#21

Ja'Quan McMillian

Sophomore cornerback for East Carolina. 2021: 5 interceptions, 15 pass breakups, 56 tackles.

CB · East Carolina · So. · #21

5′10″ · 161 lb · Winston-salem, NC

CFB Index 30 · #210 of 321 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceEast Carolina 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1188 nationally · Signed with West Forsyth

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 cornerback for East Carolina. 2021: 5 interceptions, 15 pass breakups, 56 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Forsyth in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at East Carolina, 127 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201912 games

Recruited3-star out of West Forsyth

20209 games

All-AACsecond

202112 games

All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1188 national

CFB

College

East Carolina

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Mike Houston

East Carolina

Played his entire career under Mike Houston.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Houston — 14-19 over that span.

2019East Carolina4-8HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #210 of 321?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Strength: interceptions (99th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#2 / 2743 · 100th pct

Interceptions#4 / 824 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#335 / 2743 · 87th pct

Tackles#479 / 2743 · 82nd pct

Tackles for loss#794 / 2743 · 69th pct

4.0

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.3	0.5	0.0	2.2
Road6g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	0.7	0.0	2.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #210 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #210 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	East Carolina	56	38	4.0	15	5	--
2020	East Carolina	33	27	0.0	3	4	--
2019	East Carolina	38	32	1.0	9	3	--
Career		127	97	5.0	27	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 31–28

vs Charleston Southern

5 PD · 1 TFL · 7 SOLO

Edged out Charleston Southern at home in a shootout.

With J. Young — 45 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 58 LONG · H. Ahlers — 238 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 34.1 · 4 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 19-33@ App State	10	8	0.0	1	1	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 2	L 17-20vs South Carolina	1	0	0.5	—	2
Wk 3	W 42-38@ Marshall	6	3	0.0	1	1
Wk 4	W 31-28vs Charleston Southern	10	7	1.0	1	5
Wk 5	W 52-29vs Tulane	6	4	1.5	1	3
Wk 6	L 16-20@ UCF	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-31@ Houston	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 29-14vs South Florida	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 45-3vs Temple	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 30-29@ Memphis	3	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	W 38-35@ Navy	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 13-35vs Cincinnati	4	3	0.0	—	1
Total		56	38	4.0	5	15

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