Dexter McCoil

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Dexter McCoil
No. 38 San Diego Chargers
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1991-09-05) September 5, 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth: Metairie, Louisiana
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Career information
High school: Lutcher (LA)
College: Tulsa
Undrafted: 2013
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards

Dexter McCoil (born September 5, 1991) is an American football linebacker of the National Football League (NFL), who is currently a member of the San Diego Chargers. He played college football at Tulsa.

He also played for the Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Kiss and [[Edmonton Eskimos Let's go Chargers.

Early years

McCoil attended Lutcher High School in Lutcher, Louisiana Where he helped lead the Bulldogs to the 2008 3A State Championship. He was ranked as the 58th top prospect in the state of Louisiana by Rivals.com.[1] He was named the District MVP following his senior season.[1] He was an honorable mention all-state in his Senior season.[1] He also earned the all-district, all-metro and all-River Parish honors following both his Junior and Senior seasons at high school.[1]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Dexter McCoil
Safety		 Lutcher, Louisiana Lutcher High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 168 lb (76 kg) 4.6 (According to scout.com) Jan 20, 2009 
Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 97 (WLB)   Rivals: NR (S), NR (National), 58 (Louisiana)
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  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

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College career

McCoil was named the Defensive MVP following his performance in the 2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl.[1] He also earned second-team all-Conference USA honors following his Junior season.[2] Prior to his Senior season, He was selected on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List[3] and also selected on the Jim Thorpe Award Watch List.[4] In his four seasons at Tulsa, He finished with a total of 315 tackles, 18 Interceptions, 43 passes defensed and one forced fumble.[5]

Professional career

Oakland Raiders

On April 27, 2013, he signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent.[6]

Los Angeles Kiss

On February 17, 2014, he was assigned to the Los Angeles Kiss of the Arena Football League (AFL).[7]

Edmonton Eskimos

On May 31, 2014, He signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.[8] He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award in 2014 for recording 67 tackles, four sacks and tying for the league lead with six interceptions.[9] McCoil and the Eskimos had a contract dispute during the 2015 CFL season as he claimed that he was not offered the 1-year contract (with a player option to extend to 2 years), rather he claimed the Eskimos only offered him the minimum 2-year contract. On the field McCoil continued to be a key cog in the Eskimos defense recording 76 defensive tackles, two sacks, three interceptions and a fumble recovery. On December 6, 2015, after winning the 103rd Grey Cup to close the season, the Eskimos announced they had reached a settlement of all outstanding matters with Dexter McCoil, the CFL and the CFLPA. Effective immediately and until May 1, 2016, McCoil is free to attempt to sign with an NFL team. Should McCoil be unsuccessful in securing an NFL standard player contract for the 2016 NFL season, he has entered into an agreement to play for the Eskimos for the 2016 and 2017 CFL seasons.[10]

San Diego Chargers

On January 12, 2016, he signed with the San Diego Chargers after coming off a stellar 2015 season with the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League.[11] The chargers have tried him out at linebacker and at Safety during the off season workouts.[12]

Personal life

His second cousin is Free Agent cornerback Corey Webster.[1]

References

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  11. ↑ http://www.chargers.com/news/2016/01/12/chargers-agree-terms-cfl-standout-dexter-mccoil
  12. ↑ http://www.chargers.com/news/2016/04/25/dexter-mccoil-stands-out-offseason-program

External links

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