McCann attended Greene County High School in Leakesville, Mississippi and was a student and a letterman in football.
In his senior year of 2005, McCann finally took starting positions with Pacman Jones leaving for the pro draft.
Along with safeties Mike Lorello and Jahmile Addae, McCann and the Mountaineers posted an 11–1 record after the 2006 Sugar Bowl win against the Georgia Bulldogs.
In the 2007 Minnesota Vikings preseason, against the Cleveland Browns, McCann record his first stats of his pre-season career: two tackles.
On January 6, 2008, following the end of the regular season, McCann was signed to a contract from the practice squad, but was soon released afterwards.