Three-time Pro Bowl CB who is widely considered one of the elite cornerbacks in the league
A rare blend of size and speed, McAlister essentially cuts the field in half with his coverage skills
His 23 INTs rank 3rd on the Ravens’ all-time INT list, behind only S Ed Reed (34) and LB Ray Lewis (25)
“C-mac” enters 2008 with 471 career tackles (404 solo), 153 PD, 23 INTs (4 returned for TDs), 6 FRs and 2 FFs
Named to his 3rd Pro Bowl in 2006 when he led the NFL’s No. 1-rated defense, which posted a league-best 28 INTs, with a career-high 6 INTs, 2 of which he returned for TDs
Started all 16 games for the 3rd time in his career, posting 56 tackles and led the NFL with 25 PD in 2006
Earned his 2nd-consecutive Pro Bowl nod 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
Earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors in Week 2 (2002) for his then-NFL-record 107-yard return of a missed FGA
Was named to Football Digest’s 2nd-team All-Pro squad in 2000 after picking off 4 passes (1 for a TD)
Started the final 12 games in 1999 at LCB and was named to College & Pro Football Newsweekly’s 1999 All-Rookie Team
Chris McAlister re-signed with the Ravens on 10/9/04 after being franchised for the 2003 season and the 1st part of 2004
Originally selected by the Ravens with the 10th-overall pick in the 1st round of the 1999 NFL Draft
2007: Started all 8 games in which he played (missed 8 games due to a knee injury)
Posted 23 tackles (19 solo), 10 PD and 1 INT before being placed on Injured Reserve (knee) on 12/12
2007 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Started for the 1st time in 3 weeks due to a knee injury, posting 4 tackles and 2 PD in game 10 vs. Cle. (11/18)
Was agame-day inactive (knee) in games 7-9
Had 5 tackles (4 solo), 1 PD and 1 INT (part of the Ravens’ franchise-single-game-record 5 INTs) in the 22-3 win in game 6 vs. STL (10/14)
Started and had 1 PD in game 4 at Cle. (9/30)
Led the team with 7 tackles (6 solo) and 2 PD in the 26-23 win in game 3 vs. Ari. (9/23)
Posted 2 solo tackles and tied for the team lead with 3 PD, while helping pressure QB Kellen Clemens into 2 INTs in the 20-13 win in game 2 vs. NYJ (9/16)
Recorded 3 solo tackles and 1 PD in game 1 at Cin. (9/10)
2006: Named to his 3rd Pro Bowl on 12/19/06
Started all 16 games for the 3rd time in his career, posting 56 tackles
Led the NFL with 25 PD (2nd-highest total of his career)
Led the NFL’s No. 1-rated defense, which posted a league-best 28 INTs, with a career-high 6 INTs, 2 of which he returned for TDs
He also netted 2 FRs on the year
2006SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Started and had 3 tackles, 3 PD and 1 INT, which he returned 31 yards for a TD, earning him AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors in the 19-7 win in the season finale vs. Buf. (12/31)
Started and tied for the secondary lead (Ed Reed) with 6 tackles (5 solo) and had 2 PD and 1 INT, which he returned 10 yards in the 27-17 win in game 14 vs. Cle. (12/17)
Started and netted 4 solo tackles, 3 PD and 1 INT, which sealed the win in the 26-20 win in game 8 vs. Cin. (11/5)
Had 2 solo tackles and a game-saving INT in game 3 at Cle. (9/24)
With 3:28 remaining in the game, with the Ravens down 14-12 and the Browns on the Ravens' 4-yard line, McAlister jumped the route on a pass intended for WR Braylon Edwards in the end zone
Baltimore then marched down the field and kicked a FG with 20 seconds remaining on the clock for a 15-14 victory
Started his 100th-career game with the daunting task of covering WR Randy Moss for most of the game, holding him to 2 receptions for 32 yards in the 28-6 victory in game 2 vs. Oak. (9/17)
McAlister also contributed 3 solo tackles and 2 PD against the Raiders
Started and posted 2 solo tackles, 2 PD and 1 INT, which he returned 60 yards for a TD - his 1st INT returned for a TD since 2004 and the 5th of his career - in the 27-0 victory in the season opener at TB (9/10)
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 a 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 the 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), 1 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 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)
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 for a 16.2-yard return average (2 returned for TDs), 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
Earned 1st-team All-Pac 10 honors as a junior in 1997
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
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)
Earned All-State honors as a CB at Mt. San Antonio Junior College in Walnut, CA in 1995
Returned 3 punts and 2 INTs for TDs
Was a family studies major, with an emphasis in broadcasting
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 women 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 and Baltimore-area charities (2002-07)
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 from 2002-04
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-Service Center in Baltimore, where he visits often
Helped to refurbish homes with Sandtown Habitat for Humanity in Oct. and Nov. 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 Dec. 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
Hosted his 3rd annual Halloween party for 210 children at Larry Sheets Players in Westminster in Oct. 2006: The children were treated to food, games and fun for over 2 hours
Chris hosted his 8th annual Thanksgiving distribution, where he helped feed 421 needy Baltimore families
Also took part in the Football 101 Festival where he signed autographs and participated in fan forums in Nov. 2006
He hosted his 2nd annual Baltimore-area golf tournament in May 2007, with funds benefiting The Chris McAlister Foundation
Chris also hosted a free football camp for 200 Baltimore high school students at M&T Bank Stadium in June 2007
Area high school students received instructions and hands-on training of football skills, and also life skills sessions in the morning, hosted by McAlister and Kendra Greene, a University of Maryland Athletics Advisor
Participated in A Purple Evening, a night that included football basics, autographs and fan forums at M&T Bank Stadium in Oct. 2007
McAlister joined teammates at An Evening Ringside, a charity boxing event benefiting the Jonathan Ogden Foundation in Nov. 2007
Chris also participated in the Ravens’ annual ACT Auction Party for players with charitable foundations, benefiting the RACTF and players’ foundations, from, Dec. 2005-07
