McAlister logged six career 100-yard rushing games, including a career-best 121 yards against Arizona in 1972. The Bruins amassed a school-record 621 rushing yards against Stanford in 1973 during a season in which UCLA averaged a school-record 400.3 rushing yards per game.
"They called me Mr. Inside and Kermit Mr. Outside," McAlister, who was listed at 6 feet 3 and 240 pounds, told The Times in 2007. "But I could get the corner on you. Don't let my size fool you."
McAlister earned All-America honors in 1973, when he ran for 714 yards and eight touchdowns while helping the Bruins compile a 9-2 record and a second-place finish in the Pacific 8 Conference.