C.J. McCray Season 2024

2023: Played in all 13 games, making 21 tackles (8 solo) ... registered 3.5 sacks ... tallied two quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery ... achieved a season high five tackles vs. Marshall (Sept. 23).

2022: Played in 11 games, making one start at defensive end ... Led Tech in quarterback hurries (eight) ... Recorded 20 tackles (eight solo), 2.5 TFL (18 yards), 2.0 sacks (17 yards) and one forced fumble ... Assisted on two tackles at Duke (Nov. 12) ... Made four tackles (two solo) and was credited with a quarterback hurry against Georgia Tech (Nov. 5) ... Recorded a solo tackle at No. 24 NC State (Oct. 27) ... Assisted on a tackle and registered a quarterback hurry against Miami (Oct. 15) ... Was credited with a quarterback hurry at Pitt (Oct. 8) ... Assisted on a tackle and was credited with a quarterback hurry at North Carolina (Oct. 1) ... Set a career high with five tackles (one solo), including 0.5 TFL (1 yard) against West Virginia (Sept. 22) ... Made his first career start, forced a fumble while completing his 10-yard solo sack and was credited with a quarterback hurry against Wofford (Sept. 17) ... Registered his first career sack (7-yard solo) and set a career high with four tackles (three solo) against Boston College (Sept. 10) ... Notched two quarterback hurries and assisted on a tackle at Old Dominion (Sept. 2).
 
2021: Played in four games ... Made his first collegiate appearance vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/11) and recorded a tackle and a quarterback hurry ... Registered a tackle vs. Duke (11/13) ... Saw action at Miami (11/20) and at Virginia (11/27).

Marshall: Did not compete during the 2020 season.
 
High School: Starred at Lumberton Senior High and Mallard Creek … Also ran track, played high school basketball and on the AAU circuit.
 
Personal: Uncle, Franklin Stubbs, is a Virginia Tech alumnus who enjoyed a 10-year career in Major League Baseball. Was a first-round pick of the L.A. Dodgers in the 1982 Draft and was part of the Dodgers’ 1988 World Series championship squad … Cousin, B.J. McCray, played football at Florida and in the NFL ranks … Wants to work as an athletic trainer when his football career concludes … Son of Chris and Shamika McCray ... Majoring in consumer studies.