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Keith McCants

Alvin Keith McCants (April 19, 1968 – September 2, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Houston Oilers, and the Arizona Cardinals from 1990 to 1995. He was selected by Tampa Bay in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft with the fourth overall pick. After his playing career, he became a radio broadcaster.

Keith McCants
No. 52, 78, 90
Position:Linebacker, defensive end
Personal information
Born:(1968-04-19)April 19, 1968
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Died:September 2, 2021(2021-09-02) (aged 53)
St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school:Murphy (Mobile, Alabama)
College:Alabama
NFL Draft:1990 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

High school career Edit

McCants attended Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama. As a senior, he amassed 130 tackles and 3 interceptions and was named to the 1986 1st Team All State Team. Additionally, McCants was named to the 1986 Alabama Sports Writers Association's Super 12 team, composed of the top 12 high school football players in the state.[1] McCants was also on the school's basketball team, and helped lead them to the state tournament both his freshman and senior year.[2]

College career Edit

A college standout at the University of Alabama, McCants had a number of accolades bestowed upon him including being named a 1989 Unanimous First-team All-American (AP, UPI, WCFF,[3] AFCA, FWAA, FN, TSN) and a 1989 Butkus Award Runner-up.[4] He was a member of the 1990 Sugar Bowl team and was named the National Defensive Player of the Year in 1989 by CBS.[5] In 1988 as a sophomore, McCants finished second on the team with 78 tackles, second only to Derrick Thomas. Additionally, McCants recorded the most tackles on the team four times during the 1988 regular season, against Tennessee (8), Mississippi State (14), Auburn (17), and Texas A&M (11).[6][7] The Texas A&M game, dubbed the Hurricane Bowl, was originally to take place September 17, but Alabama head coach Bill Curry refused to travel to College Station due to the threat posed by Hurricane Gilbert.[8] The Tide ended the season with a win against Army in the 1988 Sun Bowl, in which McCants had a game-high 13 tackles.[9]

In 1989, he led the Crimson Tide with 119 tackles and 4 sacks. After Alabama's victory against Tennessee, McCants was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week by the league office[10] for his 16 tackles and two sacks. Three weeks later, he was named Sports Illustrated defensive player of the week after totaling 18 tackles in an Alabama victory over LSU. In the last game of the 1989 regular season against Auburn, dubbed the Iron Bowl, McCants was named the CBS Player of the Game for Alabama with 18 tackles, an interception, and a forced fumble. A high point for the Tide from the game was McCants' display of "incredible athletic talent" in running down Auburn receiver Shane Wasden from behind and preventing a touchdown.[5] Additionally, it was the second straight Iron Bowl in which McCants led the Tide in tackles, combining for 35 total between the 1988 and 1989 matchups. Even with the loss to Auburn, Alabama would still claim the title of 1989 SEC Champions, the school’s first conference title since 1981.

Among a number of individual honors, McCants finished his college career with 197 total tackles, including 16 tackles for a loss.[11] Additionally, McCants 119 tackles that year puts him tied for 6th all time for tackles in a single season by an Alabama player.[12] The February 12, 1990 issue of Sports Illustrated ran an article that focused on McCants titled "The Young and the Restless", that profiled his and other college juniors' eventually successful attempts to declare for the NFL Draft before their senior season, a then-uncommon practice.[13][14] In December 2010, Bleacher Report named McCants the 33rd greatest player in Alabama Crimson Tide History.[15]

Before the draft, Ed Sherman of the Chicago Tribune described McCants as "the biggest star around", with pro scouts "drooling over him", and projected him to be "a virtual lock to be the top pick in next spring`s NFL draft". `BAMA STAR WEIGHS THE PROS, CONS

Professional career Edit

McCants was for a time expected to be the first player selected in the 1990 NFL draft, but the Atlanta Falcons backed off due to rumors of knee trouble and allegations that his family had been paid money by a sports agent while he was still in college.[16] Still, McCants' strength and 4.51 second time in the 40-yard dash[17] guaranteed he would still be a high pick, if not #1. After being drafted fourth overall by the Buccaneers in 1990,[18] McCants signed a 5-year, $7.4 million deal with the team, including a then-record $2.5 million cash signing bonus.[19][20] A highly touted prospect, McCants rookie card by Score quoted former Kentucky head coach Jerry Claiborne as saying "Keith is one of the best football players I have ever seen. Have you ever seen a linebacker as big as he is? I never have. He looks like an elephant and he runs like a deer". Buccaneers coach Ray Perkins said that "He plays like he is never out of the play. That is an intensity level I like".[21]

