Bryan McCoy

Senior linebacker for Oklahoma State. 2025: 71 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Oklahoma State · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 225 lb · Chicago, IL

CFB Index 40 · #381 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Oklahoma State for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

1.5 TFL · 1 PBU

Best game: 9 tackles, 0.5 TFL, at Oregon

Statement game17 tacklesvs Toledo (FBS) · W 21-14

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Oklahoma State. 2025: 71 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Akron in 2022.
Transferred from Akron to Oklahoma State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Bryan McCoy

LB · Oklahoma State · Sr · #5

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Bryan McCoy has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. He has been named All-MAC two seasons running, most recently in 2024. The receipt: 14 tackles against UT Martin — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Doug Meacham · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

40Below cohort / limited sample #381 of 583?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (91st percentile). Strength: solo tackles (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#253 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#303 / 2975 · 90th pct

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
Road5g	5.4	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.7	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #381 of 583 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #381 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #48 of 73 Big 12 LBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	71	37	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
2024	Akron	120	54	2.5	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Akron	81	28	5.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Akron	24	15	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		296	134	9.0	1.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 27–7

vs UT Martin

1 QB HUR · 6 SOLO · 14 TOT

With W. Pahl — 48 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · H. Hejny — 96 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.3 · 27 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-7vs UT Martin	14	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 2	L 3-69@ Oregon	9	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 12-19vs Tulsa	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 27-45vs Baylor	8	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 13-41@ Arizona	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-39vs Houston	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-49vs Cincinnati	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 0-42@ Texas Tech	4	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 21-38@ Kansas	8	8	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 6-14vs Kansas State	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-17@ UCF	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 13-20vs Iowa State	7	6	0.0	—	0
Total		71	37	1.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

71Tackles

37Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

71 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 51 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Oklahoma State

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Linebacker · Oklahoma State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -10 net (55 in / 65 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Oklahoma State · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #65 · 2026 recruiting class #69

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kobe Wilson’s 2023 season.

Kobe Wilson

84%match

SMU · 2023

All-AAC

Malik Robinson

Houston · 2023

82%

Joseph Sipp Jr.

Bowling Green · 2023

81%

Max Harris

Arizona · 2025

80%

Tyler Jackson

Northern Illinois · 2023

80%

Matches Kobe on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Robinson's senior season at Houston (2023).

Malik Robinson

90%match

Houston · 2023

Kobe Wilson

SMU · 2023

All-ACC

83%

Jalen Garner

Houston · 2025

83%

Tre Freeman

Duke · 2024

81%

Wesley Bissainthe

Miami · 2025

All-ACC

80%

Matches Malik on

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Bryan McCoy

Joseph Sipp Jr.

Bowling Green · 2022

85%

Dorian Hopkins

UTEP · 2024

81%

Morice Blackwell Jr.

Texas · 2024

81%

Max Harris

Arizona · 2025

80%

Shane Whitter

North Texas · 2025

80%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Bryan McCoy

202210 games

202312 games

202412 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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