Leighton McCarthy

LB • 6'3" • 220 lbs • Apopka, FL, USA

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Leighton McCarthy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.9 disruption score.

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Impact Production

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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

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Career Teams: 1
Unique Seasons: 4
Program Path: Florida Atlantic
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

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Leighton McCarthy built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Apopka, FL wearing No. 13, spending time with Florida Atlantic. The clearest part of Leighton McCarthy's career was his defensive...

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Class 2016 · Rating 0.7819

Wekiva · Apopka, FL

Committed To: Florida Atlantic
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2016

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Latest team and position: Florida Atlantic · LB
Career Tackles: 159
Tracked sample: 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 47 games
Best season: 2020 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
Top game: Charlotte
Recruit profile: 2-star · Wekiva · Florida Atlantic
High school pipeline: Wekiva · 12 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 13 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank: 39 tackles · LB 248th (top 23%) · Conference USA 59th (top 11%) · National 504th (top 10%)

Leighton McCarthy played LB for Florida Atlantic. Across 4 tracked seasons, Leighton McCarthy recorded 159 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Florida Atlantic.

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