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Chris McAlister re-signed with the Ravens on 10/9/04 after being franchised for the 2003 season and the 1st part of 2004...He was originally selected by the Ravens with the 10th overall pick in the 1st round of the 1999 NFL Draft.
Highlights:
Two-time Pro Bowl cornerback who is an elite athlete with a rare blend of size, power and speed...Started in 13 games (missing 2 due to a hamstring injury) and netted 53 tackles, including 47 solo and led the team with 20 PD (4th-highest total of his career) in 2005...Earned his 2nd-consecutive Pro Bowl nod after posting 44 tackles (38 solo), 8 PD, 2 FRs (1 he returned for a TD) and 1 INT (returned for a TD) in 2004...Earned his 1st Pro Bowl nod in 2003...He also grabbed AP 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Football Weekly All-NFL and Football Digest 1st-team All-Pro honors... Played and started in 15 games, recording 52 tackles (43 solo), tied for 2nd on the team with 16 PD and had 3 INTs, including 1 returned 83 yards for a TD...In addition to his covering skills, McAlister also returned punts during the 2002 season...Returned 17 punts for 122 yards (7.2-yard average)...Posted 67 tackles (58 solo) and led the Ravens with 24 PD, despite playing in only 13 games due to an ankle injury in 2002...Earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors in Week 2 for his then-NFL-record 107-yard return of a missed FGA...Started all 16 games and 2 postseason contests in 2001, when he had 11 PD...A major factor in the 2000 Ravens' record-setting defense, as the team set a franchise mark and led the NFL with 49 take-aways, including a then-Ravens record 23 INTs (5th in the NFL)...Defense allowed only 11 TD passes all season (2nd-fewest in the league), and finished 5th in the NFL with 23 INTs, while setting the NFL 16-game record by allowing just 165 points...Was named to Football Digest's 2nd-team All-Pro squad in 2000 after picking off 4 passes (1 for a TD) and finishing 2nd on the team with 23 PD...Started the final 12 games in 1999 at LCB and was named to College & Pro Football Newsweekly's 1999 All-Rookie Team...Led the team with 27 PD and finished tied for 2nd with 5 INTs in 1999 (tied for 6th in the AFC and 2nd in the NFL among rookies behind Green Bay's Mike McKenzie, who had 6)...Was the 2nd DB picked in the '99 draft (behind Champ Bailey by Washington at the 7th position) and the 3rd defensive player tabbed overall (behind Bailey and LB Chris Claiborne, selected by Detroit at the 9th position)...His 16 INTs rank 5th on the Ravens' all-time INT list, behind teammate S Ed Reed (22), LB Ray Lewis (21), former Ravens S Rod Woodson (20) and CB Duane Starks (20).
Pro Career:
2005: Started 14 games (missing 2 due to a hamstring injury) and netted 53 tackles, including 47 solo and led the team with 20 PD (4th-highest total of his career)...2005 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Posted 4 tackles (3 solo), and 2 PD in the 48-3 win in game 14 vs. GB (12/19)...Had 3 solo tackles and led the team with 3 PD in game 13 at Den. (12/11)...Netted 5 tackles (4 solo), including 1 TFL, and 1 PD, in game 8 vs. Cin. (11/6)...Posted 6 solo tackles (tying for the secondary lead) and 2 PD in game 7 at Pit. (10/31)...Recorded 6 tackles (5 solo) and 1 PD in game 6 at Chi. (10/23)...Posted 3 tackles and picked up his 1st INT of the season in game 4 at Det. (10/9)...Started and posted 5 tackles and led the team with 2 PD in game 1 vs. Ind. (9/11).
