Mekale McKay

#82 · WR · Cincinnati6′5″ · Louisville, KY · Moore Traditional School

Mekale McKay: WR · Cincinnati · #82.

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Mekale McKay

WR · Cincinnati · #82

Beats you over the top. Two seasons in the Cincinnati receiving corps to date. A game that shows it: 105 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Temple — Week 2, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Cincinnati in the news

Cincinnati beats Texas Tech for first top-10 win since 2021Yahoo Sports Oct 24
$1M Sorsby lawsuit pendingFront Office Sports Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Cincinnati	27	507	18.8	2	88
2014	Cincinnati	44	725	16.5	8	80
Career		71	1,232	17.4	10	88

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 18 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	18.8	2	88

Signature game

Week 5 · 2015

W 34-23

vs Miami

4 rec · 91 yds · 1 TD

With S. Geraci — 46 yards per punt · 6 punts · 62 long · S. Washington — 8 rec · 106 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Temple · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +7.02Gunner Kiel pass complete to Mekale McKay for 88 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 5 · Miami · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.94Hayden Moore pass complete to Mekale McKay for 52 yds to the MiaFl 26 for a
Week 13 · East Carolina · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Gunner Kiel pass complete to Mekale McKay for 25 yds to the ECaro 46 for a
Week 4 · Memphis · 3rd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +3.45Hayden Moore pass complete to Mekale McKay for 16 yds to the Memph 40 for a
Week 11 · Tulsa · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.29Gunner Kiel pass complete to Mekale McKay for 31 yds to the Tulsa 29 for a
Week 5 · Miami · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Moore to McKay: an 11-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 4 · Memphis · 1st and 15 · Q4 · EPA +2.13Hayden Moore pass complete to Mekale McKay for 16 yds to the Cincy 46 for a
Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Gunner Kiel pass complete to Mekale McKay for 12 yds to the Cincy 49 for a
Week 11 · Tulsa · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +2.06Gunner Kiel pass complete to Mekale McKay for 31 yds to the Tulsa 5 for a
Week 5 · Miami · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +1.94Hayden Moore pass complete to Mekale McKay for 20 yds to the MiaFl 40 for a

Teams and coaches

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

2014Cincinnati9-4HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced

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

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

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

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#28 / 684 · 96th pct

19.1

EPA / target#129 / 684 · 81st pct

0.71

Explosive rate#143 / 684 · 79th pct

15.9%

TD rate#508 / 684 · 26th pct

2.3%

Catch rate#536 / 684 · 21st pct

59.1%

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

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 81st percentile

Explosive rate

71st → 79th percentile

Catch rate

24th → 21st percentile

TD rate

93rd → 26th percentile

Yards / catch

90th → 96th percentile

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.0	68.0	24.2	0.4
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

2015 season

Head Coach

Tommy Tuberville

Pass share

52.0%

547 pass / 505 run

Plays / game

80.9

13 games

Team sack rate

4.4%

592 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

27 catches in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Mekale McKay

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

27 catches in 10 games

Four seasons, two schools

2012