Marcus McGill

Wide receiver for Buffalo. 2016: 40 catches, 573 receiving yards.

WR · Buffalo · #7

6′1″ · Rochester, NY

Buffalo 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1501 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Buffalo. 2016: 40 catches, 573 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Buffalo in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Buffalo, 1,497 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 142 yds at Bowling Green.Bowling Green · L 19-272016

2012

Signed with Buffalo3-star out of Gates-Chili

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1501 national

CFB

College

Buffalo

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Alex Wood

Buffalo

2015–2016

Lance Leipold

Buffalo

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Alex Wood → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Buffalo5-6HC: Alex Wood · Run-leaning

2015Buffalo5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

2016Buffalo2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (6th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#171 / 524 · 67th pct

573

Receptions#177 / 524 · 65th pct

Yards / catch#185 / 524 · 64th pct

14.3

Long catch#236 / 524 · 55th pct

Rec TDs#461 / 524 · 6th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	50.7	17.3	0.0
Road5g	4.2	53.8	11.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	42.2	14.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	60.3	14.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Buffalo	40	573	14.3	0	--
2015	Buffalo	50	581	11.6	4	--
2014	Buffalo	22	343	15.6	3	--
Career		112	1,497	13.4	7	--

Season	Team
2016	Buffalo	--	--	94	--	--
2015	Buffalo	1	10	--	--	--
2014	Buffalo	--	--	6	31	--
Career		1	10	100	31	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2016

W 41–20

vs Akron

3 rec · 82 yds

Dominant 21-point win at home against Akron.

With J. Johnson — 282 rush yds (24 car) · 2 TD · K. DeWeen — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 37 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-22vs UAlbany	3	32	10.7	14
Wk 4	W 23-20vs Army	2	63	31.5	49
Wk 5	L 3-35@ Boston College	5	23	4.6	14
Wk 6	L 20-44vs Kent State	4	65	16.3	26
Wk 7	L 21-31vs Ball State	3	28	9.3	17
Wk 8	L 7-44@ Northern Illinois	2	12	6.0	9
Wk 9	W 41-20vs Akron	3	82	27.3	41
Wk 10	L 10-34@ Ohio	4	40	10.0	16
Wk 11	L 24-35vs Miami (OH)	4	34	8.5	12
Wk 12	L 0-38@ Western Michigan	4	52	13.0	27
Wk 13	L 19-27@ Bowling Green	6	142	23.7	52	Season-high 142 yds
Total		40	573	14.6	52

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