Kai McClendon

Spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons at Mississippi State … after playing in 12 games as a true freshman in 2024, missed the 2025 season due to an injury suffered in the spring of 2025 … played in all 12 games in 2024, starting the final five of the season, as a true freshman … finished the 2024 season with 30 total tackles, including two for a loss and half of a sack … prepped at Gulfport (Miss.) High School … as a senior in 2023, credited with 63 tackles, including eight tackles for loss, as Gulfport reached the first round of the state’s 7A playoffs … as a junior, the Admirals went 9-3 and earned a berth in the 6A state playoffs … also reached the 6A playoffs as a sophomore in 2021.