Aaron McLean

Senior tight end for UConn. 2018: 32 catches, 396 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · UConn · Sr. · #8

6′5″ · 221 lb · Southborough, MA

UConn 2018 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for UConn. 2018: 32 catches, 396 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UConn in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2430 nationally · Signed with UConn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at UConn, 964 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 122 yds at SMU.SMU · L 28-492017

20154 games

Signed with UConn2-star out of St Mark's School

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2430 national

CFB

College

UConn

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Bob Diaco

UConn

2017–2018

Randy Edsall

UConn

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bob Diaco → Randy Edsall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015UConn6-7HC: Bob Diaco · Run-leaning

2016UConn3-9HC: Bob Diaco · Balanced

2017UConn3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2018UConn1-11HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#23 / 109 · 78th pct

Rec yards#25 / 109 · 77th pct

396

Long catch#40 / 109 · 63rd pct

Yards / catch#41 / 109 · 61st pct

12.4

Rec TDs#44 / 109 · 44th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.0	52.0	11.7	0.2
Road5g	2.4	27.2	11.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	52.6	13.4	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	26.6	9.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Candle

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	UConn	32	396	12.4	2	--
2017	UConn	31	472	15.2	2	--
2016	UConn	2	40	20.0	0	--
2015	UConn	4	56	14.0	0	--
Career		69	964	14.0	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2018

W 56–49

vs Rhode Island

3 rec · 37 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Rhode Island at home in a shootout.

With D. Pindell — 308 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 137 rush yds (26 car) · 2 TD · K. Dixon — 2 rec · 37 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-56vs UCF	5	42	8.4	0	13
Wk 2	L 7-62@ Boise State	2	23	11.5	1	15
Wk 3	W 56-49vs Rhode Island	3	37	12.3	1	19
Wk 5	L 7-49vs Cincinnati	4	97	24.3	0	41	Season-high 97 yds
Wk 6	L 14-55@ Memphis	6	64	10.7	0	18
Wk 8	L 30-38@ South Florida	2	28	14.0	0	24
Wk 9	L 17-22vs Massachusetts	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 10	L 19-49@ Tulsa	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 11	L 50-62vs SMU	7	82	11.7	0	26
Wk 12	L 21-55@ East Carolina	1	15	15.0	0	15
Total		32	396	11.6	2	41

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology