#85

Trey McBride

Former tight end at Colorado State. 2021: 90 catches, 1,121 receiving yards, 1 TD.

TE · Colorado State · Jr. · #85

6′4″ · 260 lb · Fort Morgan, CO

CFB Index 94 · #1 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceConsensus AAArizona — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 23, #55 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1556 nationally · Signed with Colorado State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Colorado State. 2021: 90 catches, 1,121 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado State in 2018.
Transferred from Colorado State to Colorado State in 2021.
Drafted round 2 by the Arizona in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Colorado State, 2,098 receiving yards, a Consensus All-American season (2021) — drafted at #55 overall by Arizona.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20187 games

Signed with Colorado State3-star out of Fort Morgan

20204 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

202112 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Americafirst · 7 selectors
Mackeywinner
All-Mountain Westfirst

2022

Drafted by Arizonaround 2, pick 55

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1556 national

CFB

College

Colorado State

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #55

Arizona · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

11 honors · 2 categories

🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2021)

5 first-team selectors

🥈

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2019

Mike Bobo

Colorado State

2020–2021

Steve Addazio

Colorado State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Bobo → Steve Addazio. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 5th NFL season

#55Rd 2 · Pick 23

ArizonaEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

94All-America level #1 of 119?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #1 of 119 TEs

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

Selector Grid · 2021

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

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

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 22–6

at Toledo

9 rec · 109 yds

With R. Stonehouse — 52 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 66 LONG · T. Pannunzio — 1 TD · 3 TOT · 23 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Nevada · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +7.05Trey McBride run for 69 yds for a TD (Cayden Camper KICK)
Week 12 · Hawai'i · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.51Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 33 yds to the Hawa 38 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Toledo · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.18Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 29 yds to the Toled 34 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 35 yds to the NMex 40 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Toledo · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 19 yds to the ColSt 47 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Air Force · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.59Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 31 yds to the AFA 40 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Nevada · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 17 yds to the ColSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 50 yds to the NMex 12 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Toledo · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.40Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 12 yds to the Toled 48 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Nevada · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.39Todd Centeio pass complete to Trey McBride for 27 yds to the Nevad 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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	13.1	1	50

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

Trey McBride

20187 games

20204 games

202112 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Complete TE

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