TURK MCBRIDE #90

Position	Defensive End
Height	6-2
Weight	278
Years Experience	2
Birthdate	5/30/1985
Hometown	Camden, NJ
College	Tennessee
Current status	Injured Reserve
Games Started	1
Games Played	16

Pro Career

Relentless and versatile defensive lineman who can play either defensive end or defensive tackle … Enters his second season in Kansas City after joining the club as a second-round draft choice (54th overall) in 2007 … Is expected to work with DE Alfonso Boone at the club’s left defensive end post … Gained valuable experience as a rookie, seeing duty in all 16 games with one start … Should only continue to develop after spending a full off-season in the Chiefs strength and conditioning program … Quick enough to rush the passer off the edge or create penetration up the middle … Quiet performer off the field, but is a fierce competitor once he crosses the stripes … Should continue to grow under the tutelage of Chiefs defensive line coach Tim Krumrie, who was a Pro Bowl defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals … Joins forces with fellow second-year pro DT Tank Tyler and rookie DT Glenn Dorsey to form a potentially-potent trio of young talent on Kansas City’s defensive front … Has played in 16 games (one start), recording 14 tackles (12 solo), a sack (-0.0 yards), three QB pressures and one pass defensed … Also has registered four special teams tackles and four kickoff returns for 40 yards.

Transactions: Signed a four-year contract with Kansas City (7/26/07) ... Entered the NFL as Kansas City’s second-round selection (54th overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft.

2007

Played in 16 games (one start) on defense and special teams … Had 14 tackles (12 solo), a sack (-0.0 yards), three QB pressures, one pass defensed and four special teams tackles … Also had four kickoff returns for 40 yards on squib kicks … Posted one tackle at Houston (9/9) ... Recorded two tackles, a sack of Kelly Holcomb, one QB pressure and one special teams stop vs. Minnesota (9/23) ... Returned one kickoff for six yards vs. Green Bay (11/4) ... Returned one kickoff for 14 yards vs. Oakland (11/25) and vs. San Diego (12/2).

College Bio

Played in 43 games (17 starts) at Tennessee … Recorded 121 tackles (73 solo), 6.5 sacks (-42.0 yards), 20.5 tackles for loss (-74.0 yards) and 14 QB pressures … Also registered two fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and three passes defensed … Started all 13 games as a senior in 2006, with two coming at left defensive end, one at right defensive tackle and 10 at left defensive tackle … Recorded 68 tackles (42 solo), a sack (-8.0 yards), 9.0 tackles for loss (-28.0 yards) and five QB pressures … Also forced one fumble and deflected a pass … Named first-team All-Southeastern Conference by AP … Appeared in nine games as a junior in 2005 … Saw action in 13 games (four starts) at both defensive tackle and defensive end in 2004 as a sophomore … Recorded 36 tackles (22 solo), 3.0 sacks (-13.0 yards) and eight tackles for loss (-24.0 yards), six QB pressures, one pass defensed, two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles … Saw action in eight games as a true freshman in 2003 … Posted one tackle and one pass defensed … Majored in Sociology.

Personal Bio

• Earned Parade and Super Prep All-America honors as a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, New Jersey.

• Named all-state, all-area, all-conference and All-South Jersey after recording 67 tackles, 16.0 sacks, one INT, four fumble recoveries, four forced fumbles and four blocked punts as a senior.

• A four-year starter at receiver and two-year starter at defensive end.

• One of his assistant coaches was former Chiefs CB Kevin Ross.

• Tallied 60 tackles, 13.0 sacks, three fumble recoveries, two of which he returned for TDs as well as four blocked field goals in his junior campaign.

• Also posted 24 catches for 486 yards and nine TDs on offense that season.

• Competed in track and field in the shot put, discus and 100 meters.

• Full name: Claude Maurice McBride.

• Single, resides in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.