Marcello Bussey

Senior wide receiver for Memphis. 2025: 27 catches, 287 receiving yards.

WR · Memphis · Sr. · #6

5′11″ · 175 lb · Junction City, KS

CFB Index 34 · #367 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Memphis for 2026

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Catch rate: 74th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

287

receiving yards · 2025

27 catches · 10.6 per catch

Best game: 4 rec, 68 yds, vs Tulsa

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Memphis. 2025: 27 catches, 287 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Memphis in 2023.

His career, year by year

Marcello Bussey

WR · Memphis · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. This is his third year in the same receiving corps at Memphis. The receipt on tape: 68 rec yds, 4 receptions against Tulsa, Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Ryan Silverfield — 29-10 over that span.

2023Memphis10-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2024Memphis11-2HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2025Memphis8-5HC: Ryan Silverfield · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

34Below cohort / limited sample #367 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#200 / 798 · 74th pct

75.0%

Explosive rate#343 / 798 · 56th pct

11.1%

EPA / target#444 / 798 · 44th pct

0.38

Yards / catch#489 / 798 · 39th pct

10.6

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#320 / 558 · 41st pct

Rec yards#367 / 558 · 34th pct

287

Long catch#378 / 558 · 31st pct

Yards / catch#435 / 558 · 22nd pct

10.6

Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th 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 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

19%7 of his 36 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	32.0	16.3	0.0
Road6g	2.3	15.8	5.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	30.5	14.7	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	17.3	7.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #367 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #367 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #40 of 51 American Athletic WRs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Memphis	27	287	10.6	0	--
2024	Memphis	10	147	14.7	1	--
2023	Memphis	1	4	4.0	0	--
Career		38	438	11.5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025

W 34–31

vs South Florida

3 rec · 25 yds

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With B. Lewis — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.0 · 35 rush yds (11 car) · L. Carrigan — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · NC State · 3&16 · Q1 · EPA +3.26No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Lewis pass complete short middle to #6 M.Bussey caught at Mep42, for 24 yards to the Mep48 (#1 C.Fordham), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Chattanooga · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Brendon Lewis pass complete to Marcello Bussey for 17 yds to the MEM 46
Week 6 · Tulsa · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Brendon Lewis pass complete to Marcello Bussey for 29 yds to the MEM 40 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Arkansas · 1&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.85Brendon Lewis pass complete to Marcello Bussey for 40 yds to the ARK 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · NC State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.84No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Lewis pass complete short middle to #6 M.Bussey caught at NC St.45, for 6 yards to the NC St.41 (#6 D.Marshall; #54 S.Harsh), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Tulsa · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +1.62Brendon Lewis pass complete to Marcello Bussey for 21 yds to the TLSA 30 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Navy · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.53(11:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Lewis pass complete short left to #6 M.Bussey caught at NAV42, for 13 yards to the NAV42, out of bounds at NAV42, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Chattanooga · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.52Brendon Lewis pass complete to Marcello Bussey for 13 yds to the MEM 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.32Brendon Lewis pass complete to Marcello Bussey for a loss of 1 yard to the MEM 39
Week 9 · South Florida · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.22(06:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Lewis pass complete short left to #6 M.Bussey caught at MEM20, for 19 yards to the MEM28 (#22 D.Rucker), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Chattanooga	2	30	15.0	17
Wk 2	W 38-16@ Georgia State	1	-1	-1.0	0
Wk 4	W 32-31vs Arkansas	1	40	40.0	40
Wk 5	W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic	2	12	6.0	6
Wk 6	W 45-7vs Tulsa	4	68	17.0	29	Season-high 68 yds
Wk 8	L 24-31@ UAB	3	27	9.0	13
Wk 9	W 34-31vs South Florida	3	25	8.3	19
Wk 10	W 38-14@ Rice	3	17	5.7	12
Wk 11	L 32-38vs Tulane	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 12	L 27-31@ East Carolina	2	6	3.0	4
Wk 14	L 17-28vs Navy	2	23	11.5	13
Bowl	L 7-31@ NC State	3	34	11.3	24
Total		27	287	11.0	40