Linebacker, Oregon State, 2018–⁠23

John McCartan

Number
No. 6
Height
6′5″
Weight
258 lb
Class (2023)
Senior
Hometown
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

John McCartan played linebacker at Oregon State (2018–⁠23).

Career highs

12tackles, career highvs. Cal Poly, 20192sacks, career highat San José State, 2023

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2018Oregon State11710100
2019Oregon State342153.5111
2020Oregon State630.50100
2022Oregon State34214.52035
2023Oregon State47258.55124
Career1327719.510.54610

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Oregon State6LBYr 1
2019Oregon State6LBYr 2
2020Oregon State6LBYr 3
2021Oregon State6LBYr 4
2022Oregon State6LBYr 5
2023Oregon State6LBSr. (Yr 6)6′5″258

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

2023 Oregon State 13 games, 47 tackles, 5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3atSan José StateW 42–⁠17332200
Sep 9vs.UC DavisW 55–⁠7320000
Sep 16vs.San Diego StateW 26–⁠9741000
Sep 23atWashington StateL 35–⁠38210000
Sep 29vs.UtahW 21–⁠7310001
Oct 7atCaliforniaW 52–⁠40200000
Oct 14vs.UCLAW 36–⁠24541100
Oct 28atArizonaL 24–⁠27410011
Nov 4atColoradoW 26–⁠19430000
Nov 11vs.StanfordW 62–⁠17532.51.500
Nov 18vs.WashingtonL 20–⁠22110000
Nov 24atOregonL 7–⁠31521.5000
Dec 29 ✦vs.Notre DameL 8–⁠40300.50.500
2022 Oregon State 11 games, 34 tackles, 2 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.Boise StateW 34–⁠17522000
Sep 10atFresno StateW 35–⁠32220000
Sep 17vs.Montana StateW 68–⁠28320000
Sep 24vs.USCL 14–⁠17530.5001
Oct 1atUtahL 16–⁠42310000
Oct 8atStanfordW 28–⁠27631100
Oct 15vs.Washington StateW 24–⁠10331100
Oct 22vs.ColoradoW 42–⁠9110000
Nov 4atWashingtonL 21–⁠24220001
Nov 19atArizona StateW 31–⁠7210000
Nov 26vs.OregonW 38–⁠34210001
2020 Oregon State 4 games, 6 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 7vs.Washington StateL 28–⁠38220000
Nov 21vs.CaliforniaW 31–⁠27100.5010
Nov 27vs.OregonW 41–⁠38110000
Dec 19vs.Arizona StateL 33–⁠46200000
2019 Oregon State 9 games, 34 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30vs.Oklahoma StateL 36–⁠52430000
Sep 7atHawai’iL 28–⁠31431100
Sep 14vs.Cal PolyW 45–⁠71262101
Sep 28vs.StanfordL 28–⁠31210000
Oct 5atUCLAW 48–⁠31421000
Nov 2atArizonaW 56–⁠386400.500
Nov 8vs.WashingtonL 7–⁠19000000
Nov 23atWashington StateL 53–⁠54––––1–
Nov 30atOregonL 10–⁠24221100
2018 Oregon State 9 games, 11 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 1atOhio StateL 31–⁠77100000
Sep 8vs.Southern UtahW 48–⁠25111000
Sep 15atNevadaL 35–⁠37––––1–
Sep 22vs.ArizonaL 14–⁠35220000
Sep 29atArizona StateL 24–⁠52210000
Oct 6vs.Washington StateL 37–⁠56100000
Oct 20vs.CaliforniaL 7–⁠49110000
Nov 3vs.USCL 21–⁠38220000
Nov 17atWashingtonL 23–⁠42100000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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