Player Dossier

2020-2023

UConn

Collin McCarthy

DL • 6'5" • 272 lbs • Jackson Twp, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Collin McCarthy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

17

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

26

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UConn

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UConn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Collin McCarthy built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Jackson Twp, NJ wearing No. 91, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Collin McCarthy's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8189

Jackson Memorial · Jackson, NJ

Committed To
UConn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Collin McCarthy, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UConn. Collin McCarthy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
54
TFL
4
Sacks
3
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Collin McCarthy quick answers

Latest team and position
UConn · DL
Career Tackles
54
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · UConn
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
3-star · Jackson Memorial · UConn
High school pipeline
Jackson Memorial · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 91 · Junior
2023 Tackles rank
14 tackles · DL 477th (top 48%) · FBS Independents 67th (top 36%) · National 2,434th (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonUConn00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonUConn7140.50--08.5
2022 Regular SeasonUConn8263.5322056.9
2023 Regular SeasonUConn814-0-108.4

Related Context

Collin McCarthy played DL for UConn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Collin McCarthy recorded 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UConn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

UConn paired 10.5 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston

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

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2021 Regular Season · UConn

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

9.1

Usage

1.8

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Holy Cross: 0. Fresno State: 0. Army: 0. Wyoming: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Clemson: 0. Houston: 0.5

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. Holy Cross: 3 by 12.5. Fresno State: 3 by 12.5. Army: 2 by 8.3. Wyoming: 3 by 12.5. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 1 by 9.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Houston

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Wyoming

Result
Sat 11/27vs HoustonL 17-45100.5000
Sat 11/13@ ClemsonL 7-4410000
Sat 10/2@ VanderbiltL 28-3010000
Sat 9/25vs WyomingL 22-2432000
Sat 9/18@ ArmyL 21-5220000
Sat 9/4vs Holy CrossL 28-3830000
Sat 8/28@ Fresno StateL 0-4531000

Player Story

Collin McCarthy story

Collin McCarthy built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Jackson Twp, NJ wearing No. 91, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Collin McCarthy's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Collin McCarthy's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UConn

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonUConn0
2021 Regular SeasonUConn0.59.11.80.5
2022 Regular SeasonUConn10.526.77.110
2023 Regular SeasonUConn18.51.4-9.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida International

Week 6 · W 33-12

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Central Connecticut

Week 1 · W 28-3

2.5

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Massachusetts

Week 10 · W 27-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#4

vs Boston College

Week 9 · W 13-3

3

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#5

@ Tennessee

Week 10 · L 3-59

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · UConn

10.5 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 7.1 usage

56.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · UConn

8.5

0.5 primary · 9.1 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · UConn

8.4

1 primary · 8.5 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games