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Cedric McKinnon Fullback/Linebacker
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| Photo by Chris Arnold |
Height: 6-2
Weight: 245
Date of Birth: 2/2/68
College: Bethune-Cookman
Year-by-Year:
1992: Made his AFL debut with the Cleveland Thunderbolts....Led the 'Bolts with a career-high four sacks...Rushed for 120 yards on 27 carries for an eye-popping 4.4-yards per carry average...Scored seven touchdowns---six rushing, one receiving...Added a career-high 31 tackles...Helped the Thunderbolts to their first and only playoff appearance.1993: Led the Thunderbolts with 117 yards on 30 carries...On defense, had 20 tackles, four assists and 2.5 sacks.
1994: Second on the Thunderbolts in rushing with 101 yards; he played in the same backfield with QB Major Harris, the league's all-time leading rusher...Added two sacks on defense and scored two touchdowns on offense.
1995: Joined the Storm off of waivers after the Thunderbolts folded in the off-season...Named to the All-AFL second team at fullback/linebackers....Led the league in rushing with 222 yards on 53 carries, in spite of missing four games because of injury...Rushed for 13 touchdowns and added the first touchdown pass of his career vs. Orlando (7/14)...Scored two touchdowns in playoff win over Memphis (8/12); also added 25 yards on the ground...Also had two touchdowns in playoff win over Albany (8/18) and rushed for 34 yards on seven carries for a 4.9-yards per carry average...Rushed for 58 yards in regular season win over Memphis (7/4)...Scored four touchdowns in win at Milwaukee (8/4), setting a team record.
1996: Again led the Storm in rushing and finished seventh in the league with 166 yards on 49 carries...Missed last five games of the regular season due to a kneee injury suffered against Charlotte (6/29) but returned in time for the playoffs...Gained 51 yards on eight carries and scored three touchdowns vs. Orlando (5/18)...Posted sacks in back-to-back games at Anaheim (6/15) and Memphis (6/22)...Ended the season with three sacks for 27 yards in losses.
1997: Plagued by injuries all year, he missed three games in May with a foot injury and missed the last five games of the season with a shoulder injury...Only played in four games all season...Gained nine yards on seven carries and scored a touchdown in opening-night win at Arizona (5/3)...Did not play again until recording two tackles against Milwaukee (5/30)...Ran two times for 11 yards and had two tackles against New York (6/21)...Had a tackle and one yard on the ground at Orlando (6/27)...Placed on the injured reserve list with the shoulder injury on July 10.
1998: Deactivated against San Jose (5/1), Nashville (5/9) and Houston (5/16)...Activated for the first time in 1998, he broke up a pass, made two tackles and recorded a sack on defense, and lost two yards on three carries on offense against Florida (5/23)...Deactivated against New Jersey (5/30), New York (6/6), Orlando (6/12) and Albany (6/20)...Recorded two total tackles, including one unassisted, against Orlando (7/27)...Deactivated against Houston (7/2), Florida (7/12) and Nashville (7/17)...Placed on the suspended list by the league on 7/22 for one year.
Career Highlights: Ranks third on the league's all-time rushing list with 745 yards...Only current teammate Les Barley and former teammate Major Harris rank ahead of him...Played for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League in 1991 before joining the AFL.
AFL Statistics
RECEIVING Year Team REC YDS AVG LG TD ---------------------------------------------- 1992 Cleveland 6 36 6.0 -- 1 1993 Cleveland 0 0 0.0 0 0 1994 Cleveland 4 14 3.5 -- 1 1995 Tampa Bay 3 15 5.0 10 0 1996 Tampa Bay 2 26 13.0 20 1 1997 Tampa Bay 0 0 0.0 0 0 1998 Tampa Bay 0 0 0.0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------- CAREER TOTALS 15 91 6.1 20 3 RUSHING Year Team RUSH YDS AVG LG TD ---------------------------------------------- 1992 Cleveland 27 120 4.4 23 6 1993 Cleveland 30 117 3.9 17 1 1994 Cleveland 28 101 3.6 16 2 1995 Tampa Bay 53 222 4.2 22 13 1996 Tampa Bay 49 166 3.3 15 8 1997 Tampa Bay 10 21 2.1 9 1 1998 Tampa Bay 3 -2 -0.7 1 0 ---------------------------------------------- CAREER TOTALS 200 745 3.7 23 31 DEFENSE Year Team TKL AST SKS YDS FF-FR INT YDS TD ------------------------------------------------------------- 1992 Cleveland 31 4 4 -- 1-1 0 0 0 1993 Cleveland 20 4 2.5 15 0-1 0 0 0 1994 Cleveland 6 4 2 14 0-0 0 0 0 1995 Tampa Bay 11 1 1 4 0-2 0 0 0 1996 Tampa Bay 10 4 3 27 0-1 0 0 0 1997 Tampa Bay 6 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1998 Tampa Bay 3 1 1 5 0-0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- CAREER TOTALS 87 20 13.5 65 1-5 0 0 0