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Verone McKinley III, FS, Oregon
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Name: Verone McKinley III (+) Coming off 2022 Ankle INJ
College: Oregon
Number: 23
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 5-10 Weight: 192
Position: Pos2: SS/ST
Class/Draft Year: rJr/2022
40 Low: 4.60 40 Time: 4.67 40 High: 4.72
> Projected Round: Stock: 
Projected High: 3rd Low: 5-6th
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Data Scout Notes: X-3-6/Not Great ATH/Instincts/Ball-Hawk-Playmaker/13GP-71TT-6INT-6PBU-1FF in 21 2022: (+) Coming off 2022 Ankle INJ...01/02/22-Announced Early Entry into 2022 NFL Draft...**2021: ThorpeFinalist/1stC/(+) Coming off Nov 2021 Arm INJ...2020: NAC
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Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 5100
Weight: 192
Zybek PD3X AKA "Official"
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 16
Vertical Jump: 35
Broad Jump: 10'00"
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No 40s/No Full Workout-Ankle INJ
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Dates: 04/01/22
Hand: 09 1/8 Arm: 30 5/8
Wingspan: 73
Height: 5100
Weight: 192
40 Yrd Dash: 4.67
20 Yrd Dash: 2.70
10 Yrd Dash: 1.69
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20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.38
3-Cone Drill: 7.12
40 Time Range: 4.65-4.69/Projected 4.53/**+.14/Combine numbers for the rest
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Verone McKinley III, Oregon, Player News
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2021 ALL-PAC-12 FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DB Verone McKinley III, So., Oregon,...T.J. Bass, Brandon Dorlus, Verone McKinley III, Noah Sewell and Kayvon Thibodeaux were all selected to the first team by the conference's coaches, giving Oregon the second-most first-team selections in the league. The five first-team honorees are the most for the program since the Ducks had five in 2015. Oregon leads the conference with four first-team defensive selections, the most in program history. - Oregon Football
(DS#6 FS) rJr/2022  FS Verone McKinley III, Oregon
News Source: Oregon Football
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2021 PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD FINALIST: Verone McKinley III, Oregon,...The Thorpe Award goes to the top defensive back in the nation. McKinley is the second Thorpe Award finalist in program history, joining Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (2015)...Tied for the national l ead with five interceptions...Second among Ducks with 61 tackles, third-most among Pac-12 defensive backs...Four of five INTs came in a three-game stretch in September. - Oregon Football
(DS#6 FS) rJr/2022 FS Verone McKinley III, Oregon
News Source: Oregon Football
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SEPT 20 PAC-12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Verone McKinley III, So., Safety, Oregon (Carrollton, TX),...Led the Oregon defense in a 48-7 win over Stony Brook, recording a pair of interceptions and three tackles (two solo)...Notched his second career mu lti-interception game and brought his season INT total to 3 through 3 games. 3 INT leads the Pac-12 and is tied for the most in FBS this season. Now has 8 career interceptions, 4 away from cracking the UO all-time top 10. Picked off passes in consecutive games for the second time in his career...Earned a solid 80.1 overall grade by Pro Football Focus, including a stellar 88.5 grade in pass coverage...Oregon's defense held its opponent to single-digit points for the first time since Nov. 16, 2019. The D ucks held Stony Brook scoreless in the second half while allowing just 80 total yards...2nd time McKinley has won this award with first time coming in October 2019. He's the first Duck to win the award since Jamal Hill won it after the 2020 Pac-12 Champ ionship Game...Also nominated: Drake Jackson, OLB, USC; Brendan Radley-Hiles, DB, Washington; Nate Landman, ILB, Colorado; Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah; Jimmy Wyrick, Safety, Stanford; Kyle Soelle, LB, Arizona State; Qwuantrezz Knight, DB, UCLA; Omar Speights, ILB, Oregon State. - Pac-12 Football
(DS#6 FS) rJr/2022 FS Verone McKinley III, Oregon
News Source: Pac-12 Football
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Oregon and Iowa were the big movers in The Associated Press college football poll after road wins over top-10 opponents. The Ducks' victory over Ohio State earned them a promotion from No. 12 to No. 4. Another impressive defensive performance by Iowa in the Cy-Hawk Trophy game pushed the Hawkeyes from No. 10 to No. 5. Arkansas, coming off a home win over old Southwest Conference rival Texas, was rewarded with its first appearance in the AP Top 25 in five years, coming in at No. 20. Alabama remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25, which is presented by Regions Bank. The Crimson Tide received 60 of the 63 first-place votes. Georgia, which picked up the other three first-place votes, stayed at No. 2. Oklahoma was No. 3 and followed by Oregon, Iowa, Clemson, Texas A&M, Cincinnati, Ohio State and Penn State. - AP College Football