2004: Named to his 2nd consecutive Pro Bowl in 2004, while playing in 15 games, starting 14...Inactive once (vs. Dal. 11/21) and saw limited action at NE (11/28) due to shoulder injury...Finished the season with 44 tackles (38 solo), 8 PD and 2 FRs...Had 2 TDs, returning an INT 51 yards for a TD vs. Pit. (9/19) and recovering an Ed Reed fumble vs. Cin. (12/5) after Reed intercepted the pass; McAlister took it 64 yards into the end zone for 1 TD...2004 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Had 3 tackles (2 solo), including 1 TFL and a PD in the 30-23 victory in the season finale vs. Mia. (1/2/05)...Started and had 3 solo tackles in game 12 vs. Cin. (12/5)...McAlister picked up an Ed Reed fumble (following an INT) and raced 64 yards for a TD against the Bengals...Netted 1 tackle and 1 PD as he helped the Ravens' defense hold the Redskins to 107 total yards (2nd-lowest total in team history), including a franchise-record low 55 net yards passing in game 5 at Was. (10/10)...Tied for the lead in the secondary with 7 tackles (4 solo) and 2 PD, 1 of which he returned 51 yards for a TD (3rd INT return for a TD in his career), in 30-13 win in game 2 vs. Pit. (9/19).
2003: Earned his 1st Pro Bowl nod in 2003...He also grabbed AP 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Football Weekly All-NFL and Football Digest 1st-team All-Pro honors...Played and started in 15 games, recording 52 tackles (43 solo), tied for 2nd on the team with 16 PD and had 3 INTs, including 1 he returned 83 yards for a TD...Shadowed Pro Bowl WR Derrick Mason and held him to 3 receptions for 28 yards, while posting 3 solo tackles, 2 PD and moved into 2nd place on the Ravens' all-time postseason INT list with the 3rd of his career in the Wild Card loss vs. Ten. (1/3/04)...2003 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Shadowed the AFC?s receiving yardage leader, Chad Johnson, and held him to 2 receptions for 15 yards, while recording 1 solo tackle and helped force QB Jon Kitna into 2 INTs in game 13 vs. Cin. (12/7)...Continued to play at a torrid pace, as he held WR Terrell Owens to 3 receptions for 23 yards and 0 TDs in 44-6 rout in game 12 vs. SF (11/30)...Blanketed the NFL's leading receiver Torry Holt, allowing him only 3 receptions for 38 yards and posted 2 solo tackles as the defense allowed the league's No. 1-rated offense just 121 yards in game 9 at STL (11/9)...Started and posted 4 tackles (3 solo) and 1 PD in game 6 at Cin. (10/19)...Started at LCB and had 4 tackles (3 solo) in game 5 at Ari. (10/12)...McAlister also posted his 1st-career multi-INT game, returning the 2nd 83 yards (3rd-longest in franchise history) for a TD against the Cardinals.
2002: Saw action in 13 games, starting 12...Missed 3 games due to an ankle injury suffered on a punt at Atl. (11/3)...Finished the season with 67 tackles (58 solo), 1 FF and 1 INT...Led the team with 24 PD...2002 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Started at CB in game 15 vs. Cle. (12/22)...Posted 8 tackles against the Browns...Returned in game 12 at Cin. (12/1) and played in mostly nickel situations after missing the previous 3 games with an ankle injury...Amassed 6 tackles (4 solo) and led team with 3 PD against the Bengals...Inactive games 9-11 with an ankle injury...Started at LCB in 17-10 win in game 6 vs. Jax. (10/20) and had 5 solo tackles and 1 PD...Part of a defensive backfield that did not allow a TD pass and forced QB Mark Brunell into 3 INTs...Started at RCB and logged 7 tackles in game 3 vs. Den. (9/30)...McAlister also led the team with 4 PD on Monday Night Football...Set a then-NFL record for longest play with a 107-yard return for a TD on Jason Elam?s missed FGA in the closing seconds of the 1st half against the Broncos, earning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors.
