Javon Mcintyre is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Pittsburgh.
Mcintyre plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Five seasons in the Pittsburgh secondary to date. The first one came in 2022: ACC Rookie Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Miami — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 2 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 50 | 36 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 51 | 30 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 85 | 43 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 2 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 198 | 116 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 14 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-9vs Duquesne | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Central Michigan | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31@ West Virginia | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ No. 25 Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-13@ Syracuse | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 53-34vs NC State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-20@ Stanford | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 15-37vs No. 9 Notre Dame | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-28@ No. 15 Georgia Tech | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-38vs No. 13 Miami | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
 Bowl | L 17-23vs East Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 36 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 13 · 2025
W 42-28
at Georgia Tech
1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL50 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 38-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
52.3%
464 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
478 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #302 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #41 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
