Ja'Quan McMillian: CB · East Carolina · #21.
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Ja'Quan McMillian
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Third year in the same secondary at East Carolina. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-AAC again in 2021. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 15 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | East Carolina | 56 | 38 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 5 |
| 2020 | East Carolina | 33 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | East Carolina | 38 | 32 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 |
| Career | 127 | 97 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 27 | 12 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 19-33@ App State | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 17-20vs South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-38@ Marshall | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-28vs Charleston Southern | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-29vs Tulane | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-20@ UCF | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Houston | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-14vs South Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Temple | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-29@ Memphis | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-35@ Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-35vs No. 4 Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 56 | 38 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 15 |
Week 4 · 2021
W 31-28
1 interception · 1 tackle for loss · 10 tackles
Edged out Charleston Southern at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
27%15 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
56tackles this season56 tackles · 4 for loss · 15 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
3 seasons under Mike Houston — 14-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| Road6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Houston
Pass share
47.5%
441 pass / 488 run
Plays / game
77.4
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
454 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #210 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at East Carolina, 127 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Houston.
