Usage Score
3.9
Player Dossier
2020-2025Texas Tech
AJ McCarty
DB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Brownwood, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
AJ McCarty shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.2 disruption score.
Efficiency
17.2
Consistency
43.3
Season Value
27.5
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 8
- Program Path
- Baylor • Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Scouting Read
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AJ McCarty, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Texas Tech. AJ McCarty shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.2 disruption score.
AJ McCarty played DB for Baylor and Texas Tech. Across 6 tracked seasons, AJ McCarty recorded 88 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Baylor.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Texas Tech paired 11 primary output with 17.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Baylor, Texas Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Win with 2 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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2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
17.2
Usage
3.9
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 2. Kent State: 1. Oregon State: 0. Houston: 0. Kansas: 1. Oklahoma State: 0. UCF: 1. West Virginia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 2 by 28.3. Kent State: 4 by 26.7. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 4 by 16.7. Kansas: 3 by 22.5. Oklahoma State: 3 by 12.5. UCF: 2 by 18.3. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ West Virginia | W 49-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs UCF | W 48-9 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Oklahoma State | W 42-0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Kansas | W 42-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Houston | W 35-11 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Oregon State | W 45-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Kent State | W 62-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Arkansas-Pine BluffSplash game | W 67-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Baylor
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Texas Tech
2023-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202120222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Baylor | 1 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Baylor | 1 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Baylor | 4 | 18.2 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | -4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Texas Tech | 11 | 17.8 | 5.2 | 11 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 11 | 17.8 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 5 | 17.2 | 3.9 | -6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Cincinnati
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.
#2
Texas Tech
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.9 takeover score.
#3
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.
#4
Texas Southern
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#5
Abilene Christian
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Texas Tech
11 primary output · 17.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage
48.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Texas Tech
48.3
11 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Baylor
35
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Career Facts
2
Career teams
8
Seasons tracked
88
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 37 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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