Michael Rector

Wide receiver for Stanford. 2016: 32 catches, 367 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Stanford · #3

6′1″ · Gig Harbor, WA

Stanford 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1282 nationally · Signed with Stanford

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Stanford. 2016: 32 catches, 367 receiving yards, 3 TD.

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

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Stanford, 1,250 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 103 yds vs Oregon.Oregon · L 36-382015

2012

Signed with Stanford3-star out of Bellarmine Prep

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1282 national

CFB

College

Stanford

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

David Shaw

Stanford

Played his entire career under David Shaw.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under David Shaw — 30-10 over that span.

2014Stanford8-5HC: David Shaw · Run-leaning

2015Stanford12-2HC: David Shaw · Run-heavy

2016Stanford10-3HC: David Shaw · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (86th percentile). Strength: rush yards (84th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (29th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#18 / 257 · 86th pct

Rush yards#41 / 257 · 84th pct

Rec TDs#199 / 524 · 56th pct

Receptions#249 / 524 · 52nd pct

Rec yards#293 / 524 · 44th pct

367

Long catch#310 / 524 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#371 / 524 · 29th pct

11.5

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	40.3	10.5	0.2
Road6g	2.2	20.8	9.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	33.3	10.2	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	26.8	9.7	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tavita Pritchard

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	Stanford	32	367	11.5	3	--
2015	Stanford	34	559	16.4	7	--
2014	Stanford	24	324	13.5	2	--
Career		90	1,250	13.9	12	--

Season	Team
2016	Stanford	5	71	58	--	--
2015	Stanford	1	-6	--	--	--
2014	Stanford	2	18	--	--	--
Career		8	83	58	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 27–10

vs USC

56 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

With C. McCaffrey — 172 rush yds (31 car) · 1 TD · R. Burns — 109 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.4 · 17 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week