Tim McDonald
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 6, 1965 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Fresno, California | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Fresno (CA) Edison | ||||||||||||
| College: | USC | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1987 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34 | ||||||||||||
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| Games played: | 191 |
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| Games started: | 187 |
| Tackles: | 1,263 |
| Interceptions: | 40 |
| Fumbles recovered: | 16 |
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Timothy McDonald (born January 6, 1965) is a former American college and professional football player who was a strong safety in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. McDonald played college football for the University of Southern California (USC), and was honored as an All-American. A second-round pick in the 1987 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the Phoenix Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. Upon the conclusion of his playing career, McDonald entered coaching, most recently serving as the defensive backs coach for the Buffalo Bills.
McDonald was born in Fresno, California. He played high school football at Edison High School in Fresno.
Named prep All-American, All-California, All-Northern California, all-metro and league MVP at both safety and QB at Edison High School ... Completed 56.9 percent of his passes for 2,739 yards and 30 TDs ... Rushed for 400 yards and six TDs ... Credited with five INTs and 123 tackles on defense.
He attended the University of Southern California (USC), and majored in business administration at what is now the Marshall School of Business. As a three-year starter, he accumulated 325 tackles and 11 interceptions. He was a consensus All-American as a senior in 1986, and followed a prominent list of All-American safeties who attended USC, such as Dennis Thurman, Ronnie Lott, Dennis Smith, Joey Browner, Charles Phillips, Artimus Parker, Mike Battle, and Mark Carrier. McDonald is one of only six safeties named on the Walter Camp All-Century Team selected in 1999, celebrating the greatest college football players of the twentieth century. He was also a finalist as a senior for the Jim Thorpe Award and the Defensive Player of the Game in the 1987 East–West Shrine Game.
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