2010: Started in all 10 games at rover…Amassed 40 total tackles (25 solo)…Collected three tackles for loss (-4 yards)…Also had two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, and one interception…Recorded season high seven tackles at Plymouth State…Named as team’s Defensive Rookie of the Year and as New England Football Conference (NEFC) Boyd Division Defensive Rookie of the Year.

2009: Attended Springfield College but did not play football.

2008: Redshirt freshman at UMass Amherst.

High School: McLaughlin is a 2008 graduate of Woburn High School…Played football for three years for Coach Rocky Nelson and basketball for four years for Coaches Duane Sigsbury and Tom Sullivan…Captained gridiron squad his senior year and hoops squad his junior and senior years…Football honors included: Eastern Mass. All-Star (2005), Middlesex League All-Star (2007), Middlesex League Offensive Player of the Year (2007), Shriners All-Star Team (2008)…Football team was 2005 Super Bowl Champions…Holds school record for career touchdown passes and ranks third all-time for career passing yards…Basketball honors included: Middlesex League All-Star (2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08)…Served as a volunteer football coach at Woburn High, and as a basketball coach for the Boys and Girls Club.

Personal: Son of Mike and Mary Jane McLaughlin…Major: Health…Member of the Class of 2013.