2008 Football Roster
Roster
Cortez McCraney
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 280
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Southaven, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Memphis HS
CAREER:
After sitting out one season as a transfer redshirt, became a fixture in the regular rotation of defensive linemen ... Has played in 12 of a possible 13 games, earning four starting calls for the Bulldogs ... Has made 24 tackles, including four and one-half for loss (minus 19 yards), one of which was a quarterback sack (minus 9 yards) ... Sat out the 2006 season to establish his transfer eligibility ... Came to MSU from the University of Memphis after one year of high school football.
2007:
Played in 12 of 13 regular-season games for Mississippi State along the defensive line ... Only missed seeing action in mid-season game vs. UAB due to illness ... Earned four starting calls, the first three weeks of the season, and in Week 10 win over Alabama ... Had tackles in 10 of his games played ... Produced 24 tackles, including four and one-half for loss (minus 19 yards), one of which was a quarterback sack (minus 9 yards) ... Productive spring and pre-season camp vaulted him into a starting assignment at one defensive tackle position ... Registered three tackles, including one and one-half for loss (minus 4 yards), against LSU to open the season ... Made one tackle, a half-tackle for loss (minus 2 yards) one week later in the team’s win over Tulane in New Orleans ... Part of a defensive effort that allowed the Green Wave just 44 yards rushing overall, only 6 second-half yards of total offense and no first downs ... Again, made one hit vs. Auburn in Mississippi State’s 19-14 victory on the Plains ... Limited during Week 4 action after being ill most of the preceding several days ... Had two tackles in the team’s win over Gardner-Webb ... Made one hit, a one-half tackle for loss, during Week 7 action against Tennessee ... Added another tackle one week later at West Virginia ... Returned to the stats column in Week 10 with a pair of hits in the Bulldogs’ win over nationally No. 21-ranked Alabama ... Recorded three hits at Arkansas in Week 11 ... Saved his best for last ... Had a season-best seven tackles, including one for loss (minus 4 yards) in the Bulldogs’ regular season-ending 17-14 triumph over Ole Miss in the Battle For The Golden Egg ... Made three tackles in State’s 10-3 win over Central Florida in the 2007 AutoZone Liberty Bowl, one of which was a 9-yard quarterback sack, the first of his collegiate career.
2006:
Sat out the season as a transfer from Memphis.
2005:
Played in 11 of a possible 12 games for the University of Memphis as a redshirt freshman, serving as the top reserve at left defensive end ... Credited with 10 tackles on the year, including one-half tackle for loss.
2004:
Redshirted his true freshman season at Memphis.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Did not begin playing football until his senior season at Southaven (Miss.) High School ... Played safety and defensive end for Southaven ... Despite arriving on the high school playing field late in his prep career, he was named to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger Top 40 prospects following his senior campaign ... Totaled 84 tackles during that senior year ... Attended Whitehaven High School in Memphis, Tenn., before transferring to Southaven ... Played high school basketball at Whitehaven.
PERSONAL:
Born Cortez De’Angelo McCraney, 11-7-85, in Memphis, Tenn. ... Son of Mr. Rodney McCraney and Ms. Lashonda Tate ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
