Player Dossier

2021-2025

Virginia Tech

CJ McCray

DL • 6'3" • 260 lbs • Lumberton, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

CJ McCray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.7

Efficiency

7

Consistency

6.7

Season Value

5.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Virginia Tech • Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

CJ McCray, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. CJ McCray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Virginia Tech paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia Tech, Cincinnati.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Win with 1 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

7

Usage

1.7

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 1. Unknown: 0. Kansas: 0. UCF: 0. Oklahoma State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bowling Green: 3 by 22.5. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 0 by 0. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=4
First Half0.3 · n=3 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=2 · -0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.2 · n=5

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Bowling Green

Result
Sun 10/19@ Oklahoma StateW 49-1710000
Sat 10/11vs UCFW 20-1100000
Sat 9/27@ KansasW 37-3410000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown10000
Sat 9/6vs Bowling GreenW 34-20300.500.500

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Virginia Tech

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Cincinnati

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

202120222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech04.20.6
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech4.511.73.64.5
2023 PostseasonVirginia Tech714.34.82.5
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech714.34.80
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech04.20.6-7
2025 Regular SeasonCincinnati171.71

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Boston College

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49 takeover score.

#2

Florida State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.

#4

Old Dominion

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

#5

Bowling Green

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

34.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

34.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Virginia Tech

16.9

7 primary · 14.3 efficiency · 4.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

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

51

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 31 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

CJ McCray quick answers

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
51