Steven McBride

Senior wide receiver for Hawai'i. 2023: 63 catches, 1,024 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Hawai'i · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 165 lb · Napoleonville, LA

CFB Index 82 · #34 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceHawai'i 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1123 nationally · Signed with East Ascension

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Hawai'i. 2023: 63 catches, 1,024 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Ascension in 2020.
Transferred from Kansas to Hawai'i in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Hawai'i, 1,152 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 180 yds at UNLV.UNLV · L 20-442023

2020

Recruited3-star out of East Ascension

202313 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Mountain Westsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1123 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM

All-Mountain West 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2021

Todd Graham

Hawai'i

2022–2023

Timmy Chang

Hawai'i

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Todd Graham → Timmy Chang. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Hawai'i5-8HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

82All-Conference level #34 of 497?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (96th percentile). Strength: catch rate (85th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#27 / 639 · 96th pct

1.34

Catch rate#95 / 639 · 85th pct

93.8%

TD rate#99 / 639 · 85th pct

10.8%

Yards / catch#100 / 639 · 84th pct

15.7

Explosive rate#167 / 639 · 74th pct

18.5%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#26 / 566 · 95th pct

Rec yards#30 / 566 · 95th pct

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Receptions#51 / 566 · 91st pct

Yards / catch#101 / 566 · 82nd pct

16.3

Long catch#126 / 566 · 77th pct

Fumbles lost#203 / 227 · 6th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.7	69.1	14.6	0.6
Road6g	5.0	90.0	17.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.0	89.4	17.4	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	66.3	14.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Timmy Chang

Pass share

63.7%

142 pass / 81 run

Plays / game

74.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

155 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #34 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #34 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Hawai'i	63	1,024	16.3	9	--
2022	Kansas	2	23	11.5	0	--
2021	Kansas	15	88	5.9	0	--
2020	Kansas	3	17	5.7	0	--
Career		83	1,152	13.9	9	--

Season	Team
2023	Hawai'i	--	--	--	68	--
2022	Kansas	1	4	31	--	--
2021	Kansas	1	3	--	--	--
2020	Kansas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	7	31	68	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 31–20

vs UAlbany

7 rec · 72 yds · 2 TD

With M. Shipley — 25 LONG · 100 PCT · 7 PTS · B. Schager — 266 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · QBR 14.2 · -27 rush yds (9 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · UAlbany · 3&23 · Q2 · EPA +5.59Brayden Schager pass complete to Steven McBride for 30 yds for a TD (Matthew Shipley KICK)
Week 12 · Wyoming · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.55Brayden Schager pass complete to Steven McBride for 58 yds to the WYO 17 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · UNLV · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Brayden Schager pass complete to Steven McBride for 51 yds for a TD (Matthew Shipley KICK)
Week 5 · UNLV · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.68Brayden Schager pass complete to Steven McBride for 55 yds to the UNLV 20 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · San Diego State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.56Brayden Schager pass complete to Steven McBride for 65 yds to the SDSU 10 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · San Diego State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.55Brayden Schager pass complete to Steven McBride for 62 yds to the SDSU 5 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · UAlbany · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.04Brayden Schager pass complete to Steven McBride for 12 yds for a TD (Matthew Shipley KICK)
Week 11 · Air Force · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Brayden Schager pass complete to Steven McBride for 28 yds to the AFA 1 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Wyoming · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.89Brayden Schager pass complete to Steven McBride for 19 yds to the WYO 27 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.68Steven McBride 24 Yd pass from Brayden Schager (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 28-35@ Vanderbilt	7	98	14.0	2	45	2 TD catches
Wk 1	L 24-37vs Stanford	3	40	13.3	1	24	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 31-20vs UAlbany	7	72	10.3	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 10-55@ Oregon	3	32	10.7	0	15
Wk 4	W 20-17vs New Mexico State	4	47	11.8	0	14
Wk 5	L 20-44@ UNLV	6	180	30.0	1	55	Season-high 180 yds
Wk 7	L 34-41vs San Diego State	5	157	31.4	0	65	157-yard receiving day
Wk 8	L 21-42@ New Mexico	5	75	15.0	2	52	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 0-35vs San José State	3	32	10.7	0	13
Wk 10	W 27-14@ Nevada	4	52	13.0	0	30
Wk 11	W 27-13vs Air Force	5	54	10.8	0	28
Wk 12	L 9-42@ Wyoming	5	103	20.6	0	58
Wk 13	W 27-24vs Colorado State	6	82	13.7	1	29
Total		63	1024	15.8	9	65

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