Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025App State
Elijah Mc-Cantos
DB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah Mc-Cantos shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
74
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · App State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois • App State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Elijah Mc-Cantos built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Miami, FL wearing No. 13, spending time with App State and Illinois. The clearest part of Elijah Mc-Cantos' career was his...
Read the storyElijah Mc-Cantos, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · App State. Elijah Mc-Cantos shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Elijah Mc-Cantos quick answers
- Latest team and position
- App State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · App State
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Grace M. Davis · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 52 tackles · DB 125th (top 13%) · Sun Belt 63rd (top 10%) · National 559th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | App State | 8 | 15 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | App State | 11 | 52 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 44.9 |
Related Context
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Elijah Mc-Cantos played DB for Illinois and App State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Elijah Mc-Cantos recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with App State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
App State paired 5 primary output with 25.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.2 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, App State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · App State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
25.2
Usage
4.7
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Charlotte: 1. Lindenwood: 1. Southern Miss: 1. Boise State: 1. Oregon State: 0. Georgia State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 1. Old Dominion: 0. James Madison: 0. Marshall: 0. Arkansas State: 0
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Charlotte: 4 by 26.7. Southern Miss: 4 by 26.7. Boise State: 5 by 30.8. Oregon State: 6 by 25. Georgia State: 6 by 25. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 18.3. Old Dominion: 4 by 16.7. James Madison: 5 by 20.8. Marshall: 7 by 29.2. Arkansas State: 9 by 37.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
37.5 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Arkansas State | L 29-30 | 9 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Marshall | W 26-24 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ James Madison | L 10-58 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Old Dominion | L 21-24 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 37-45 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Georgia State | W 41-20 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Oregon State | W 27-23 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Boise State | L 14-47 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Southern Miss | L 22-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Lindenwood | W 20-13 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Charlotte | W 34-11 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Elijah Mc-Cantos story
Elijah Mc-Cantos built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Miami, FL wearing No. 13, spending time with App State and Illinois. The clearest part of Elijah Mc-Cantos' career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 2 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with App State. 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 Elijah Mc-Cantos' production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across App State and Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Elijah Mc-Cantos 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
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
App State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 10.5 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | App State | 0 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | App State | 5 | 25.2 | 4.7 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 94 Southern Miss
Week 3 · L 22-38 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 8 · L 37-45 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 134 Charlotte
Week 1 · W 34-11
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Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 64 Boise State
Week 5 · L 14-47
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Havoc Plays
52.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Lindenwood
Week 2 · W 20-13
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Havoc Plays
48.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · App State
5 primary output · 25.2 efficiency · 4.7 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Illinois
41.6
0 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 1.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · App State
39.5
0 primary · 7.8 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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