Brice McCain

{{Short description|American football player (born 1986)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Brice McCain.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = McCain with the Miami Dolphins in 2015

| current_team =

| number = 41, 21, 25, 24, 23

| position = Cornerback

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|10}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lbs = 190

| high_school = Terrell (TX)

| college = Utah

| draftyear = 2009

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 188

| pastteams =

| status =

| highlights =

  • First-team All-MW (2008)
  • Second-team All-MW (2007)

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 238

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 0.5

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 1

| statlabel4 = Pass deflections

| statvalue4 = 62

| statlabel5 = Interceptions

| statvalue5 = 11

| statlabel6 = Defensive touchdowns

| statvalue6 = 2

| pfr = McCaBr99

}}

Brice Antwion McCain{{Cite web |title=Brice McCain Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McCaBr99.htm |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} (born December 10, 1986) is an American former professional football cornerback. He was selected by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL draft. He also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins, and Tennessee Titans. He played college football at Utah.

Early life

McCain attended Terrell High School in Terrell, Texas, where he was all-district as a running back and defensive back. He played cornerback, wide receiver and running back and returned punts and kickoffs. He also lettered in basketball and track, running 100 meters in 10.3 seconds, and was a member of the 400m relay team that placed second in the state (40.6 seconds).

He was considered a two-star recruit by Rivals.com.[https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Brice-McCain-35644 Brice McCain - Yahoo Sports]

College career

McCain attended the University of Utah from 2005 to 2008. He totaled 103 tackles in his career, with three interceptions and 21 pass breakups. He was a two-time all-MWC selection.

Professional career

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 5

| height in = 8 7/8

| weight = 185

| dash = 4.33

| ten split = 1.47

| twenty split = 2.51

| shuttle = 3.99

| cone drill = 6.74

| vertical = 36.5

| broad ft = 10

| broad in = 3

| bench = 12

| note = All values from Pro Day{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=72670&DraftYear=2009 |title=2009 NFL Draft Scout Brice McCain College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=March 16, 2024}}

}}

=Houston Texans=

McCain was selected by the Houston Texans in the sixth round (188th pick) of the 2009 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2009 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2009/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

After five seasons with the Texans, he was released on March 11, 2014.[http://www.khou.com/sports/Report-Texans-release-CB-Brice-McCain-249567201.html Texans release CB Brice McCain] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311223536/http://www.khou.com/sports/Report-Texans-release-CB-Brice-McCain-249567201.html |date=March 11, 2014 }}

=Pittsburgh Steelers=

McCain signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers on April 1, 2014.[https://www.nfl.com/news/brice-mccain-signs-1-year-deal-with-pittsburgh-steelers-0ap2000000338666 Brice McCain signs 1-year deal with Pittsburgh Steelers]

McCain recorded his first interception as a Steeler in the Week 5 matchup against the Jaguars. He intercepted Blake Bortles and returned it for the second touchdown of his career. In the week 17 game against the Bengals, he intercepted Andy Dalton twice. Once in the first quarter with Dalton overthrowing a pass. The other was a tipped pass. The Steelers would go on to win that game 27-17.

=Miami Dolphins=

On March 11, 2015, he signed a two-year, $5.5 million contract with the Miami Dolphins. The deal included $3 million guaranteed.[http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/11/dolphins-sign-brice-mccain-and-some-other-guy-is-there-too/ Dolphins sign Brice McCain, and some other guy is there too] He was released by the Dolphins on February 12, 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000635966/article/dolphins-cut-quinton-coples-brice-mccain |title=Miami Dolphins cut Quinton Coples, Brice McCain |website=NFL.com |date=February 12, 2016 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |author=Sessler, Marc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212232626/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000635966/article/dolphins-cut-quinton-coples-brice-mccain |archive-date=February 12, 2016 }}

=Tennessee Titans=

On March 2, 2016, McCain signed a two-year deal with the Tennessee Titans worth $5 million, reuniting him with former Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau.{{cite web|title=Brice McCain, Tennessee Titans agree to two-year deal|url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000640714/article/brice-mccain-tennessee-titans-agree-to-twoyear-deal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303102325/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000640714/article/brice-mccain-tennessee-titans-agree-to-twoyear-deal|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2016|author=Patra, Kevin|website=NFL.com|date=March 2, 2016|access-date=July 11, 2017}}

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="2"| Legend

Bold

| Career high

=Regular season=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2009HOU

| 16 || 1 || 15 || 14 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2010HOU

| 12 || 3 || 25 || 20 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2011HOU

| 16 || 0 || 28 || 27 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 2 || 48 || 1 || 38 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2012HOU

| 12 || 2 || 24 || 20 || 4 || 0.5 || 0 || 1 || 86 || 0 || 86 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2013HOU

| 16 || 4 || 32 || 25 || 7 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2014PIT

| 14 || 9 || 25 || 16 || 9 || 0.0 || 0 || 3 || 56 || 1 || 31 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 26 || 0

2015MIA

| 14 || 11 || 39 || 31 || 8 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2016TEN

| 16 || 10 || 38 || 31 || 7 || 0.0 || 1 || 2 || 33 || 0 || 33 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2017TEN

| 16 || 1 || 12 || 9 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|13241238193450.51112232866201260

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2011HOU

| 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2014PIT

| 1 || 1 || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2017TEN

| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|526510.00000020000

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