Ben McCord

#89 · TE · Central Michigan6′4″ · Warren, MI · Cousino Senior

Ben McCord: TE · Central Michigan · #89.

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Ben McCord

TE · Central Michigan · #89

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The two seasons at Central Michigan span two head coaches: Dan Enos and John Bonamego. On tape: 147 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Syracuse, Week 3, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Central Michigan in the news

WR Langston Lewis arrested for OWIAbc12 Oct 30
CMU HC rips CFP leadersPFSN Oct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Central Michigan	39	612	15.7	5	83
2014	Central Michigan	10	124	12.4	3	30
Career		49	736	15.0	8	83

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 2 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 14-21vs Minnesota	2	42	21.0	0	26
Total		39	612	15.7	5	83

Signature game

Week 3 · 2015

L 27-30

at Syracuse

10 rec · 147 yds · 1 TD

With C. Rush — 430 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 62.0 · D. Spalding — 10 rec · 102 yds · 83 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Monmouth · 2nd and 17 · Q2 · EPA +7.24Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 83 yds for a TD, (Brian Eavey KICK)
Week 3 · Syracuse · 3rd and 17 · Q4 · EPA +4.63Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 27 yds for a TD, (Brian Eavey KICK)
Week 13 · Eastern Michigan · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.83Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 38 yds to the EMich 20 for a
Week 2 · Monmouth · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +2.96Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 17 yds to the MonNJ 29 for a
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 14 yds for a TD, (Brian Eavey KICK)
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 1 yd for a TD, (Brian Eavey KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 20 yds to the OKSt 47 for a
Week 13 · Eastern Michigan · 3rd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +2.48Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 18 yds to the EMich 17 for a
Week 3 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.39Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 27 yds to the Syrac 48 for a
Week 1 · Minnesota · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Cooper Rush pass complete to Ben McCord for 16 yds to the Minn 1 for a

Teams and coaches

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

2015Central Michigan7-6HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: epa / target (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#44 / 684 · 94th pct

21.2%

EPA / target#45 / 684 · 93rd pct

0.87

Yards / catch#102 / 684 · 85th pct

15.8

TD rate#130 / 684 · 81st pct

7.7%

Catch rate#178 / 684 · 74th pct

73.1%

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

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road6g	3.8	44.8	10.3	0.7

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

2015 season

Head Coach

John Bonamego

Pass share

54.5%

493 pass / 411 run

Plays / game

69.5

13 games

Team sack rate

5.0%

498 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Starter

39 catches in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Ben McCord

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Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

Starter

Five seasons at Central Michigan

2011