The best pick of the Scot McCloughan tenure in Washington was Matt Ioannidis. The former fifth-round pick out of Temple spent his rookie season on the practice squad and as an inactive before playing a bigger role in his second season. He had 4.5 sacks in 2017 while providing great pressure on opposing quarterbacks. And in 2018, Ioannidis was even better, logging 7.5 sacks and operating as a key part of the team’s defense.
That said, Ioannidis is entering a critical 2019 season. He’s in the final year of his rookie contract and at just 25 years old (26 next January), he could be poised to make big money on the free agent market following the campaign.