Player Dossier

2018-2020

Middle Tennessee

Cain McWilliams

LB • 6'1" • 218 lbs • Lewisburg, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cain McWilliams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.4

Efficiency

14.2

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

8.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Cain McWilliams, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Cain McWilliams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Middle Tennessee paired 0 primary output with 5.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

14.2

Usage

2.4

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Army: 0. Troy: 0.5. Marshall: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 4 by 16.7. Troy: 3 by 17.5. Marshall: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Losses0.2 · Games = 3
First Half0.3 · Games = 2
All Games0.2 · Games = 3

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Troy

Best efficiency game

17.5 vs Troy

Result
Sat 11/14@ MarshallL 14-4220000
Sat 9/19vs TroyL 14-47320.5000
Sat 9/5@ ArmyL 0-4244000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Middle Tennessee

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee05.60.9
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee04.20.80
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee0.514.22.40.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Troy

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5

Primary metric

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 23.7 takeover score.

#2

Army

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

#3

Old Dominion

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.

#4

Marshall

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

#5

Marshall

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

0 primary output · 5.6 efficiency · 0.9 usage

35.5

#2

2019 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

8.2

0.5 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8689

Speedway · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

20

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 12 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
20