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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Georgia
Joshua McCray
RB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Enterprise, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Joshua McCray leans balanced backfield option traits and 21.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
12
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois • Georgia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Joshua McCray built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Enterprise, AL wearing No. 2, spending time with Georgia and Illinois. The clearest part of Joshua McCray's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Joshua McCray, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Illinois. Joshua McCray leans balanced backfield option traits and 21.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,720
- Rushing yards
- 1,507
- Receiving yards
- 213
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Joshua McCray quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,720
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Illinois
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Enterprise · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Enterprise · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 140 scrimmage yards · RB 417th (top 57%) · SEC 154th (top 44%) · National 1,249th (top 46%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 592 | 549 | 43 | 2 | 52.9 |
| 2022 Postseason | Illinois | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 33.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 60 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 33.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 186 | 156 | 30 | 2 | 41.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 13 | 114 | 114 | 0 | 2 | 67.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 13 | 611 | 495 | 116 | 9 | 67.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Georgia | 11 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia | 11 | 143 | 138 | 5 | 3 | 29.2 |
Related Context
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Joshua McCray played RB for Illinois and Georgia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Joshua McCray recorded 1,507 rushing yards, 213 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Illinois paired 725 primary output with 50 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 21.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Georgia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Win with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Postseason · Georgia
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
12.7
Efficiency
21.6
Usage
8.6
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: -3. Marshall: 6. Austin Peay: -1. Tennessee: 17. Alabama: 15. Kentucky: 13. Auburn: 24. Ole Miss: 13. Mississippi State: 5. Georgia Tech: 52. Alabama: -1
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. Ole Miss: 2 by 0. Marshall: 2 by 31.3. Austin Peay: 1 by 0. Tennessee: 7 by 25.3. Alabama: 6 by 26. Kentucky: 5 by 27.1. Auburn: 6 by 41.7. Ole Miss: 5 by 27.1. Mississippi State: 3 by 17.4. Georgia Tech: 15 by 35.1. Alabama: 4 by 6.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins14.2 · Games = 9 · +8.2 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 2 · -8.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Auburn
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/2 | vs Ole Miss | L 34-39 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | — | — | -1.5 |
| Sat 12/6 | @ Alabama | W 28-7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | -0.3 |
| Fri 11/28 | @ Georgia Tech | W 16-9 | 13 | 43 | 3.30 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3.5 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Mississippi State | W 41-21 | 3 | 5 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Ole Miss | W 43-35 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | — | — | 2.6 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Auburn | W 20-10 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Kentucky | W 35-14 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | — | — | 2.6 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Alabama | L 21-24 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 1 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Tennessee2+ TD | W 44-41 | 7 | 17 | 2.40 | 2 | — | — | 2.4 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Austin Peay | W 28-6 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Marshall | W 45-7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
Player Story
Joshua McCray story
Joshua McCray built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Enterprise, AL wearing No. 2, spending time with Georgia and Illinois. The clearest part of Joshua McCray's career was his backfield work: 1,507 rushing yards, 344 carries, 17 rushing touchdowns, and 213 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 213 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia and Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Joshua McCray 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Illinois
2021-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Georgia
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 592 | 42.7 | 18.9 | — |
| 2022 Postseason | Illinois | 77 | 32.8 | 9.1 | -515 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 77 | 32.8 | 9.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 186 | 35 | 17.6 | 109 |
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 725 | 50 | 19.9 | 539 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 725 | 50 | 19.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Georgia | 140 | 21.6 | 8.6 | -585 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia | 140 | 21.6 | 8.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Purdue
Week 4 · L 9-13 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
156
Scrimmage Yards
89.2 takeover
156 scrimmage yards and 42.9 usage.
#2
vs South Carolina
Week 1 · W 21-17 · Postseason
114
Scrimmage Yards
85.3 takeover
Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
114 scrimmage yards and 27.1 usage.
#3
vs Purdue
Week 7 · W 50-49 · Conference game
124
Scrimmage Yards
83.2 takeover
Win with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
124 scrimmage yards and 32.2 usage.
#4
@ Penn State
Week 8 · W 20-18 · Conference game
142
Scrimmage Yards
81.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
142 scrimmage yards and 32 usage.
#5
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 4 · W 23-17
87
Scrimmage Yards
74.8 takeover
Win with 87 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
87 scrimmage yards and 24.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Illinois
725 primary output · 50 efficiency · 19.9 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Illinois
67.9
725 primary · 50 efficiency · 19.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
52.9
592 primary · 42.7 efficiency · 18.9 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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