Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Pittsburgh
Calijah Kancey
DL • 6'0" • 280 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
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Calijah Kancey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
95
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Player Story
Calijah Kancey built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Miami, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Calijah Kancey's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 19
- Overall
- No. 19
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Calijah Kancey, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Calijah Kancey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.4 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Calijah Kancey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · DL
- Career Tackles
- 89
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Georgia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Green Valley
- High school pipeline
- Green Valley · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 1 · Pick 19 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · DL 169th (top 18%) · ACC 148th (top 25%) · National 1,357th (top 24%)
Calijah Kancey played DL for Pittsburgh. Across 4 tracked seasons, Calijah Kancey recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Pittsburgh.
Recognition
Honors
- 20222022 All-ACC · official_conference_selectionfirst
- 20212021 All-ACC · official_conference_selectionfirst
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