#96

Nick McCann

Senior defensive lineman for Texas State. 2021: 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · Texas State · Sr. · #96

6′2″ · 305 lb · Texarkana, AR

CFB Index 57 · #149 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceTexas State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 946 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Texas State. 2021: 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2016.
Transferred from Texas Tech to Texas State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2016

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Arkansas

202110 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#946 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017

Everett Withers

Texas State

2018

Chris Woods

Texas State

era →

2019–2021

Jake Spavital

Texas State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Everett Withers, Chris Woods, and Jake Spavital. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Texas Tech6-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2020Texas Tech4-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2021Texas State4-8HC: Jake Spavital · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #149 of 370?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Strength: sacks (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Sacks#443 / 2743 · 82nd pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#1047 / 2743 · 58th pct

3.0

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Tackles#1475 / 2743 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1791 / 2743 · 33rd pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th pct

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.0
Road5g	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.5	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #149 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #149 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Texas State	28	12	3.0	2.5	--	--	--
2020	Texas Tech	5	3	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
2019	Texas Tech	12	6	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Texas Tech	24	12	3.5	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Texas Tech	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		74	36	9.0	4.0	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 20-29vs Baylor	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 23-17@ Florida International	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 3	L 34-42vs Incarnate Word	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 21-59@ Eastern Michigan	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 28-31vs Troy	3	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 8	L 16-28@ Georgia State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 27-19vs UL Monroe	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 30-38vs Georgia Southern	5	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 21-35@ Coastal Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Arkansas State	4	2	1.0	1.0	—
Total		28	12	3.0	2.5	—

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

Nick McCann

2016

202110 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

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