big-time. This is football ... I haven't had a winning season since I left college, and it feels great to win again." In 1994, McCants went to the Cardinals, following Buddy Ryan to Arizona after he was named head coach. In a game against the Chicago Bears, McCants picked off Steve Walsh and ran back a 46-yard touchdown; it was the Cardinals' longest interception return of the season. In 1995 McCants scored his second NFL touchdown, on a fumble recovery against the Seattle Seahawks. NFL statistics Broadcast career On September 13, 2019, McCants began cohosting Hear It Now! with Barry Edwards every Friday on WWBA (820 AM) in Tampa Bay. This was his first full-time role as a broadcaster. He interviewed guests Cornelius Bennett, Robert Jones, Stylez G. White, George Teague, Willie Anderson, Kato Kaelin and Ron Jeremy. Personal life McCants and Emmitt Smith became friends while both playing in the SEC in college, with both being named to the 1989 All American team. Smith twice called McCants for advice leading up to his decision to announce for the 1990 Draft. According to his biography, while still a child WNBA player Lindsey Harding was inspired by a footrace with McCants to enter the world of sports. After leaving the NFL, McCants, who studied Criminal Justice while at the University of Alabama, became the first black marine police officer in the state of Alabama. Working for the Department of Conservation and Natural resources, Conservation Commissioner Riley Boykin Smith said at the time that "he hopes McCants will become the first of many minorities who take advantage of the opportunities to work for his department". McCants was also an avid scuba diver, having dived all around the coast of Florida and the Caribbean. McCants died of an apparent drug overdose on September 2, 2021, aged 53. Media appearances McCants appeared in the 2012 episode Broke, part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series of sports documentaries. The premiere of Broke, which detailed the high rates of bankruptcy and financial trouble amongst professional athletes, attracted 2.7 million viewers, an all-time ESPN record. McCants was a semi-frequent guest on HuffPost Live, having appeared on the program five times. Three of the appearances were with host Marc Lamont Hill. McCants was the guest for the September 21, 2012 episode of Dan Lebatard is Highly Questionable. On September 24, 2012, he appeared as a guest on The