#23

Roger McCreary

Former cornerback at Auburn. 2021: 2 interceptions, 14 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

CB · Auburn · Sr. · #23

6′0″ · 190 lb · Mobile, AL

CFB Index 92 · #7 of 321 cornersLow confidenceNational watchTennessee — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 3, #35 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 989 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Auburn. 2021: 2 interceptions, 14 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Auburn in 2018.
Drafted round 2 by the Tennessee in 2022.
Named All-America (ESPN) in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Auburn, 135 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #35 overall by Tennessee.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20184 games

Signed with Auburn3-star out of Williamson

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Americafirst · 5 selectors
All-SECfirst

2022

Drafted by Tennesseeround 2, pick 35

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#989 national

CFB

College

Auburn

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #35

Tennessee · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2021)

4 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

3 coaches

2018–2019

Gus Malzahn

Auburn

2020

Kevin Steele

Auburn

era →

2021

Bryan Harsin

Auburn

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Gus Malzahn, Kevin Steele, and Bryan Harsin. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 5th NFL season

#35Rd 2 · Pick 3

TennesseeEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2019Auburn9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2020Auburn6-5HC: Kevin Steele · Balanced

2021Auburn6-7HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

92All-America level #7 of 321?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (90th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#4 / 2743 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#254 / 2743 · 90th pct

Tackles#629 / 2743 · 77th pct

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1411 / 2743 · 44th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.4	0.1	0.0	1.3
Road5g	3.6	0.2	0.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	0.1	0.0	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	0.2	0.2	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

National watch / fringe AA

In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

92 · #7 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2021

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Auburn	49	41	2.0	1.0	14	2	--
2020	Auburn	45	38	7.0	0.0	6	3	--
2019	Auburn	36	30	1.0	0.0	11	1	--
2018	Auburn	5	2	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		135	111	10.0	1.0	32	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021

W 31–20

vs Ole Miss

2 PD · 3 SOLO · 5 TOT

With B. Nix — 276 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.9 · 30 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · O. Chapman — 56 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 65 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 60-10vs Akron	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 62-0vs Alabama State	7	6	1.0	0.0	1	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 3	L 20-28@ Penn State	4	3	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 34-24vs Georgia State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-19@ LSU	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 10-34vs Georgia	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 38-23@ Arkansas	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	3
Wk 9	W 31-20vs Ole Miss	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	L 3-20@ Texas A&M	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 34-43vs Mississippi State	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 17-21@ South Carolina	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 22-24vs Alabama	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	4
Total		49	41	2.0	1.0	2	14

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

Roger McCreary

20184 games

202112 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

National watch / fringe AA

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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