2001: Started all 16 games at CB and was 6th on the team with 69 tackles (59 solo), an INT and 10 PD for the season...2001 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Recorded 1 assist and 1 PD in 20-3 Wild Card win at Mia. (1/13/02), as the defense held the Dolphins to 151 total yards, a team-postseason record...Made 3 tackles (2 solo) in 26-7 win in game 4 vs. Ten. (10/7), as the defense allowed only 185 total yards and no TDs...Recorded 1 tackle in 20-13 win in game 3 at Den. (9/30)...Returned punts in place of injured WR/KR Jermaine Lewis (thigh) in game 2 at Cin. (9/23)...Returned 5 punts for 44 yards, including a 24-yard return...Recorded 5 tackles (3 solo) on defense.
2000: Named to Football Digest's All-Pro 2nd-Team...In the playoffs, McAlister recorded 17 tackles, led the team with 8 PD and had 1 of Baltimore's 10 INTs...Posted 49 tackles (39 solo), 4 INTs and had 23 PD...2000 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Recorded 2 tackles, 1 PD and a 4-yard INT off QB Kerry Collins in the 34-7 Super Bowl XXXV win over the NYG (1/28/01)...Finished 2nd on the team, tops in the secondary, with 7 tackles and had a team-high 3 PD in the Ravens' 21-3 AFC Wild Card win over the Broncos (12/31)...Won DirecTV's Play of the Week Award in the Ravens? 34- 20 win in game 16 vs. NYJ (12/24) when he stepped in front of a Vinny Testaverde pass on the 2-yard line and raced 98 yards for the Ravens' 1st and only defensive TD of the regular season...Was the longest INT return in team history (tied with Chad Williams - 2002) and 2nd-longest in the NFL in 2000...Also had 5 tackles and 4 PD.
1999: Had a solid rookie season by leading the team with 27 PD and finished tied for 2nd on the team with 5 INTs...(tied for 6th in the AFC, 2nd in the NFL among rookies behind GB's Mike McKenzie (6)...Started final 12 games at LCB and finished 9th on the team with 58 tackles...Named to College & Pro Football Newsweekly's 1999 All-Rookie Team...1999 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Had 2 stops and recorded his 5th INT of the season in the season finale at NE (1/2/00)...Picked off QB Drew Bledsoe in the 4th quarter at the Ravens 2-yard line on a deep pass intended for Shawn Jefferson...Had 6 tackles and a team-high 4 PD in 31-24 win in game 13 at Pit. (12/12)...Had 4 stops and intercepted his 4th pass of the season in the Ravens' 41-14 win in game 12 vs. Ten. (12/5)...Finished 2nd on the team with a career-high 10 tackles in game 7 vs. Buf. (10/31), and recorded his 3rd INT of the season...Also had 3 PD...Made 1st NFL start at LCB in game 5 at Ten. (10/10) and credited with 4 tackles...Picked off his 1st-career pass in season opener at STL (9/12).
College Career:
Won unanimous All-America 1st-team honors and was an All-Pac 10 1st-team choice for 3 straight seasons...Only the 7th player in college football history (1st in Arizona history) to return a kickoff, punt and INT for TDs in the same season (1998)...His 18 INTs (including bowl games) at the end of his Arizona career ranked 3rd on the school's career-record chart behind Chuck Cecil (21, 1984-87) and Jackie Wallace (20, 1970-72)...Concluded Arizona career with 122 tackles, 11 TFL, 3 FFs, 15 INTs (2 for TDs) for a 16.2-yard return average, 43 KORs, including 2 100-yard TDs, for a 25.5-yard average and 5 PRs, 1 for a 65-yard TD, for a 20.8-yard average...One of 3 finalists for the Jim Thorpe Award as a senior in 1998...Winner of the Mosi Tatupu Special Teams Player of the Year Award...Started 11 games at weakside CB...Finished with 34 tackles, a team-leading 15 PD and 5 INTs for 64 yards and a TD...Blocked 2 kicks...Returned 5 punts for 104 yards (20.8- yard avg.) and a score...Also scored a TD on a KOR, and averaged 29.5 yards on 8 KORs...He also returned a kickoff for a school-record 100-yard TD against Hawaii...Earned 1st-team All-Pac 10 honors as a junior in 1997, as he finished with 43 tackles (37 solo), a team-leading 4 INTs (for 45 yards) and 5 PD...Also had 1 FF and blocked a kick...In the Insight.com Bowl vs. New Mexico, he intercepted a pass, deflected 2 others and recorded 4 solo tackles...In his 1st year as a Wildcat in 1996, he won All-Pac 10 1st-team honors after recording 45 tackles (36 solo), with 2 sacks for 18 yards...He also had 2 FF and 5 PD...Ranked 5th in the nation with 6 INTs for 103 yards (including a TD)...Gained 526 yards, including a 100-yard TD vs. UCLA on 20 KORs (26.3-yard average)... Was a family studies major, with an emphasis in broadcasting...Earned All-State honors as a CB at Mt. San Antonio Junior College in Walnut, CA in 1995.
