Jaylon White-McClain holds the DE · Backup spot in Cincinnati Bearcats’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jaylon White-McClain is a 6'4", 275-pound defensive end from Virginia Beach, Virginia, who transferred to Cincinnati after three seasons at Old Dominion. At Kempsville High School, he earned first-team all-region honors at both offensive line and defensive end, recording 54 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, and 14 sacks as a senior. During his time with the Monarchs, he appeared in 26 games across three years, highlighted by a 41-tackle season in which he started all 12 games and posted three tackles for loss and one sack. In 2025, White-McClain appeared in all 13 games for the Bearcats, accumulating 17 tackles and one tackle for loss, with a season-high four stops against Bowling Green.

Old Dominion2022 – 2024

Cincinnati2025 — present