Senior tight end for Boston College. 2021: 21 catches, 362 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′4″ · 244 lb · Summerdale, AL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 tight end for Boston College. 2021: 21 catches, 362 receiving yards, 4 TD.
Trae Barry
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. He got to Boston College by way of Jacksonville State. One game to point at: 98 rec yds, 5 receptions against Massachusetts — Week 2, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Boston College, 362 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: epa / target (98th percentile). Strength: td rate (95th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 68.0 | 19.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.2 | 51.0 | 19.9 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 35.7 | 20.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Boston College | 21 | 362 | 17.2 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 21 | 362 | 17.2 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021
W 41–34
vs Missouri
1 rec · 10 yds
Edged out Missouri at home in a shootout.
With D. Grosel — 175 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.1 · 35 rush yds (9 car) · P. Garwo III — 175 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Colgate | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 1 | 51 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-28@ Massachusetts | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 1 | 44 | Season-high 98 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 41-34vs Missouri | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-19@ Clemson | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 0 | 33 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-33vs NC State | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-28@ Louisville | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-30@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 38 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-41vs Wake Forest | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Total | 21 | 362 | 20.0 | 4 | 51 |
Play style
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Kemore Gamble’s 2021 season.
Matches Kemore on
Differs from Kemore on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Chamon Metayer's sophomore season at Cincinnati (2023).
Matches Chamon on
Player DNA