[1] McCants attended Williamson High School and received honorable mention on the Mobile Press-Register All-Region team as a senior.
He played tuba in the high school band before joining the football team prior to his senior year.
[16] McCants signed with the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) on March 12, 2019, and remained with the team until the league ceased operations in April 2019.
[19] McCants spent the 2021 spring season at Fairfield High School and then joined the UAB staff in the summer of 2021 as a volunteer coach.
[20] In December 2022, McCants was named UAB's Director of Character Development by Head Coach Trent Dilfer, and enters his third season on staff.