Calijah Kancey’s Missed Tackle
June 30th, 2025
Summer in Joe’s world means re-watching Bucs games — again.
Joe’s looking for plays to further explore on All-22, and for various nuggets and nuances.
So NextGen Stats, an official data analystics arm of the NFL using satellite tracking of player movement, says defensive tackle Calijah Kancey did not miss a tackle in the regular season last year.
Kancey told Joe he absolutely missed a tackle. Joe found it on film review (Raiders in December) and fans can watch an X video of the play below.
“I was lined up in the A-gap, I was the off-ball linebacker,” Kancey remembered. “I was going to drop into coverage. But it ended up being a draw.
“I took the easy way out going against the offensive lineman and I went under instead of over and then the guy ran by [Kancey] and I just dove for him. And he outran me. Missed tackle.”
Joe viewed it as a missed tackle, as well. As Kancey said, he leaned “under” and got burned. It’s more apparent on All-22, but it can be seen below, especially if you watch a few times.
It sure wasn’t pretty against Las Vegas and quarterback Aidan O’Connell. That’s also the game that saw Zyon McCollum miss while launching shoulder at Brock Bowers and drill Antoine Winfield in the knee.
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