Joshua McCray is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Georgia.
McCray just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 43 rushing yards and 9 receiving yards against Georgia Tech — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
9.5% of carries overall (53/556) → 14.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/121) — 50.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
8 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (66.7%). 9 of the team's 36 inside-the-5 carries (25.0%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Marshall | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-6vs Austin Peay | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-41@ No. 15 Tennessee | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24vs No. 17 Alabama | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-14vs Kentucky | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10@ Auburn | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 8 | W 43-35vs No. 5 Ole Miss | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-21@ Mississippi State | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 16-9vs No. 23 Georgia Tech | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 0 | 8 | Season-high 43 yds |
| Wk 15 | W 28-7vs No. 10 Alabama | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | |
 Bowl | L 34-39vs No. 6 Ole Miss | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 135 | 2.5 | 3 | 17 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 44-41
at Tennessee
17 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD
Edged out Tennessee on the road in a shootout.
With G. Stockton — 304 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.4 · 38 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · B. Thorson — 47.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
41%51 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds2.5 yds/carry on 53 carries · 2% explosive (10+ yds) · 41% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 9.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 15.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 10.1 | 1.7 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 16.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Pass share
42.5%
417 pass / 565 run
Plays / game
70.1
14 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
414 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #301 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #35 of 37 SEC RBs
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%).
The No. 1,392 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the SEC as a senior.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Bret Bielema and Kirby Smart.
