# Turk McBride

Claude Maurice "Turk" McBride (born May 30, 1985) is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League. He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played college football at Tennessee.
He was also a member of the Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears.

## Early life

McBride attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, New Jersey, where he played football for his uncle, Mike McBride and graduated in 2003. He was a four-year starter at wide receiver and a 2-year starter at defensive end. Following his senior season, McBride was named an All-American by Parade and SuperPrep. McBride also was named All-State, All-Area, All-Group 3, All-Conference and All-South for his respective areas. He set the school record for sacks in his senior year at Woodrow Wilson.

## College career

McBride divided his time between the defensive tackle and defensive end position at Tennessee. He started four games his sophomore season and the entire season his senior year. He was named the SEC defensive lineman of the week once in 2004 and once in 2006. Following the 2006 season, McBride was named to the Sporting News All SEC team.

## Professional career

Pre-draft measurables :
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
| 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 277 lb (126 kg) | 4.81 s | 4.12 s | 7.10 s | 31 in (0.79 m) | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) | 27 reps |
| All values from NFL Combine. ||||||||

### Kansas City Chiefs

McBride was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2007 NFL Draft in the second round with the 54th overall pick. He signed a three-year contract with the team on July 24, 2007. He was featured in HBO's Hard Knocks in 2007. As a rookie, he appeared in 16 games and started one. He spent most of the 2008 season on injured reserve. The Chiefs waived McBride on September 15, 2009.

### Detroit Lions

McBride was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions in September 2009.

### New Orleans Saints

After the 2010 season, he became a free agent and on July 31, 2011, he signed with the New Orleans Saints. Before the 2012 season, he re-signed with the team.

### Chicago Bears

On March 20, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears. On July 29, 2013, McBride suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon during training camp and was out for the entire 2013 season. He was released with an injury settlement on July 31.

## NFL career statistics

Legend :
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 2007 | KAN | 16 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | KAN | 9 | 9 | 41 | 25 | 16 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | DET | 11 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | DET | 15 | 8 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | NOR | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | NOR | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | Career | 66 | 24 | 125 | 78 | 47 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |