At Delaware State, McCants played his best season as a senior, at tight end, tallying career-highs of 36 catches, 692 receiving yards and 18 TDs. His TD total set Delaware State and MEAC records, and was No. 1 in Division I-AA. He also finished seventh in I-AA in scoring with 116 points on 19 TDs, one being a 51-yard kickoff return, and a two-point conversions. McCants was named to the All-MEAC First Team and the Sports Network, Walter Camp and Sheridan Broadcast Network Black College All-America teams. He set a school and MEAC single-game record with five TD catches against both Liberty (9/23/00) and North Carolina A&T (11/4/00). He tallied at least one TD catch in each of the last six games of his collegiate career. As a junior in 1999, McCants played in all eleven games, catching nine passes for 292 yards (career-high 33.2 avg.) with two TDs. As a sophomore, he was fourth on the Hornets in receiving yards (251) and fifth in catches (18). As a freshman he led the Hornets with four TD catches, was second in receiving yards (380) and third in catches (20). He played in 42 of 43 possible games.
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