Tucker McCann

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
O'Fallon, Ill.
High School:
O'Fallon

2019 SEASON
Finished his Mizzou career as a do-it all specialist, handling place kicking, field goal kicking and punting during his senior season … Posted 82 points during his senior season (16 field goals, 24 extra points) and finished his career with 358 points, just four shy of the all-time Mizzou scoring record (362 by Jeff Wolfert from 2006-08) … His 358 career points are three ahead of Andrew Baggett (355 from 2012-15) … Also served at the team’s primary punter, amassing 2,940 yards on 68 punts, averaging 43.2 yards per punt … Of his 68 punts, 25 were downed inside the 20 … Made a season-high four field goals against Ole Miss (10/12) … Had four 50+-yard punts and three 40+-yard field goals against SEMO (9/14), marking the first time this century that an NCAA Division I kicker had accomplished such a feat … He connected on field goals of 44 yards, 42 yards and a season-long 52 yards against SEMO … Hit a 47-yard field goal in Mizzou’s win over South Carolina (9/21) … Made his final five field goal attempts of the season, connecting from 37 and 28 yards vs. Florida (11/16), 30 and 33 yards vs. Tennessee (11/23) and from 26 yards at Arkansas (11/29) … His 82 points on the year were the 24^th-most in a single season in Mizzou history and he finishes his Mizzou career with three of the program’s all-time top-25 scoring seasons … Finishes his Mizzou career with 61 career field goal makes, second-most in school history, trailing only Andrew Baggett’s 66 from 2012-15 … His 84 career field goal attempts are second-most in school history as well, trailing only Baggett … His season long 52-yard FG against SEMO was his third career successful kick from 50+ yards, third-most in school history … Signed with the Tennessee Titans following the 2020 NFL Draft.

2018 SEASON
Turned in another strong season, with 24 field goals and a team-best 123 points, totals which ranked as the second and third-most in Mizzou single-season history, respectfully ... Ranked second in the SEC and fourth in the NCAA with his 1.85 field goals per game average, as he made a solid 24-of-33 (74.7%) on the year ... His point total ranked as second-best in the SEC and was good for eighth-most in the nation ... His 57-yard make at South Carolina stood as the longest field goal made in the NCAA all season ... Twice earned the Lou Groza Award Star of the Week for his great kicking throughout the season … Went 2-for-2, including a 32-yard FG, while connecting on all six of his point-after attempts in the season-opener vs. UT Martin (9/1) … Had two field goals against Wyoming (9/8), including a then career-long of 50 yards … Earned the Groza Award Star of the Week after hitting four field goals at Purdue (9/15), including the game-winner from 25 yards out as time expired … That was part of a 4-for-5 performance as the only miss he had came on a protection breakdown as an attempt was blocked off the edge … Matched the school record with five field goals and hit the second-longest field goal in school history at South Carolina (10/6), hitting from 57 yards out with 1:18 remaining to give Mizzou a 35-34 lead … His six FG attempts also tied the most ever by a Mizzou kicker as his only miss came during pouring rain in the second quarter.

2017 SEASON
Had an outstanding sophomore season that saw him grow into a very dependable and accurate weapon in the kicking game for the Tigers ... Ended the season 15-of-17 on field goal attempts, with his 88.2 percent success rate ranking second-best in the SEC and fifth-best in the nation ... Made his last 13 field goals to close the year, and will carry that consecutive kicks made streak into the 2018 season ... Had a long kick of 43 yards and was perfect from long distance, going 4-of-4 from 40 yards or more ... Came through as the hero at Arkansas (11/24) when he calmly drilled a 19-yard field goal with :05 seconds left to give Mizzou a dramatic 48-45 win and victory number seven on the season ... Also connected on 51-of-53 extra points on the season, and was very effective on kickoffs, as he forced 45 touchbacks by opponents, which ranked as 12th-most in the nation ... Had a 3-for-3 night against Tennessee (11/11), drilling kicks from 41, 23 and 38 yards, and turned in five games overall with at least two makes.

2016 SEASON
Valuable member of the Mizzou special teams, serving as the team’s primary field goal kicker and place kicker … 42 of his 64 kickoffs on the year went for touchbacks … Made six field goals with a long of 46 yards ... Made his first field goal as a Tiger in Mizzou’s season-opening contest against West Virginia (9/3) … Converted both of his attempts in Mizzou’s SEC-opener against Georgia (9/17) ... Converted his only field goal attempt in Mizzou’s victory over Delaware State (9/23) ... Successfully converted 10 extra points in the win over Delaware State ... Connected on a 21-yard field, his only attempt, against Middle Tennessee (10/22) … Also had eight touchbacks on eight kickoffs against the Blue Raiders.

BEFORE MIZZOU
A consistent, accurate kicker with a huge leg who brings an incredible amount of focus to the position … Graduated high school early and is enrolled at Mizzou for the spring semester … A five-star punter and kicker from Kohl’s Kicking Academy, he is the top-rated kicker in the 2016 class according to Kohl’s as well as the No. 5 punter … 2014 All-State Kicker Honorable Mention in Illinois ... Second Team All-American kicker by Kohl’s in 2014 … A consensus three-star recruit by all the major recruiting publications, Rivals rated McCann as the No. 3 placekicker nationally while ESPN rated him fourth and 247Sports had him fifth … Connected on 74-of-79 extra points as a senior and hit 28 field goals in his career, with a career-long of 60 yards … Every year of his high school career he connected on at least one field goal of 50+ yards with a long of 51 as a sophomore and 53 as a senior … His 60-yard bomb came as a junior, breaking the Illinois state record that had stood since 1996 … Second Team Post-Dispatch All-Metro selection after leading O’Fallon with 53 points as a junior … Played for head coach Brandon Joggerst during his time at O’Fallon High School … Won the KCKicking Elite Performance Camp (run by former Mizzou kicker Jeff Wolfert) in punting, was second in kickoffs and fifth in field goals … Again won the punting competition at the College-Prep Showcase while finishing fourth in kickoffs and sixth in field goals … Primary recruiter: Cornell Ford … Chose Mizzou over Alabama, Florida State, Illinois, Kansas and Purdue ... Majoring in Art at Mizzou.