Player Dossier

2022-2025

Florida State

Deante McCray

DL • 6'4" • 274 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Deante McCray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.8

Efficiency

21

Consistency

51.9

Season Value

39.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Western Kentucky • Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Scouting Read

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Deante McCray, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Deante McCray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.

Deante McCray played DL for Western Kentucky and Florida State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Deante McCray recorded 119 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 10.5 primary output with 23.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Kentucky, Florida State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Loss with 3 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 · Florida State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

21

Usage

5.8

Consistency

51.9

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 1. East Texas A&M: 0.5. Virginia: 0. Miami: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Stanford: 1. Clemson: 3. Virginia Tech: 0. NC State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 1 by 14.2. East Texas A&M: 2 by 13.3. Virginia: 6 by 25. Miami: 4 by 26.7. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 1 by 14.2. Clemson: 5 by 50.8. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 4 by 36.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 11/22@ NC StateSplash gameL 11-2142110
Sun 11/16vs Virginia TechW 34-1410000
Sun 11/9@ ClemsonSplash gameL 10-2453200
Sun 10/19@ StanfordL 13-2010000
Sat 10/11vs PittsburghL 31-3410000
Sat 10/4vs MiamiL 22-2841000
Fri 9/26@ VirginiaL 38-4661000
Sat 9/6vs East Texas A&MW 77-3200.5000
Sat 8/30vs AlabamaW 31-1711100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Western Kentucky

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky111.35.3
2023 PostseasonWestern Kentucky10.523.26.79.5
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky10.523.26.70
2024 PostseasonWestern Kentucky6.5214.8-4
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky6.5214.80
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida State8.5215.82

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Troy

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 65.4 takeover score.

#2

Clemson

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.9 takeover score.

#3

Louisiana Tech

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.2 takeover score.

#4

Boston College

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.

#5

Florida International

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Western Kentucky

10.5 primary output · 23.2 efficiency · 6.7 usage

39.9

#2

2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

39.9

10.5 primary · 23.2 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Florida State

39.9

8.5 primary · 21 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

119

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 36 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.