Defensive back, Texas Tech (from Baylor), 2020–25
A.J. McCarty
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Brownwood, TX
A.J. McCarty played defensive back at Baylor (2020–22) and Texas Tech (2023–25).
Career highs
9tackles, career highat Iowa State, 2022Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2021 and 2025
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Baylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Baylor | 34 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 29 | 18 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 21 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 88 | 63 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Baylor | 1 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Baylor | 1 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Baylor | 1 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 1 | DB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 1 | DB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 1 | DB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 6′0″ | 195 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Texas Tech 8 games, 21 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 67–7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Kent State | W 62–14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Oregon State | W 45–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Houston | W 35–11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Kansas | W 42–17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 42–0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. UCF | W 48–9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at West Virginia | W 49–0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Texas Tech 13 games, 29 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Abilene Christian | W 52–51 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | at Washington State | L 16–37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. North Texas | W 66–21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Arizona State | W 30–22 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Cincinnati | W 44–41 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Arizona | W 28–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Baylor | L 35–59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | at TCU | L 34–35 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Iowa State | W 23–22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Colorado | L 27–41 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | atOklahoma State | W 56–48 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs.West Virginia | W 52–15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Arkansas | L 26–39 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Baylor 10 games, 34 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. UAlbany | W 69–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | at BYU | L 20–26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Texas State | W 42–7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atIowa State | W 31–24 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Kansas | W 35–23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | at Texas Tech | W 45–17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | at Oklahoma | W 38–35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Kansas State | L 3–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.TCU | L 28–29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Texas | L 27–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Baylor 4 games, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs. Texas Southern | W 66–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 18 | atKansas | W 45–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs.Iowa State | W 31–29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Ole Miss | W 21–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Baylor 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12 | vs.Oklahoma State | L 3–42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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