Floyd Peters was brought to the Bucs in 1991, and converted McCants from a linebacker to defensive end. Although McCants resisted the change, Peters convinced him that with time he could become a success story along the lines of Chris Doleman, another Peters conversion.[22] Although privately unhappy he accepted the position, and tried to make the best of it, claiming "Teams won't take me lightly. I can tell you that...I can play any position on this football team, except maybe quarterback. When this season is over, I could be in the Pro Bowl. You don't know how hungry I am. It doesn't matter what position I'm playing. What matters is me."[23]

Although McCants was not fond of the move, he did have some success, as he led the Buccaneers in 1991 with 34 quarterback pressures and recorded 5 sacks, prompting Patrick Zier of the New York Times to remark "considering the circumstances, McCants first year was a success. . .despite having to learn an entirely new position".[24] In December 1991, Coach Peters told the media "I think he's played a decent season. If you watch films, Keith is a producer."[25] McCants continued to build upon his experience and was second on the Buccaneers in sacks (5) and quarterback pressures (21) in 1992. Eventually, Tampa Bay cut him during their 1993 training camp.

Within 48 hours, he was picked up off waivers by the New England Patriots, where he was reunited once again with Ray Perkins, then New England's Offensive coordinator.[26] Regarding his cut from the Bucs and resigning, McCants remarked at the time "This is a lot off my shoulders...The rumors had been spreading for some time now concerning my future with Tampa."[27] He played in a preseason game the day he was signed, against the Kansas City Chiefs, before being released.

In 1993 while with the Houston Oilers, McCants stepped in to separate Buddy Ryan and Kevin Gilbride when Ryan punched Gilbride in the face following an Oilers fumble.[28] That season, the Oilers would go on to finish first in the AFC Central Division, sending them to their seventh straight postseason, and McCants's first. When asked what it meant to go to the playoffs, McCants replied, "Let me tell you something, this is big-time. This is football ... I haven't had a winning season since I left college, and it feels great to win again."[29] In 1994, McCants went to the Cardinals, following Buddy Ryan to Arizona after he was named head coach. In a game against the Chicago Bears, McCants picked off Steve Walsh and ran back a 46-yard touchdown; it was the Cardinals' longest interception return of the season.[30] In 1995 McCants scored his second NFL touchdown, on a fumble recovery against the Seattle Seahawks.

NFL statistics Edit

Year Team Games Comb. Tkls. Tackles Asst. Tkls. Sacks Forced Fmb. Fumb Rec. Fumb Ret Yds Int Int Ret Yds. Yards per Ret. Long Ret. Int Ret. Touchdown Pass Def.
1990 TB 15 44 44 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TB 16 54 54 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TB 16 58 58 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 HOU 13 4 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 HOU 4 20 17 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 ARI 8 15 14 1 1.0 0 1 0 1 46 46 46 1 3
1995 ARI 16 20 17 3 0.5 0 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 2
Career 88 192 184 8 13.5 0 6 16 1 46 46 46 1 5

[31]

Broadcast career Edit

On September 13, 2019, McCants began cohosting Hear It Now! with Barry Edwards every Friday on WWBA (820 AM) in Tampa Bay. This was his first full-time role as a broadcaster. He interviewed guests Cornelius Bennett,[32] Robert Jones, Stylez G. White, George Teague,[33] Willie Anderson,[34] Kato Kaelin and Ron Jeremy.

