A Bengals seventh-round draft choice in 2009, McDonald saw his first game action last season … Played in eight games following midseason signing from Cincinnati practice squad … Logged four tackles … Primary position is DT, but can also play DE.
A Bengals seventh-round draft choice in 2009, McDonald saw his first game action last season … Played in eight games following midseason signing from Cincinnati practice squad … Logged four tackles … Primary position is DT, but can also play DE.
2010 RECAP: Played all five preseason games and logged 13 tackles (tied for sixth), with a shared sack … Waived Sept. 4 and signed to practice squad Sept. 5 … Signed Nov. 8 to 53-player roster … Played in Games 8-11 and 13-16 … Active-DNP for Game 12 … Made NFL debut Nov. 8 vs. Pittsburgh, recording one tackle … One QB pressure Nov. 21 vs. Buffalo … One QB pressure Dec. 12 at Pittsburgh … One tackle Dec. 19 vs. Pittsburgh and Jan. 2 at Baltimore.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2009 - Drafted by Bengals in seventh round (249th overall) … Played in three preseason games, and his five tackles included a sack Sept. 3 vs. Indianapolis … Waived on Sept. 5, and signed to practice squad on Sept. 6 … On practice squad for all 16 games, plus Wild Card playoff 1-9-10 vs. N.Y. Jets.
COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2005-08) at Memphis … Totaled 11.5 sacks among his 141 career tackles, playing 48 games with 33 starts … First-team All-Conference USA as a senior, with team-leading seven sacks … Was the only junior to be voted as one of two permanent captains during the tenure of head coach Tommy West, and he retained that role as a senior … Tied school record for sacks in a game when he got four against Arkansas State as a senior, earning C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honors.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Jacksonville, Ark. … Three-year letterman at Jacksonville High School, where he earned Class 5-A all-state honors and was named to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s 5-A Top Prospects list … At Memphis, was listed twice on Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
