Player Dossier

2019-2021

East Carolina

Ja'Quan McMillian

CB • 5'10" • 161 lbs • Winston-salem, NC, USA

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Ja'Quan McMillian shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

80%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

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Reliability

66

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · East Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
East Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Charleston Southern

Player Story

Ja'Quan McMillian built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Winston-salem, NC wearing No. 21, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Ja'Quan McMillian's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8642

Cartersville · Cartersville, GA

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Ja'Quan McMillian, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · East Carolina. Ja'Quan McMillian shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
127
TFL
5
Passes defended
27
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Ja'Quan McMillian quick answers

Latest team and position
East Carolina · CB
Career Tackles
127
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 33 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · East Carolina
Top game
Charleston Southern
Recruit profile
3-star · Cartersville
High school pipeline
Cartersville · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 21 · Sophomore
2021 Tackles rank
56 tackles · CB 17th (top 5%) · American Athletic 36th (top 8%) · National 487th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonEast Carolina123810-9041.7
2020 Regular SeasonEast Carolina933-0-3028.4
2021 Regular SeasonEast Carolina125640-15257.9

Related Context

Ja'Quan McMillian played CB for East Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ja'Quan McMillian recorded 127 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with East Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

East Carolina paired 24 primary output with 37.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 37.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Charleston Southern

Win with 7 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · East Carolina

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2

Efficiency

37.4

Usage

7.7

Consistency

30.6

Best Game by takeover score

Charleston Southern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 2. South Carolina: 2.5. Marshall: 2. Charleston Southern: 7. Tulane: 5.5. UCF: 1. Houston: 0. South Florida: 1. Temple: 1. Memphis: 1. Navy: 0. Cincinnati: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 10 by 61.7. South Carolina: 1 by 29.2. Marshall: 6 by 45. Charleston Southern: 10 by 91.7. Tulane: 6 by 75. UCF: 4 by 26.7. Houston: 4 by 16.7. South Florida: 2 by 18.3. Temple: 3 by 22.5. Memphis: 3 by 22.5. Navy: 3 by 12.5. Cincinnati: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.5 · Games = 7 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 5 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Charleston Southern

Best efficiency game

91.7 vs Charleston Southern

Result
Fri 11/26vs CincinnatiL 13-3543001
Sat 11/20@ NavyW 38-3531000
Sat 11/13@ MemphisW 30-29330010
Sat 11/6vs TempleW 45-332001
Thu 10/28vs South FloridaW 29-1421001
Sat 10/23@ HoustonL 24-3143000
Sat 10/9@ UCFL 16-2043100
Sat 10/2vs TulaneSplash gameW 52-29641.50013
Sat 9/25vs Charleston Southern10+ tackles · Splash gameW 31-281071015
Sat 9/18@ MarshallSplash gameW 42-38630011
Sat 9/11vs South CarolinaSplash gameL 17-20100.5002
Thu 9/2@ App State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 19-331080011

Player Story

Ja'Quan McMillian story

Ja'Quan McMillian built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Winston-salem, NC wearing No. 21, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Ja'Quan McMillian's career was his defensive production: 127 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 12 interceptions, and 27 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with East Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ja'Quan McMillian's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 1 return yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across East Carolina.

The arc is straightforward: Ja'Quan McMillian moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    East Carolina

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonEast Carolina13243.8
2020 Regular SeasonEast Carolina723.15.6-6
2021 Regular SeasonEast Carolina2437.47.717

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Charleston Southern

Week 4 · W 31-28

Win with 7 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

7 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Tulane

Week 5 · W 52-29 · Conference game

5.5

Havoc Plays

84.5 takeover

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.5 takeover score.

#3

vs SMU

Week 13 · W 52-38 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#4

@ App State

Week 1 · L 19-33

2

Havoc Plays

63.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Temple

Week 6 · L 17-27 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · East Carolina

24 primary output · 37.4 efficiency · 7.7 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · East Carolina

41.7

13 primary · 24 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · East Carolina

28.4

7 primary · 23.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

9

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games