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Player Dossier
2022-2025Oklahoma State
Bryan McCoy Jr.
LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
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Bryan McCoy Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
87
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Akron • Oklahoma State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UT Martin
Player Story
Bryan McCoy Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 5, spending time with Akron and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Bryan McCoy Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- Akron
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Bryan McCoy Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Akron. Bryan McCoy Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 296
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Bryan McCoy Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oklahoma State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 296
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- UT Martin
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Joliet West · Akron
- High school pipeline
- Joliet West · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 71 tackles · LB 157th (top 13%) · Big 12 32nd (top 5%) · National 253rd (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 10 | 24 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 81 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 120 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 64.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 12 | 71 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 58.5 |
Related Context
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Bryan McCoy Jr. played LB for Akron and Oklahoma State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Bryan McCoy Jr. recorded 296 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Akron paired 7.5 primary output with 45.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 45.5 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 Akron, Oklahoma State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Akron
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
45.5
Usage
9.9
Consistency
30
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 1. Rutgers: 0. Colgate: 0. South Carolina: 0. Ohio: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Western Michigan: 2. Eastern Michigan: 2. Buffalo: 0.5. Northern Illinois: 0. Kent State: 0. Toledo: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 3 by 22.5. Rutgers: 11 by 45.8. Colgate: 9 by 37.5. South Carolina: 8 by 33.3. Ohio: 14 by 60. Bowling Green: 12 by 50. Western Michigan: 8 by 53.3. Eastern Michigan: 9 by 57.5. Buffalo: 11 by 50.8. Northern Illinois: 11 by 45.8. Kent State: 7 by 29.2. Toledo: 17 by 60
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
60 vs Toledo
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/27 | vs Toledo10+ tackles | W 21-14 | 17 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/20 | @ Kent State | W 38-17 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/14 | @ Northern Illinois10+ tackles | L 16-29 | 11 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Buffalo10+ tackles | L 30-41 | 11 | 6 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Eastern MichiganSplash game | W 25-21 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Western MichiganSplash game | L 24-34 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Bowling Green10+ tackles | L 20-27 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Ohio10+ tackles | L 10-30 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ South Carolina | L 7-50 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Colgate | W 31-20 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Rutgers10+ tackles | L 17-49 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Ohio State | L 6-52 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Bryan McCoy Jr. story
Bryan McCoy Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 5, spending time with Akron and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Bryan McCoy Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 296 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Bryan McCoy Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Akron
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Oklahoma State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 10 | 1.7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 6 | 32.4 | 10.2 | 6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 7.5 | 45.5 | 9.9 | 1.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 6.5 | 29.4 | 7.4 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UT Martin
Week 1 · W 27-7
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 9 · W 25-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Western Michigan
Week 7 · L 24-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 58 Kansas
Week 10 · L 21-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Northern Illinois
Week 6 · L 14-55 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Akron
7.5 primary output · 45.5 efficiency · 9.9 usage
64.4
#2
2025 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
58.5
6.5 primary · 29.4 efficiency · 7.4 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Akron
57.7
6 primary · 32.4 efficiency · 10.2 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
3
Splash games
10
10+ tackle games
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