Personal life Edit

McCants and Emmitt Smith became friends while both playing in the SEC in college, with both being named to the 1989 All American team. Smith twice called McCants for advice leading up to his decision to announce for the 1990 Draft.[35] According to his biography, while still a child WNBA player Lindsey Harding was inspired by a footrace with McCants to enter the world of sports.[36]

After leaving the NFL, McCants, who studied Criminal Justice while at the University of Alabama, became the first black marine police officer in the state of Alabama. Working for the Department of Conservation and Natural resources, Conservation Commissioner Riley Boykin Smith said at the time that "he hopes McCants will become the first of many minorities who take advantage of the opportunities to work for his department".[37][38]

McCants was also an avid scuba diver, having dived all around the coast of Florida and the Caribbean.[37]

McCants died of an apparent drug overdose on September 2, 2021, aged 53.[39]

Media appearances Edit

McCants appeared in the 2012 episode Broke, part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series of sports documentaries. The premiere of Broke, which detailed the high rates of bankruptcy and financial trouble amongst professional athletes, attracted 2.7 million viewers, an all-time ESPN record.[40]

McCants was a semi-frequent guest on HuffPost Live, having appeared on the program five times.[41][42][43][44][45] Three of the appearances were with host Marc Lamont Hill.

McCants was the guest for the September 21, 2012 episode of Dan Lebatard is Highly Questionable.[46]

On September 24, 2012, he appeared as a guest on The Adam Carolla Show alongside Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees.[47]

In December 2012, McCants appeared on Tailgating with Kato, Kato Kaelin's sports-themed television talk show

He also appeared on WALA-TV Fox 10 a number of times, with segments including "The Interview"[48] and "Studio 10".[49]

McCants was featured in sportswriter Gregg Easterbrook's book The King of Sports: Football's Impact on America released in October 2013.

Legal troubles Edit

According to a May 15, 2011, Tampa Tribune article, since 2002 McCants had three convictions on charges of possessing drugs or drug paraphernalia.[50] The article goes on to detail how, since his last new arrest in December 2010, "McCants said he has been clean and doesn't believe he has a drug-addiction problem."

References Edit

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  15. ^ Pinto, Michael. "The 50 Greatest Players In Alabama Crimson Tide Football History". Bleacher Report.
  16. ^ Associated Press. "Falcons sour on McCants, want George with top pick". The Gadsden Times. April 11, 1990.
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External links Edit

