Draft Scout Snapshot: DS Rating on 8/24/08: #7 ILB, #112/750 Overall, Projected Rnd: 4
2007: 12 GP; 12 GS; 98 Sol-151 TT, 9 TFL, 3 SK, 1 INT, 7 PBU, 1 QBH, 2 FR, 2 FF; Enters his senior year holding status as one of the nation's finest defensive players…a candidate for the Butkus Award, Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award…paced the entire country in tackles, averaging 12.58 per game, and ranked second in solos (8.17 avg.)…was the centerpiece of one of Pitt's finest defensive units in recent memory..the Panthers finished fifth nationally in total defense, yielding just 297.67 yards per game…named to four different All-America squads at season's end, including Scout.com (first team), Sports Illustrated (second team), CollegeFootballNews.com (second team) and The Associated Press (third team)…named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year by CollegeFootballNews.com…McKillop finished with 151 total tackles, perhaps none bigger than his effort to stop West Virginia's Steve Slaton on a 4th-and-3 situation late in the fourth quarter of Pitt's 13- 9 upset of the Mountaineers…2006: 12 GP; 0 GS; 18 Sol-29 TT, 2 TFL, 1 SK, 1 PBU, 1 QBH; Primary backup at middle linebacker...compiled a career-high 29 tackles on the season... 2005: 11 GP; 0 GS; 13 Sol-27 TT; In his first active collegiate season, lettered as the chief backup at middle linebacker...played in all 11 games and had 27 tackles on the season...saw his most extensive playing time at middle linebacker when Blades went down with an early injury at West Virginia...McKillop came on in relief and collected a career-high 13 stops versus the Mountaineers...2004: Redshirted as a true freshman...has two brothers, including Chris, who is a senior defensive lineman at Pitt...brother Robert was a heavyweight wrestler at Slippery Rock University.
Post-Draft Outlook: COULD SURPRISE: Pittsburgh linebacker Scott McKillop, whom the 49ers selected in the fifth round, should be a special-teams standout early in his career and a really good player alongside Patrick Willis for a long time. McKillop will have the luxury of learning from veteran Takeo Spikes, as well as Hall of Fame coach Singletary. A closer look at the 49ers' picks: Round 5/146 - Scott McKillop, ILB, 6-1, 245, Pittsburgh...The 49ers are in need of depth behind Patrick Willis and Takeo Spikes at inside linebacker, and the club got it with the addition of the Big East defensive player of the year. McKillop, known as a hard-nosed competitor, should be an immediate contributor on special teams. - by The Sports Xchange
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