine tackles for loss, two interceptions, five passes defensed, one forced fumble and 81 tackles. He also took part in his first NFL playoff games, but suffered concussions in both contests.
2015 season
On April 1, 2015, McClain agreed to a new one-year, $3 million contract with the Cowboys. On July 2, the NFL announced that he would be suspended for the first four games of the
2015 season for violating the league's substance abuse policy. He also had a surprise knee surgery during the offseason, which forced him to miss the entire conditioning program and most of training camp. He played in 11 of 12 games as the starting
middle linebacker
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, with Lee moving to
weakside linebacker
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. Although he got off to a slow start in his return from the suspension, he finished with 97 tackles (third on the team), 2 sacks, 3 passes defensed, and returned an interception for a touchdown against the
Miami Dolphins
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.
2016 season
On March 9, 2016, McClain agreed to another one-year deal with the Cowboys for $5 million. On June 30, he was suspended for the second season in a row for violating the NFL substance abuse policy, this time for the first 10 games of the 2016 NFL season. Midway through the season, he then failed another drug test and his suspension was extended indefinitely. On August 2, it was reported that McClain had become addicted to
codeine
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after consuming the mixture known as
purple drank
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, and that he is "a long way from ever resuming his NFL career".
Jason Cole of
Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report was acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in Aug ...
said McClain's return to the Cowboys is "almost impossible".
[ In December 2016 he was suspended indefinitely.
McClain was conditionally reinstated by the NFL on August 30, 2019.] However, he was released by the Cowboys when the reinstatement became official on September 2, 2019. He was suspended indefinitely again on December 30, 2019.
NFL career statistics
Personal life
McClain was born in Athens, Alabama
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Histo ...
to parents Roland Ervin Jr and Tonya Malone. He grew up in the projects of Decatur, Alabama
Decatur (dɪˈkeɪtə(r)) is the largest city and county seat of Morgan County (with a portion also in Limestone County) in the U.S. state of Alabama. Nicknamed "The River City", it is located in northern Alabama on the banks of Wheeler Lake ...
. At 15, Rolando received a restraining order against his mother after she beat him and threatened him with a knife. At 16, she was arrested after she threatened his entire high school which resulted in a school lock down. During the trial she was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder
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. His estranged father was granted custody but McClain left to return to Decatur to stay eligible for football. He lived with several families his junior year. McClain could be considered to have been "on his own" since he was 15.
In April 2013, McClain married Capri Knox, with whom he had two sons, and they moved to Madison, Alabama
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. McClain and Knox had first met in 2007 at the University of Alabama
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where she was a member of the Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
Track team. In September 2013, he filed for divorce. However, in an interview in October 2014, he said he wishes to be a better husband – thus records indicating that the two had been divorced since January 2014.
In December 2017, McClain graduated from the University of Alabama.
Legal issues
On December 1, 2011, McClain was arrested by Decatur police and charged with third-degree assault, menacing, reckless endangerment, and discharging a firearm inside the city limits, all of which are misdemeanors, for a shooting incident that occurred the night before. On May 17, 2012, McClain was found guilty on all counts, ordered to pay a $500 fine for each charge, totaling $2,000, and sentenced to spend 45 days in jail for each charge, 180 in total. He was freed on bond, and will begin serving his sentence on June 1. On November 18, 2012, while the case was on appeal, the charges were dismissed by the Judge after the victim decided not to press charges. According to lawyers involved, a financial settlement was reached between McClain and the victim.
On January 8, 2013, he was arrested by Decatur Police in Morgan County after an officer pulled him over for a window tint violation. McClain provided the officer with a false name and he was arrested and booked into the Decatur City Jail. McClain bonded out of jail later that day.
On April 21, 2013, McClain was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Between his departure from the Ravens in May 2013 and his return to football with the Dallas Cowboys in July 2014, McClain moved to Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population of 1 ...
, where he re-enrolled at the University of Alabama to try to finish his bachelor's degree
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in family financial planning
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. He was still a few credits short of the degree when he joined the Dallas Cowboys. He eventually graduated with his degree in December 2017
On December 22, 2014, he lost his Tuscaloosa house due to a fire that was eventually ruled as an arson
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. At the time, the house was vacant and listed for sale.
On August 2, 2016, after his suspension in June 2016 for violating the NFL substance abuse policy, it was reported that McClain had become addicted to codeine
Codeine is an opiate and prodrug of morphine mainly used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhea. It is also commonly used as a recreational drug. It is found naturally in the sap of the opium poppy, ''Papaver somniferum''. It is typically use ...
after consuming the mixture known as purple drank
Lean, also known as purple drank, purp, sizzurp, syrup, wock, oil, joy juice, and several other names, is a recreational drug beverage, prepared by mixing prescription strength cough or cold syrup containing codeine and promethazine with a ...
.[
On May 12, 2017, he was arrested on equipment violations, firearm and drug charges, according to the Hartselle Police Department.]
On July 30th, 2022, he was arrested on drug and weapons charges, according to the Moulton Police Department.
References
External links
*
NFL Combine profile
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1989 births
Living people
People from Athens, Alabama
Sportspeople from Decatur, Alabama
Players of American football from Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football players
All-American college football players
American football linebackers
Oakland Raiders players
Baltimore Ravens players
Dallas Cowboys players