Personal:
Returned 3 punts and 2 INTs for TDs...Won Conference Player of the Year and California's MVP at Pasadena (CA) HS in 1995...Threw for 1,153 yards and rushed for 1,302 yards as a QB in his senior year...Named Conference Player of the Year and football MVP...Had his jersey retired (No. 9) at Pasadena HS in 2001...Lettered in football and track...His father, James, was a 1st-team All-American RB at UCLA in 1972-73, and later played for Southern California of the WFL and the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots in the NFL...In 2000 and 2002, McAlister participated in "Ravens Football 101," a workshop for over 300 woman focusing on football skills...McAlister made a $100,000 contribution to his church, Victory Full Gospel Baptist Church in Monrovia, CA...He also gave $9,000 towards their Youth Ministry...The Chris McAlister Foundation holds an annual golf tournament to help raise money for the Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena, CA...Participated in Anthony Mitchell's football camp in June 2002...Also helped college teammate and current Buffalo Bills LB DaShon Polk at his football camp in June 2002...Participated in former teammate and current Arizona Cardinal CB Duane Starks celebrity golf tournament in May 2002...Mentors kids at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center and the Echo House...Invited 31 children from the Echo House to the M&T Bank Stadium game against the Cincinnati Bengals (12/23/01) and has expanded the program in the last 2 years...Donates food to at-risk children and needy families during the holiday seasons through his foundation...Provided turkey and prepared meals for the Echo House and served as tennis coach for the Pam Shriver Celebrity Tennis Challenge at the First Mariner Arena in 2002, 2003 and 2004...The county of Los Angeles held a luncheon to honor McAlister's outstanding athletic and community achievement on 6/21/01...Maintains a special relationship with the Echo House Multi-Cultural Center in Baltimore, where he visits often...Helped to refurbish homes with Sandtown Habitat for Humanity in October and November 2004 in the Ravens' 6-week long project, culminating in the NFL/United Way Hometown Huddle...For Thanksgiving, McAlister donated and personally distributed 200 turkey dinners to families at the Echo House and First Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church...In December 2004, McAlister visited with young patients in the pediatrics unit of Johns Hopkins Outpatient Services...He donated 3 27" televisions, 3 PlayStation2 consoles and several games to the center for the holidays...After unwrapping the gifts, McAlister stayed to challenge the youth to a few games...Has a special relationship with the young men of Aunt Hatties Place, a residential home for boys, where he frequently visits and plans outings...In Dec. 2005, participated in the Ravens ACT Auction Party, with funds benefiting the RACTF and player foundations...Provided Thanksgiving dinners to 210 families from the Echo House Multi-Cultural Center and First Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church in 2005...Hosted his 2nd annual Halloween party for 210 needy children at Larry Sheets Players in Westminster last October: The kids were treated to food, games and fun for over 2 hours...He also hosted his 1st Baltimore-area golf tournament in May 2006, with funds benefiting The Chris McAlister Foundation...Full name: Christopher James McAlister. |
