Okay, so let’s get this off our chest from the jump. Takkarist McKinley has All-Name Team written all over him.
McKinley has had an interesting road to the NFL thus far. Out of high school he committed to Cal, but didn’t have the grades, so he went the JuCo route. He then transferred to UCLA, where he played for three seasons. After a 4 sack season during his junior year, he finally broke out during his senior campaign with 10 sacks, including 3 versus Utah.
McKinkley is a bit unique in that he played JuCo, but didn’t take a redshirt year, so he’s gonna be 21 for about half of his first season in the NFL, a very intriguing detail for most NFL teams.