#88

Pharoah McKever

Tight end for Florida International. 2017: 27 catches, 301 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Florida International · #88

6′6″ · 227 lb · Tabor City, NC

Florida International 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1059 nationally · Signed with NC State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 tight end for Florida International. 2017: 27 catches, 301 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida International, 383 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with NC State3-star out of South Columbus

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1059 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2016

Ron Turner

Florida International

2017

Butch Davis

Florida International

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ron Turner → Butch Davis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2015NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2016NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2017Florida International8-5HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (23rd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#36 / 96 · 62nd pct

Rec TDs#30 / 96 · 59th pct

Rec yards#44 / 96 · 54th pct

301

Yards / catch#53 / 96 · 44th pct

11.1

Long catch#74 / 96 · 23rd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	28.2	14.5	0.3
Road5g	3.0	26.4	8.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	14.0	8.2	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	43.4	16.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Simmons

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Florida International	27	301	11.1	3	--
2016	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
2015	NC State	1	82	82.0	1	--
2014	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		28	383	13.7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017

W 17–10

vs Alcorn State

1 rec · 12 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. McGough — 328 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.4 · -9 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · J. Williams — 5 rec · 129 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-61@ UCF	2	13	6.5	0	9
Wk 2	W 17-10vs Alcorn State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 4	W 13-7@ Rice	1	8	8.0	1	8
Wk 6	L 17-37@ Middle Tennessee	4	25	6.3	0	8
Wk 7	W 23-10vs Tulane	2	19	9.5	1	12
Wk 9	W 41-30@ Marshall	4	43	10.8	0	21
Wk 10	W 14-7vs UTSA	1	27	27.0	0	27
Wk 11	L 30-37vs Old Dominion	4	42	10.5	0	15
Wk 12	L 24-52@ Florida Atlantic	4	43	10.8	0	22
Wk 13	W 41-17vs Western Kentucky	3	62	20.7	1	24	Season-high 62 yds
Bowl	L 3-28vs Temple	1	7	7.0	0	7
Total		27	301	11.7	3	27

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