(DS#6 FS) rJr/2022 FS Verone McKinley III, Oregon
News Source: AP College Football
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McKinley had 41 tackles with two pass breakups, a forced fumble, recovered fumble and interception last season and if he hadn't missed time due to a targeting penalty, would've done even more. His football IQ is invaluable at the position and with new st arters coming in at boundary corner and boundary safety, vital to Oregon's defense. McKinley will make the calls in the backfield and cover the most ground. "He's a coach on the field," safeties coach Marcel Yates said. "He's doing a good job with him be ing here and playing so much of not being - it's easy for a young man like him to say, 'OK I've been here I don't want to work hard.' For him he comes out every day and he works hard. He's learning the defense still but he knows it the best probably out of anybody in the room. That's always good to have somebody on the sideline helping us out." His size isn't a detriment but if McKinley were 2-3 inches taller he'd offer that much more by way of coverage. - The Oregonian
(DS#6 FS) rJr/2022 FS Verone McKinley III, Oregon
News Source: The Oregonian
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Oregon completed its fifth spring football practice Saturday, which is one more than the 2020 Ducks squeezed in before the pandemic shut everything down. Coach Mario Cristobal would still like to see a lot more before unveiling a quarterback depth chart. "Trying to get quarterback pecking order information out of me is like Fort Knox-type stuff," Cristobal said after Saturday's full-pad practice in Autzen Stadium. "So I'll hang onto that for a little bit longer and try to feed it out as it gets a little bit more clear." The "quarterback" of Oregon's secondary is already clearly defined.Verone McKinley, a safety known for his thorough film study and knack for making big plays, is the leader on the back end of a defense that features All-American Kayvon Thibodeaux at the line of scrimmage and Isaac Slade-Matautia and Noah Sewell at inside linebacker. "I feel like I'm a general back there. I've got to be the guy," McKinley said. "I feel like I have that responsibility on my shoulders and I put it on my plate in order to make sure we're leading this defense." McKinley is a fourth-year sophomore after redshirting in 2018, earning freshman all-American honors from the Football Writers Association of America in 2019 and with eligibility frozen in 202 0 due to the pandemic. During Oregon's 4-3 finish last season, the 5-foot-11, 196-pound McKinley was third on the team with 41 tackles. Slade-Matautia and Sewell finished with 45 tackles each. - Register Guard
(DS#6 FS) rJr/2022 FS Verone McKinley III, Oregon
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Oregon's secondary will have it depth tested at Washington State. Ducks starting field safety Verone McKinley III was called for targeting early in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game against Stanford and disqualified. McKinley, whose helmet hit the fa ce mask of Stanford tight end Tucker Fisk and was called targeting upon a booth review, was disqualified and will miss the first half next week. McKinley had four tackles prior to the penalty. - The Oregonian
(DS#6 FS) rJr/2022 FS Verone McKinley III, Oregon
News Source: The Oregonian
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OCT 14/WEEK 7 PAC-12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Verone McKinley III, R-Fr., S, Oregon (Carrollton, Texas),...Became just the second FBS freshman with two interceptions in a game to help Oregon hold its fifth consecutive opponent to single-digit points en route 45-3 win over Colorado...It marks the first time since 1958 that the Ducks have held five straight opponents under 10 points...Added a career-high five tackles, including four in the first half, and also tipped another pass that resulted in ano ther Oregon INT...First career interception came on third down in the red zone as was the start of three empty chances in the red zone for Colorado...Returned second INT 53 yards and it resulted in a TD on the next play and a 38-3 lead...Oregon limited i ts fifth consecutive opponent to under 300 total yards and third straight with less than 200 passing yards. Also nominated: Devin Lloyd, LB, UTAH; Jack Jones, ASU; Nate Landman, LB, COLO. - Pac-12 Football
(DS#6 FS) rJr/2022 FS Verone McKinley III, Oregon
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