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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is multiple references are provided as inline external links with rogue italics and need a full overhaul Please help improve this article if you can September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article has an unclear citation style The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Alvin Keith McCants April 19 1968 September 2 2021 was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for six seasons in the National Football League NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the Houston Oilers and the Arizona Cardinals from 1990 to 1995 He was selected by Tampa Bay in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft with the fourth overall pick After his playing career he became a radio broadcaster Keith McCantsNo 52 78 90Position Linebacker defensive endPersonal informationBorn 1968 04 19 April 19 1968Mobile Alabama U S Died September 2 2021 2021 09 02 aged 53 St Petersburg Florida U S Height 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m Weight 260 lb 118 kg Career informationHigh school Murphy Mobile Alabama College AlabamaNFL Draft 1990 Round 1 Pick 4Career historyTampa Bay Buccaneers 1990 1992 Houston Oilers 1993 1994 Arizona Cardinals 1994 1995 Career highlights and awardsUnanimous first team All American 1989 First team All SEC 1989 CBS National Defensive Player of the Year 1989 Iron Bowl MVP 1989 1988 Sun Bowl championCareer NFL statisticsTackles 184Sacks 13 5Touchdowns 2Player stats at NFL com PFR Contents 1 High school career 2 College career 3 Professional career 3 1 NFL statistics 4 Broadcast career 5 Personal life 6 Media appearances 7 Legal troubles 8 References 9 External linksHigh school career EditMcCants attended Murphy High School in Mobile Alabama As a senior he amassed 130 tackles and 3 interceptions and was named to the 1986 1st Team All State Team Additionally McCants was named to the 1986 Alabama Sports Writers Association s Super 12 team composed of the top 12 high school football players in the state 1 McCants was also on the school s basketball team and helped lead them to the state tournament both his freshman and senior year 2 College career EditA college standout at the University of Alabama McCants had a number of accolades bestowed upon him including being named a 1989 Unanimous First team All American AP UPI WCFF 3 AFCA FWAA FN TSN and a 1989 Butkus Award Runner up 4 He was a member of the 1990 Sugar Bowl team and was named the National Defensive Player of the Year in 1989 by CBS 5 In 1988 as a sophomore McCants finished second on the team with 78 tackles second only to Derrick Thomas Additionally McCants recorded the most tackles on the team four times during the 1988 regular season against Tennessee 8 Mississippi State 14 Auburn 17 and Texas A amp M 11 6 7 The Texas A amp M game dubbed the Hurricane Bowl was originally to take place September 17 but Alabama head coach Bill Curry refused to travel to College Station due to the threat posed by Hurricane Gilbert 8 The Tide ended the season with a win against Army in the 1988 Sun Bowl in which McCants had a game high 13 tackles 9 In 1989 he led the Crimson Tide with 119 tackles and 4 sacks After Alabama s victory against Tennessee McCants was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week by the league office 10 for his 16 tackles and two sacks Three weeks later he was named Sports Illustrated defensive player of the week after totaling 18 tackles in an Alabama victory over LSU In the last game of the 1989 regular season against Auburn dubbed the Iron Bowl McCants was named the CBS Player of the Game for Alabama with 18 tackles an interception and a forced fumble A high point for the Tide from the game was McCants display of incredible athletic talent in running down Auburn receiver Shane Wasden from behind and preventing a touchdown 5 Additionally it was the second straight Iron Bowl in which McCants led the Tide in tackles combining for 35 total between the 1988 and 1989 matchups Even with the loss to Auburn Alabama would still claim the title of 1989 SEC Champions the school s first conference title since 1981 Among a number of individual honors McCants finished his college career with 197 total tackles including 16 tackles for a loss 11 Additionally McCants 119 tackles that year puts him tied for 6th all time for tackles in a single season by an Alabama player 12 The February 12 1990 issue of Sports Illustrated ran an article that focused on McCants titled The Young and the Restless that profiled his and other college juniors eventually successful attempts to declare for the NFL Draft before their senior season a then uncommon practice 13 14 In December 2010 Bleacher Report named McCants the 33rd greatest player in Alabama Crimson Tide History 15 Before the draft Ed Sherman of the Chicago Tribune described McCants as the biggest star around with pro scouts drooling over him and projected him to be a virtual lock to be the top pick in next spring s NFL draft BAMA STAR WEIGHS THE PROS CONSProfessional career EditMcCants was for a time expected to be the first player selected in the 1990 NFL draft but the Atlanta Falcons backed off due to rumors of knee trouble and allegations that his family had been paid money by a sports agent while he was still in college 16 Still McCants strength and 4 51 second time in the 40 yard dash 17 guaranteed he would still be a high pick if not 1 After being drafted fourth overall by the Buccaneers in 1990 18 McCants signed a 5 year 7 4 million deal with the team including a then record 2 5 million cash signing bonus 19 20 A highly touted prospect McCants rookie card by Score quoted former Kentucky head coach Jerry Claiborne as saying Keith is one of the best football players I have ever seen Have you ever seen a linebacker as big as he is I never have He looks like an elephant and he runs like a deer Buccaneers coach Ray Perkins said that He plays like he is never out of the play That is an intensity level I like 21 Floyd Peters was brought to the Bucs in 1991 and converted McCants from a linebacker to defensive end Although McCants resisted the change Peters convinced him that with time he could become a success story along the lines of Chris Doleman another Peters conversion 22 Although privately unhappy he accepted the position and tried to make the best of it claiming Teams won t take me lightly I can