Player Dossier

2017-2017

Kent State

Anthony McKay

DT • 6'1" • 289 lbs • Salinas, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Anthony McKay shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

33

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

20

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

61

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

Anthony McKay built his college career in 2017 as a defensive tackle from Salinas, CA wearing No. 52, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Anthony McKay's career was his defensive production: 20...

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Anthony McKay, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kent State. Anthony McKay shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
20
TFL
3.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Anthony McKay quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · DT
Career Tackles
20
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 11 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Kent State
Top game
Akron
Latest roster
No. 52 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
20 tackles · DT 100th (top 39%) · Mid-American 176th (top 33%) · National 1,929th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonKent State11203.511-039.5

Related Context

Anthony McKay played DT for Kent State. Across 1 tracked season, Anthony McKay recorded 20 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Kent State paired 5.5 primary output with 12.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

12.6

Usage

3.6

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Akron

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 0. Howard: 0. Marshall: 1. Louisville: 0. Buffalo: 0.5. Northern Illinois: 0.5. Ohio: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Central Michigan: 1. Akron: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. Howard: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 0 by 10. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 4 by 21.7. Northern Illinois: 2 by 13.3. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 3 by 22.5. Akron: 4 by 41.7

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 10 · +0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Akron

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Akron

Result
Wed 11/22@ AkronSplash gameL 14-24411.5010
Wed 11/15vs Central MichiganL 23-4233100
Thu 11/9@ Western MichiganL 20-4811000
Wed 11/1vs Bowling GreenL 16-4410000
Sat 10/21@ OhioL 3-4811000
Sat 10/7@ Northern IllinoisL 3-24200.5000
Sat 9/30vs BuffaloL 13-27420.5000
Sat 9/23@ LouisvilleL 3-4211000
Sat 9/16@ MarshallL 0-2100000
Sat 9/9vs HowardW 38-3121000
Sat 9/2@ ClemsonL 3-5610000

Player Story

Anthony McKay story

Anthony McKay built his college career in 2017 as a defensive tackle from Salinas, CA wearing No. 52, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Anthony McKay's career was his defensive production: 20 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Anthony McKay's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kent State

    2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonKent State5.512.63.6

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Akron

Week 13 · L 14-24 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Central Michigan

Week 12 · L 23-42 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

49.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Buffalo

Week 5 · L 13-27 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

33.9 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 33.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Marshall

Week 3 · L 0-21

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Havoc Plays

26.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Northern Illinois

Week 6 · L 3-24 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

19.2 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 19.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Kent State

5.5 primary output · 12.6 efficiency · 3.6 usage

39.5

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games