American football player
.jpg) McFadden with Indiana in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 41 – New York Giants | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | (2000-01-03) January 3, 2000 (age 25) Tampa, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Henry B. Plant (South Tampa, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Indiana (2018–2021) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2022 / round: 5 / pick: 146 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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Micah McFadden (born January 3, 2000) is an American professional football player who is a linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Indiana.
Early life
McFadden played at Plant High School in Tampa, Florida under head coach Robert Weiner. As a senior in high school, McFadden was named first-team all-state. He was a three-star recruit.
College career
McFadden played for the Indiana Hoosiers as a linebacker. As a freshman, he played 12 games and had 20 tackles and a forced fumble. As a sophomore, his role increased and had a combined 61 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble. McFadden was named IU’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. As a junior, he led the team in tackles with 58, had six sacks and grabbed two interceptions. McFadden was honored as Indiana’s Anthony Thompson Most Valuable Player. As a senior he had 77 tackles, 6.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 1+1⁄8 in (1.86 m) |
240 lb (109 kg) |
31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) |
9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) |
4.63 s | 1.54 s | 2.62 s | 4.15 s | 6.88 s | 35.0 in (0.89 m) |
9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
21 reps | |
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The New York Giants selected McFadden in the fifth round (146th overall) of the 2022 NFL draft. McFadden was the 14th linebacker drafted in 2022. The New York Giants acquired the pick used to draft McFadden in a trade that sent their original third round pick (36th overall) to the New York Jets for a third (38th overall) and fifth round pick (146th overall) in the 2022 NFL Draft.
On May 13, 2022, the New York Giants signed McFadden to a four-year, $4.01 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $355,708.
In Week 8 against the Seattle Seahawks, McFadden recorded his first career sack against quarterback Geno Smith in a 27–13 loss.
NFL career statistics
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | QBHits | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2022 | NYG | 17 | 7 | 59 | 36 | 23 | 2.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | NYG | 16 | 14 | 101 | 63 | 38 | 1.0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Career | 33 | 21 | 160 | 99 | 61 | 3.0 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
References
- Dopirak, Dustin (April 28, 2022). "Indiana's Micah McFadden hopes to break through in NFL draft with toughness, football IQ". heraldtimesonline.com. The Herald-Times. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- "NFL Draft Profile: Micah McFadden, Linebacker, Indiana Hoosiers". FanNation.com. January 10, 2022.
- "Micah McFadden - Football". Indiana Hoosiers Athletics. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- "Micah McFadden Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- "2022 Draft Scout Micah McFadden, Indiana NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- "Giants draft Indiana LB Micah McFadden with 146th pick". Giants.com. April 29, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- "Spotrac.com: Micah McFadden contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- Citak, Matt (November 2, 2022). "Giants Now: Tomon Fox, Micah McFadden among top rookies of Week 8". Giants.com. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
External links
| New York Giants 2022 NFL draft selections | |
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