tell you that I can play any position on this football team except maybe quarterback When this season is over I could be in the Pro Bowl You don t know how hungry I am It doesn t matter what position I m playing What matters is me 23 Although McCants was not fond of the move he did have some success as he led the Buccaneers in 1991 with 34 quarterback pressures and recorded 5 sacks prompting Patrick Zier of the New York Times to remark considering the circumstances McCants first year was a success despite having to learn an entirely new position 24 In December 1991 Coach Peters told the media I think he s played a decent season If you watch films Keith is a producer 25 McCants continued to build upon his experience and was second on the Buccaneers in sacks 5 and quarterback pressures 21 in 1992 Eventually Tampa Bay cut him during their 1993 training camp Within 48 hours he was picked up off waivers by the New England Patriots where he was reunited once again with Ray Perkins then New England s Offensive coordinator 26 Regarding his cut from the Bucs and resigning McCants remarked at the time This is a lot off my shoulders The rumors had been spreading for some time now concerning my future with Tampa 27 He played in a preseason game the day he was signed against the Kansas City Chiefs before being released In 1993 while with the Houston Oilers McCants stepped in to separate Buddy Ryan and Kevin Gilbride when Ryan punched Gilbride in the face following an Oilers fumble 28 That season the Oilers would go on to finish first in the AFC Central Division sending them to their seventh straight postseason and McCants s first When asked what it meant to go to the playoffs McCants replied Let me tell you something this is big time This is football I haven t had a winning season since I left college and it feels great to win again 29 In 1994 McCants went to the Cardinals following Buddy Ryan to Arizona after he was named head coach In a game against the Chicago Bears McCants picked off Steve Walsh and ran back a 46 yard touchdown it was the Cardinals longest interception return of the season 30 In 1995 McCants scored his second NFL touchdown on a fumble recovery against the Seattle Seahawks NFL statistics Edit Year Team Games Comb Tkls Tackles Asst Tkls Sacks Forced Fmb Fumb Rec Fumb Ret Yds Int Int Ret Yds Yards per Ret Long Ret Int Ret Touchdown Pass Def 1990 TB 15 44 44 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01991 TB 16 54 54 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01992 TB 16 58 58 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01993 HOU 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01994 HOU 4 20 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01994 ARI 8 15 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 46 46 46 1 31995 ARI 16 20 17 3 0 5 0 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 2Career 88 192 184 8 13 5 0 6 16 1 46 46 46 1 5 31 Broadcast career EditOn September 13 2019 McCants began cohosting Hear It Now with Barry Edwards every Friday on WWBA 820 AM in Tampa Bay This was his first full time role as a broadcaster He interviewed guests Cornelius Bennett 32 Robert Jones Stylez G White George Teague 33 Willie Anderson 34 Kato Kaelin and Ron Jeremy Personal life EditMcCants and Emmitt Smith became friends while both playing in the SEC in college with both being named to the 1989 All American team Smith twice called McCants for advice leading up to his decision to announce for the 1990 Draft 35 According to his biography while still a child WNBA player Lindsey Harding was inspired by a footrace with McCants to enter the world of sports 36 After leaving the NFL McCants who studied Criminal Justice while at the University of Alabama became the first black marine police officer in the state of Alabama Working for the Department of Conservation and Natural resources Conservation Commissioner Riley Boykin Smith said at the time that he hopes McCants will become the first of many minorities who take advantage of the opportunities to work for his department 37 38 McCants was also an avid scuba diver having dived all around the coast of Florida and the Caribbean 37 McCants died of an apparent drug overdose on September 2 2021 aged 53 39 Media appearances EditMcCants appeared in the 2012 episode Broke part of ESPN s 30 for 30 series of sports documentaries The premiere of Broke which detailed the high rates of bankruptcy and financial trouble amongst professional athletes attracted 2 7 million viewers an all time ESPN record 40 McCants was a semi frequent guest on HuffPost Live having appeared on the program five times 41 42 43 44 45 Three of the appearances were with host Marc Lamont Hill McCants was the guest for the September 21 2012 episode of Dan Lebatard is Highly Questionable 46 On September 24 2012 he appeared as a guest on The Adam Carolla Show alongside Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees 47 In December 2012 McCants appeared on Tailgating with Kato Kato Kaelin s sports themed television talk showHe also appeared on WALA TV Fox 10 a number of times with segments including The Interview 48 and Studio 10 49 McCants was featured in sportswriter Gregg Easterbrook s book The King of Sports Football s Impact on America released in October 2013 Legal troubles EditAccording to a May 15 2011 Tampa Tribune article since 2002 McCants had three convictions on charges of possessing drugs or drug paraphernalia 50 The article goes on to detail how since his last new arrest in December 2010 McCants said he has been clean and doesn t believe he has a drug addiction problem References Edit AHSFHS org Alabama High School Football Player Bios www ahsfhs org The Tuscaloosa News Google News Archive Search news google com All America Teams Walter Camp Football Foundation Archived from the original on March 30 2009 Keith McCants Alabama Crimson Tide Football Where Are They Now LostLettermen com Archived April 27 2011 at the Wayback Machine a b PDF https web archive org web 20120717081037 http www rolltide com archive files files football 1989 GameRecaps 89recapAU pdf Archived from the original PDF on July 17 2012 Retrieved May 25 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help 1 dead link PDF https web archive org web 20120326074943 http www rolltide com archive files files football 1988 GameRecaps 88recaps pdf Archived from the original PDF on March 26 2012 Retrieved 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