David McCants

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David McCants
Position:
running back 		Jersey number:
2, 4, 21
Date of birth: August 20, 1987
Career information
Active: career ended
Teams
Career highlights and awards

David McCants (* 20th August 1987 in Northport , Alabama ) is a former American American football poker players. He played on the position of running back in Germany in Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Braunschweig.

Career

McCants was at the University of North Alabama and played there with the North Alabama Lions . A year after graduating in 2009, he was signed by the Berlin Adlers to replace Tony Hollings , who was seriously injured during the season . With an average gain of more than 7.5  yards per run, he was one of the best running backs in the top German GFL division . He won the German championship with the Berliners in 2009 and was voted the most valuable player in the final due to two touchdowns . In the 2010 game year he was in the service of the Adler's city rival, the Berlin Rebels , also in the GFL.

In May 2011 McCants moved to the second division Hamburg Blue Devils , after a move to the Canadian league CFL had not come about. McCants was instrumental in ensuring that the Hamburgers succeeded in the first division promotion. In the 2012 season he played for the Düsseldorf Panther and was one of the best players in the running back position in the GFL. At the beginning of February 2013, the Brunswick team New Yorker Lions announced the commitment of the 1.73 meter long McCant. With the Lower Saxony, he won the German championship in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019 (in 2009 and 2017 he was named the best player of the final) as well as the Eurobowl in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 . He also reached the latter game with Braunschweig in 2014, but had to admit defeat with his team as in the final of the 2017 German championship. The 2019 season, in which McCants also played in Braunschweig before missing the final phase of the season with an injury, was the last of his career. During his time in Braunschweig he reached 740 points, which put him in fourth place in the team's all-time best list. His 123 touchdowns were the third best value in the club's history at the time of his retirement. In addition, McCants ran a total of 11,775 yards for the Braunschweiger. The American, who was also involved as a coach in the school sponsorship of the Braunschweig club during his playing days, was announced at the end of 2019 as a new member of the Braunschweig U19 team's coaching staff to take on the young players' running attack.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AmFiD.de ( Memento of the original from June 30th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Adler bring new running back from the USA. Accessed October 4, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.amfid.de
  2. ↑ GFL.info GFL statistics. Accessed October 4, 2009.
  3. ↑ AFVD.de Berlin Adler win the German Bowl in the 4th quarter. Accessed October 4, 2009.
  4. ↑ There was more in it for the Rebels. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ HSV Blue Devils sign David McCants! In: Hamburg Blue Devils. May 14, 2011, accessed on March 17, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ 30: 6! HSV Hamburg Blue Devils make promotion to the GFL perfect! In: Hamburg Blue Devils. September 1, 2011, accessed on March 17, 2020 (German).
  7. ↑ a b New York Lions: David McCants, from the Rhine to the Oker. February 21, 2020, accessed March 17, 2020 .
  8. ↑ German Bowl XXXI: The eagles are champions. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  9. ↑ McCants: "My heart aches every time I think about it". In: touchdown24.de. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  10. ^ New York Lions: History. October 30, 2019, accessed March 17, 2020 .
  11. ^ NewYorker Lions Br. Vs Duesseldorf Panther (August 31, 2019). Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  12. ^ David McCants | European football highlights. In: youtube.com. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  13. ^ New York Lions: All-Time Scorer. February 20, 2020, accessed March 18, 2020 .
  14. ↑ a b Junior Lions U19 with new sports management. In: New York Lions. December 9, 2019, accessed on March 18, 2020 (German).
  15. ↑ Editor: Tissi Robinson stays in Braunschweig. February 22, 2015, accessed on March 18, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME McCants, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Northport , Alabama