Taje McCoy
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
72
Average

Taje McCoy

Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsAverage
RDEDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Oklahoma State
2nd String / Backup

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Taje McCoy is listed 2nd string at RDE for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Redshirt junior · #41 · 6'1", 250 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

  1. 12472Noah CarterStarter
  2. 24172Taje McCoyYou
  3. 3965Amontrae Bradford
  4. 41159Brayden Manley

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Putnam City, ranked #600 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 21 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 72 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #600 NatlTeam Share4%
Wichita, KS
Jersey
#41
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
250 lbs
Transfer
Oklahoma State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—213.52

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8803
National Rank
#600
High School
Putnam City
Hometown
Oklahoma City, OK

Why this rating?

On a 71-rated defense; 77th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.87 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 72.

Team defense (SP+)
71
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 77% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WDUKETKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 28-25

Sep 27LSTANTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-27

Sep 19WMERTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 44-11

Sep 12LTENNTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-24

Sep 4LCOLOTKL 11
TKL
11
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 14-13

Taje McCoy's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

21 tkl · 3.5 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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