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Jersey Number 11
LJ McCray
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Class:
- Junior
- Season at UF:
- 3rd
- Hometown:
- Daytona, Fla.
- High School:
- Mainland
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 277
Pronunciation Season & Career Stats (PDF) Feature Clips
ACADEMIC HONORS
2026: Played in all seven games highlighted by his first-career start in Week 1, owning a career-high 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and nine solo tackles (12 total) on top of six stops, six quarterback hurries (per PFF) and one pass breakup. Wields a 75.8 PFF defensive grade.
2025: Appeared in one game, against USF, logging one QB hurry. Missed the rest of the season due to injury.
2024: Played in all 13 games on the defensive line and on special teams… Finished tied second on the team with five quarterback hurries… Had 13 total tackles (3 solo), 1.0 tackles-for-loss and 0.5 sacks.
ACADEMIC HONORS
- Two-time SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024-25)
2026: Played in all seven games highlighted by his first-career start in Week 1, owning a career-high 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and nine solo tackles (12 total) on top of six stops, six quarterback hurries (per PFF) and one pass breakup. Wields a 75.8 PFF defensive grade.
- vs. Florida Atlantic: Made his first-career start and tallied two solo tackles and one pass breakup across a career-high 47 snaps on the defensive line, finishing with a 73.2 PFF tackling grade and 71.1 run defense grade.
- vs. Campbell: Set career highs with 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack in addition to two stops and two quarterback hurries (per PFF), finishing with a 76.1 PFF grade across 22 snaps on defense (21) and field goal block (one).
- at Auburn: Logged one solo tackle and two quarterback pressures (per PFF) in 14 pass rushing snaps (18 total) for a 20%-win rate – which ranked fifth on the defensive line on true pass sets.
- vs. No. 4 Ole Miss: Played 20 snaps on the defensive line in the 52-28 victory.
- at No. 25 Missouri: Delivered a 78.6 PFF defensive grade and 77.2 run defense grade while making two tackles (one stop) in 14 snaps on the defensive line.
- vs. South Carolina: Notched one solo tackle while posting a career-high 89.7 PFF pass rush grade across 18 snaps on the defensive line.
- at No. 7 Texas: Honored as SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after setting career highs with 1.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss and four tackles (three solo) while chipping in three stops across 24 total snaps. Graded third in the SEC and 23rd in the FBS among FBS edge rushers in Week 7 (81.4).
2025: Appeared in one game, against USF, logging one QB hurry. Missed the rest of the season due to injury.
- vs. USF: Logged four snaps at defense in his first appearance of the season, and registered one QB hurry.
2024: Played in all 13 games on the defensive line and on special teams… Finished tied second on the team with five quarterback hurries… Had 13 total tackles (3 solo), 1.0 tackles-for-loss and 0.5 sacks.
- vs. No. 19 Miami: Made his collegiate debut at defensive line and on special teams, assisted on a tackle.
- vs. Samford: Had three quarterback hurries, 0.5 tackle-for-loss and three tackles in 16 defensive snaps played.
- vs. Texas A&M: Notched a solo tackle.
- at Mississippi State: Recorded a quarterback hurry and assisted on a goal line stand to keep the Bulldogs out of the endzone to end the game.
- vs. UCF: Collected first-half sack of his career with fellow freshmen D’Antre Robinson for an 8-yard loss.
- at No. 8 Tennessee: Saw action on the defensive line and special teams.
- vs. Kentucky: Recorded his team-best fourth quarterback hurry.
- vs. No. 2 Georgia: Assisted on a tackle and played a total of 16 snaps on defense and special teams.
- at No. 5 Texas: Recorded a solo tackle for a stop on a Texas pass.
- vs. No. 21 LSU: Ended with two tackles.
- vs. No. 9 Ole Miss: Assisted on a tackle while appearing on the defensive line and played on special teams.
- at Florida State: Registered his fifth quarterback hurry on the season.
- Gasparilla Bowl vs. Tulane: Played a season-high 33 defensive snaps and had a solo tackle.
High School
Rated as a five-star recruit by On3 and 247Sports... Graded as the No. 1 recruit in his position group by On3, No. 2 by 247Sports and No. 6 by ESPN... Ranked third nationally by On3, sixth by 247Sports and as the No. 23 overall recruit by ESPN... Invited to play in the 2024 All-American Bowl... Led Mainland to its first state title in 20 years this season... Appeared in 35 games with Mainland, totaling 133 career tackles (73 solo), 18.0 sacks and 62.0 TFLs... Selected Florida over FSU, Miami and Georgia, among others.
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