Trey McBride

#85 · TE · Jr. · Colorado State6′4″ · 260 lb · Fort Morgan, CO

Trey McBride: TE · Colorado State · #85.

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Trey McBride

TE · Colorado State · Jr · #85

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Colorado State. All-America (Consensus) in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 135 receiving yards and 7 receptions against New Mexico — Week 7, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

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

Colorado State in the news

CSU president stepping downOct 28
Former CSU star Lawrence McCutcheon diesThe Coloradoan Oct 23
CSU DC sleeps in officeOct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Colorado State	90	1,121	12.5	1	50
2020	Colorado State	21	318	15.1	4	38
2019	Colorado State	45	560	12.4	4	69
2018	Colorado State	8	99	12.4	1	48
Career		164	2,098	12.8	10	69

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 23-42vs South Dakota State	13	116	8.9	0	17
Wk 2	L 21-24vs Vanderbilt	8	114	14.3	1	29
Wk 3	W 22-6@ Toledo	9	109	12.1	0	29
Wk 4	L 14-24@ No. 5 Iowa	6	59	9.8	0	16
Wk 6	W 32-14vs San José State	6	60	10.0	0	20
Wk 7	W 36-7@ New Mexico	7	135	19.3	0	50	Season-high 135 yds
Wk 8	L 24-26@ Utah State	6	44	7.3	0	12
Wk 9	L 19-28vs Boise State	10	103	10.3	0	34
Wk 10	L 17-31@ Wyoming	9	98	10.9	0	30
Wk 11	L 21-35vs Air Force	4	81	20.3	0	32
Wk 12	L 45-50@ Hawai'i	6	89	14.8	0	33
Wk 13	L 10-52vs Nevada	6	113	18.8	0	27
Total		90	1121	12.5	1	50

Signature game

Week 1 · 2021

L 23-42

vs South Dakota State

13 rec · 116 yds

With T. Centeio — 304 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 30.8 · 1 rec · 12 yds · R. Stonehouse — 55 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Nevada · 4th and 4 · Q3 · EPA +7.05Trey McBride run for 69 yds for a TD (Cayden Camper KICK)
Week 12 · Hawai'i · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.51Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 33 yds to the Hawa 38 for a
Week 3 · Toledo · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.18Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 29 yds to the Toled 34 for a
Week 7 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 35 yds to the NMex 40 for a
Week 3 · Toledo · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 19 yds to the ColSt 47 for a
Week 11 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.59Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 31 yds to the AFA 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Nevada · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 17 yds to the ColSt 45 for a
Week 7 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 50 yds to the NMex 12 for a
Week 3 · Toledo · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.40Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 12 yds to the Toled 48 for a
Week 13 · Nevada · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.39Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 27 yds to the Nevad 48 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Colorado State3-9HC: Mike Bobo · Pass-leaning

2019Colorado State4-8HC: Mike Bobo · Balanced

2020Colorado State1-3HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning

2021Colorado State3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 94 (#1 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

94All-America level #1 of 119 · 2021?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (100th percentile). Concern: td rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#132 / 655 · 79th pct

18.8%

Catch rate#151 / 655 · 77th pct

83.3%

EPA / target#177 / 655 · 73rd pct

0.84

Yards / catch#280 / 655 · 57th pct

13.1

TD rate#566 / 655 · 14th pct

1.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 146 · 100th pct

1121

Receptions#1 / 146 · 100th pct

Rush yards#3 / 33 · 92nd pct

Long catch#22 / 146 · 85th pct

Rush TDs#3 / 33 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#41 / 146 · 72nd pct

12.5

Fumbles lost#18 / 39 · 28th pct

Rec TDs#103 / 146 · 19th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.8	97.8	13.8	0.2
Road6g	7.2	89.0	12.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.2	98.8	12.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	88.0	13.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Steve Addazio

Pass share

43.7%

394 pass / 507 run

Plays / game

75.1

12 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

426 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Unanimous All-American

First team on every major selector list.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

94 · #1 of 119 TEs · 2021

Three-star recruit. Now #1 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2021

AP1st

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Trey McBride

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Colorado State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Unanimous All-American

Four seasons at Colorado State, drafted

Moves

2018 7 games

2020 4 games

2021 12 games

2022