Gulf South Conference Hall of Fame

Ronald McKinnon

  • Class
  • Induction
    2014
  • Sport(s)
    Football
School: North Alabama
  • Four-time First Team All-GSC winner.
  • Three-time consensus All-American.
  • Winner of the 1995 Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, becoming the first defensive player to win the award.
  • Helped lead UNA to a combined 48-5-1 record, three consecutive GSC championships and three straight NCAA Titles.
  • He closed his career as the leading tackler in school and GSC history with  621 total stops and 407 primary stops. He had 29 career tackles for loss, seven sacks, 11 interceptions and recovered five fumbles. As a senior he had 139 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, four interceptions and four sacks.
  • Spent 10 seasons in professional football, playing in 157 NFL games.  Finished his career with more than 1,000 tackles, 12 sacks and 10 interceptions.
  • In 2007, he was elected to the Division II Football Hall of Fame and in the summer of 2008 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
  • Named to the Gulf South Conference "Team of the Quarter Century" for 1971-95, was selected  the "GSC Defensive Player of the Quarter Century" for 1971-95 and was named to the NCAA Division II "Team of the Quarter Century" for 1973-97.