#82

Mekale McKay

Wide receiver for Cincinnati. 2015: 27 catches, 507 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Cincinnati · #82

6′5″ · Louisville, KY

Cincinnati 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 859 nationally · Signed with Arkansas

Statement game9 rec · 172 yds · 2 TDvs East Carolina (FBS) · W 54-46

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 wide receiver for Cincinnati. 2015: 27 catches, 507 receiving yards, 2 TD.

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

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Cincinnati, 1,232 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 175 yds vs Toledo.Toledo · W 58-342014

2012

Signed with Arkansas3-star out of Moore Traditional School

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#859 national

CFB

College

Cincinnati

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Tommy Tuberville — 16-10 over that span.

2014Cincinnati9-4HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced

2015Cincinnati7-6HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#10 / 521 · 98th pct

Yards / catch#34 / 521 · 93rd pct

18.8

Rec yards#217 / 521 · 58th pct

507

Receptions#302 / 521 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#283 / 521 · 38th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	58.8	21.3	0.3
Road4g	2.5	38.5	15.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	53.8	22.4	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	47.6	15.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

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	Cincinnati	27	507	18.8	2	--
2014	Cincinnati	44	725	16.5	8	--
Career		71	1,232	17.4	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2015

W 34–23

vs Miami

4 rec · 91 yds · 1 TD

With S. Geraci — 46 AVG · 62 LONG · 6 NO · S. Washington — 8 rec · 106 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-10vs Alabama A&M	2	28	14.0	0	16
Wk 2	L 26-34vs Temple	2	105	52.5	1	88	Season-high 105 yds
Wk 4	L 46-53@ Memphis	2	32	16.0	0	16
Wk 5	W 34-23vs Miami	4	91	22.8	1	52
Wk 8	W 37-13vs UConn	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 10	L 30-33@ Houston	3	46	15.3	0	23
Wk 11	W 49-38vs Tulsa	6	101	16.8	0	31
Wk 12	L 27-65@ South Florida	2	32	16.0	0	18
Wk 13	W 19-16@ East Carolina	3	44	14.7	0	25
Bowl	L 7-42vs San Diego State	2	13	6.5	0	7
Total		27	507	19.0	2	88

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