American football player (born 1993) American football player Tony McRaePersonal information Born:| (1993-05-03) May 3, 1993 (age 29) McColl, South Carolina Height:| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight:| 185 lb (84 kg) Career information High school:| Scotland (Laurinburg, North Carolina) College:| North Carolina A&T Position:| Cornerback Undrafted:| 2016 Career history * Oakland Raiders (2016)* * Cincinnati Bengals (2016)* * Baltimore Ravens (2017) * Buffalo Bills (2017) * Cincinnati Bengals (2017–2019) * Detroit Lions (2020) * Offseason and/or practice squad member only Career highlights and awards * Black college football national championship (2015) * 1st Team Boxtorow All-American (2015) * 1st Team All-MEAC Defensive Back (2015) * 2nd Team All MEAC Return Specialist (2015) * 2nd Team BSN All-American (2015) Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2020 | Total tackles:| 40 | Forced fumbles:| 1 Pass deflections:| 2 Player stats at NFL.com · PFR Tony McRae (born May 3, 1993) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at North Carolina A&T, and signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2016. ## Contents * 1 Early life * 2 College career * 2.1 2012 season * 2.2 2013 season * 2.3 2014 season * 2.4 2015 season * 2.5 College statistics * 3 Professional career * 3.1 Oakland Raiders * 3.2 Cincinnati Bengals * 3.3 Baltimore Ravens * 3.4 Buffalo Bills * 3.5 Cincinnati Bengals (second stint) * 3.6 Detroit Lions * 4 References * 5 External links ## Early life[edit] McRae attended Scotland High School, in Laurinburg, North Carolina where he played varsity football and basketball. During his senior year, McRae helped lead the Fighting Scotts to a 14-0 undefeated season and the 2011 NCHSAA 4A State football championship.[1] McRae's performance earned a place on the 2011 All-Cape Fear Regional Team as he was the leading rusher among NC state champion teams with 1,835 yards and 32 touchdowns.[2] ## College career[edit] McRae accepted an athletic scholarship to attend North Carolina A&T State University, where he played for coach Rod Broadway's as a member of his first NC A&T Aggies football recruiting class.[3] ### 2012 season[edit] See also: 2012 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team As a true freshman, McRae played in all 11 of the Aggie's games, and started in 3 of them. He would get his first start at cornerback to replace starting left cornerback Deji Olatoye who moved to free safety to replace of an injured Isaiah Martin.[4] McRae would finish the 2012 season with a total of 23 tackles, 14 of them solo and 9 assisted; 4 broken up passes and 9 Kick returns. ### 2013 season[edit] See also: 2013 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team McRae began his sophomore with a 4 solo, 1 pass breakup and a 91 yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the season opener against Appalachian State. The Aggies would go on to upset Appalachian State 24-21, resulting in North Carolina A&T's first win over the mountaineers since 1993.[5] Of the 11 games he played in that season, McRae would total 11 solo tackles, 1 assist, 2 pass breakups, 3 defended passes and 1 interception. ### 2014 season[edit] See also: 2014 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team For his Junior season McRae would start in all 12 games and opened the season with a 95 yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Alabama A&M in the 2014 MEAC/SWAC Challenge. Against Elon, McRae put up a career high 9 tackles and 5 defended passes.[4] He ended the season with 62 total tackles, 46 of them being unassisted, 5 interceptions, 16 passes defended and 14 kickoffs returned for 360 total yards and 1 touchdown. McRae was ranked 13th in the nation in passes defended, 15th in interceptions and 4th in kickoff return touchdowns.[4] ### 2015 season[edit] See also: 2015 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team Starting in all 12 games played, McRae has a season best performance[6] against Delaware state in which he returned a kickoff for 75 yards for a touchdown, earned 6 tackles and 1 interception. He would finish the season leading the Aggies with 55 Tackles, 14 assists, 8 Pass defended, 22 kick returns for 622 yards and 2 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions. McRae's performance earned him first-team All MEAC and Boxtorow first-team All-American recognition.[7] ### College statistics[edit] Year | GP | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Fumbles | Blocked | | | | | | Solo | Ast | Total | Loss–Yards | No–Yards | Int–Yards | BU | PD | QBH | Rcv–Yards-TD | FF | Kick 2012 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 0.5-2 | 0–0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 2013 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 2014 | 12 | 46 | 16 | 62 | 2.0–8 | 0-0 | 5–84 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 2015 | 12 | 41 | 14 | 55 | 4.0–8 | 1.5-4 | 3–21 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 Source:[8][9][10][11] ## Professional career[edit] According to ESPN, McRae was ranked the 85th best cornerback entering the 2016 NFL Draft.[12] Pre-draft measurables Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | | | | | | | | | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | 178 lb (81 kg) | 4.56 s | 1.59 s | 2.60 s | 4.33 s | 7.55 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) | 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) | 13 reps All values were taken at NC A&T Pro Day.