#89

Ben McCord

Tight end for Central Michigan. 2015: 39 catches, 612 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · Central Michigan · #89

6′4″ · Warren, MI

Central Michigan 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1184 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan

Statement game10 rec · 147 yds · 1 TDat Syracuse (FBS) · L 27-30

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 tight end for Central Michigan. 2015: 39 catches, 612 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Central Michigan, 736 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 147 yds at Syracuse.Syracuse · L 27-302015

2011

Signed with Central Michigan3-star out of Cousino Senior

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1184 national

CFB

College

Central Michigan

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2015

2 coaches

2014

Dan Enos

Central Michigan

2015

John Bonamego

Central Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Enos → John Bonamego. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Central Michigan7-6HC: Dan Enos · Run-leaning

2015Central Michigan7-6HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (97th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#1 / 119 · 100th pct

Rec yards#4 / 119 · 97th pct

612

Yards / catch#12 / 119 · 90th pct

15.7

Receptions#14 / 119 · 88th pct

Rec TDs#14 / 119 · 87th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	50.2	20.4	0.2
Road7g	3.6	44.4	11.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.2	54.2	18.3	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	35.6	11.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Central Michigan	39	612	15.7	5	--
2014	Central Michigan	10	124	12.4	3	--
Career		49	736	15.0	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2015

W 31–10

vs Monmouth

2 rec · 100 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Monmouth.

With C. Rush — 328 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.0 · -12 rush yds (2 car) · R. Coluzzi — 31 AVG · 36 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-24vs Oklahoma State	4	59	14.8	0	20
Wk 2	W 31-10vs Monmouth	2	100	50.0	1	83
Wk 3	L 27-30@ Syracuse	10	147	14.7	1	27	Season-high 147 yds
Wk 4	L 10-30@ Michigan State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 5	W 29-19vs Northern Illinois	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 6	L 39-41@ Western Michigan	4	41	10.3	2	17	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 51-14vs Buffalo	2	19	9.5	0	16
Wk 8	W 23-21@ Ball State	4	23	5.8	0	9
Wk 9	W 14-6@ Akron	3	40	13.3	0	27
Wk 11	L 23-28vs Toledo	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 12	W 27-14@ Kent State	1	11	11.0	1	11
Wk 13	W 35-28vs Eastern Michigan	4	100	25.0	0	38
Bowl	L 14-21@ Minnesota	2	42	21.0	0	26
Total		39	612	15.8	5	83

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