Bru McCoy

Former wide receiver at Tennessee. 2024: 39 catches, 472 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Tennessee · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 230 lb · Palos Verdes Estates, CA

CFB Index 46 · #221 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceTennessee 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Tennessee. 2024: 39 catches, 472 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Transferred from USC to Tennessee in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tennessee, 1,592 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Jeremy Pruitt

Tennessee

2022–2024

Josh Heupel

Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020USC5-1HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2023Tennessee9-4HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2024Tennessee10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #221 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#367 / 610 · 40th pct

12.8%

TD rate#392 / 610 · 35th pct

4.3%

Yards / catch#436 / 610 · 29th pct

10.4

EPA / target#490 / 610 · 20th pct

0.58

Catch rate#529 / 610 · 13th pct

78.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#183 / 541 · 65th pct

Rec yards#218 / 541 · 60th pct

472

Rush yards#131 / 299 · 55th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#334 / 541 · 38th pct

12.1

Long catch#345 / 541 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

9th → 20th percentile

Explosive rate

8th → 40th percentile

Catch rate

7th → 13th percentile

TD rate

8th → 35th percentile

Yards / catch

28th → 29th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.4	40.4	10.6	0.3
Road5g	3.0	37.8	11.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	35.6	11.9	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	44.6	9.9	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #221 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Tennessee	39	472	12.1	2	--
2023	Tennessee	17	217	12.8	1	--
2022	Tennessee	52	667	12.8	4	--
2020	USC	21	236	11.2	2	--
Career		129	1,592	12.3	9	--

Season	Team
2024	Tennessee	2	15	--	--	--
2023	Tennessee	1	2	--	--	--
2022	Tennessee	1	3	--	--	--
2020	USC	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	20	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 24–17

vs Alabama

6 rec · 80 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With N. Iamaleava — 194 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.2 · 44 rush yds (9 car) · J. Ross — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Alabama · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.18Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for 20 yds to the ALA 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Oklahoma · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.06Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for 42 yds to the OU 28 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Chattanooga · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for a 1ST down
Week 13 · UTEP · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for 18 yds for a TD (Max Gilbert KICK)
Week 1 · Ohio State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for 21 yds to the TENN 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Oklahoma · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.96Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for 38 yds to the OU 10 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · UTEP · 1&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.90Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for 7 yds for a TD (Max Gilbert KICK)
Week 1 · Chattanooga · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.72Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Alabama · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.66Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for 7 yds to the TENN 38 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Georgia · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.62Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Bru McCoy for 13 yds to the TENN 31 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 69-3vs Chattanooga	6	89	14.8	0	37
Wk 2	W 51-10@ NC State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 3	W 71-0vs Kent State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 4	W 25-15@ Oklahoma	4	92	23.0	0	42	Season-high 92 yds
Wk 6	L 14-19@ Arkansas	2	9	4.5	0	5
Wk 7	W 23-17vs Florida	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Alabama	6	80	13.3	0	23
Wk 10	W 28-18vs Kentucky	5	56	11.2	0	23
Wk 11	W 33-14vs Mississippi State	2	12	6.0	0	8
Wk 12	L 17-31@ Georgia	4	38	9.5	0	14
Wk 13	W 56-0vs UTEP	4	37	9.3	2	18	2 TD catches
Bowl	L 17-42@ Ohio State	4	40	10.0	0	21
Total		39	472	11.0	2	42

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

Bru McCoy

202212 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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