[13] ### Oakland Raiders[edit] McRae was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent on May 10, 2016.[14] He was waived on May 16, 2016.[15] ### Cincinnati Bengals[edit] On August 9, 2016, McRae signed with the Cincinnati Bengals.[16] He was waived on September 3, 2016 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[17][18] He was released on September 16, 2016, but was later re-signed on November 29, 2016.[19][20] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Bengals on January 2, 2017.[21] On September 2, 2017, McRae was waived by the Bengals.[22] ### Baltimore Ravens[edit] On September 5, 2017, McRae was signed to the Baltimore Ravens' practice squad.[23] He was promoted to the active roster on September 16, 2017.[24] He was waived by the Ravens on October 21, 2017.[25] ### Buffalo Bills[edit] On October 23, 2017, McRae was claimed off waivers by the Buffalo Bills, but was released two days later.[26][27] ### Cincinnati Bengals (second stint)[edit] On October 27, 2017, McRae was signed to the Bengals' practice squad.[28] He was promoted to the active roster on December 9, 2017.[29] ### Detroit Lions[edit] On March 24, 2020, McRae signed with the Detroit Lions.[30] He was placed on injured reserve on November 9, 2020.[31] ## References[edit] 1. ^ "Scotland High School 11-12 Football Schedule". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved August 24, 2017. 2. ^ "2011 All Cape Fear Region Football Team Player Info". NCPrepSports.net. Retrieved August 24, 2017. 3. ^ White, Herbert L. "N.C. A&T recruits size, speed among in-state signees". TheCharlottePost.com. Retrieved August 25, 2017. 4. ^ a b c "Tony McRae Bio". NCATAggies.com. NC A&T Athletics. Retrieved August 25, 2017. 5. ^ "App State Football Comeback Falls Short in Home-Opening Loss to N.C. A&T, Mountaineers Drop To 0-2 - High Country Press". HCPress.com. September 9, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2017. 6. ^ "NC A&T vs Delaware State Statistics". NCATAggies.com. Retrieved September 13, 2017. 7. ^ "Three Aggies Named HBCU Football All-American". NCATAggies.com. Retrieved September 13, 2017. 8. ^ "2012 Team Statistics". NCATAggies.com. Retrieved August 25, 2017. 9. ^ "2013 Team statistics". NCATAggies.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017. 10. ^ "2014 Team Statistics". NCATAggies.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017. 11. ^ "2015 Team Statistics". NCATAggies.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017. 12. ^ "Bengals sign rookie cornerback Tony McRae". CincyJungle.com. August 9, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2017. 13. ^ "Tony McRae | North Carolina AT, CB : 2016 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved September 6, 2017. 14. ^ "Oakland Raiders Announce Undrafted Free Agent Signings". Raiders.com. May 10, 2016. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 15. ^ "Oakland Raiders Announce Roster Moves". Raiders.com. May 16, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 16. ^ Marcum, Jason (August 9, 2016). "Bengals sign former North Carolina A&T cornerback Tony McRae". CincyJungle.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 17. ^ Marcum, Jason (September 3, 2016). "Bengals announce roster cuts: No surprises among Bengals' 53-man roster cutdown". CincyJungle.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 18. ^ Marcum, Jason (September 4, 2016). "Bengals 2016 practice squad: 9 players make initial practice squad". CincyJungle.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 19. ^ Toback, Rebecca (September 16, 2016). "Bengals Practice Squad: Bengals add Trey Hopkins to practice squad; release Tony McRae". CincyJungle.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 20. ^ Toback, Rebecca (November 29, 2016). "Bengals add cornerback Tony McRae back to practice squad". CincyJungle.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 21. ^ Marcum, Jason (January 2, 2017). "Bengals sign 5 players to futures contracts for 2017". CincyJungle.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 22. ^ Toback, Rebecca (September 2, 2017). "NFL roster cuts 2017: Cincinnati Bengals 53-man roster". CincyJungle.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 23. ^ Mink, Ryan (September 5, 2017). "Ravens Complete Practice Squad With Four Signings". BaltimoreRavens.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 24. ^ Mink, Ryan (September 16, 2017). "Ravens Swap Running Backs and Cornerbacks Ahead of Sunday's Game". BaltimoreRavens.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. 25. ^ Mink, Ryan (October 21, 2017). "Ravens Bring Back Tony Bergstrom For Offensive Line Depth". BaltimoreRavens.com. 26. ^ Brown, Chris (October 23, 2017). "Bills awarded waiver claim for CB McRae; release WR Clay". BuffaloBills.com. 27. ^ Brown, Chris (October 25, 2017). "Bills awarded claim for CB Lafayette Pitts". BuffaloBills.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. 28. ^ Marcum, Jason (October 27, 2017). "Bengals sign Tony McRae to practice squad; Sojourn Shelton cut to make room". CincyJungle.com. 29. ^ Marcum, Jason (December 9, 2017). "Adam Jones to IR; Tony McRae signed from practice squad". CincyJungle.com. 30. ^ "Lions agree to terms with eight free agents". DetroitLions.com. March 20, 2020. 31. ^ Birkett, Dave (November 9, 2020). "Detroit Lions' Jarrad Davis returns from COVID list; CB Tony McRae to injured reserve". Freep.com. 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