Tyre McCants

Senior wide receiver for South Florida. 2018: 59 catches, 617 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · South Florida · Sr. · #8

5′11″ · 240 lb · Niceville, FL

South Florida 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 737 nationally · Signed with South Florida

Statement game9 rec · 227 yds · 1 TDat UCF (FBS) · L 42-49

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for South Florida. 2018: 59 catches, 617 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Florida, 1,851 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 227 yds at UCF.UCF · L 42-492017

2014

Signed with South Florida3-star out of Niceville

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#737 national

CFB

College

South Florida

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Willie Taggart

South Florida

2017–2018

Charlie Strong

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015South Florida8-5HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2017South Florida10-2HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018South Florida7-6HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (87th percentile). Strength: long catch (84th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (21st percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#70 / 550 · 87th pct

Long catch#88 / 550 · 84th pct

Rush yards#52 / 277 · 81st pct

Rec yards#145 / 550 · 74th pct

617

Rec TDs#215 / 550 · 54th pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#435 / 550 · 21st pct

10.5

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.3	41.3	7.1	0.1
Road6g	3.7	54.7	15.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.0	56.6	12.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	36.8	9.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	South Florida	59	617	10.5	3	--
2017	South Florida	36	686	19.1	7	--
2016	South Florida	25	384	15.4	4	--
2015	South Florida	7	164	23.4	2	--
Career		127	1,851	14.6	16	--

Season	Team
2018	South Florida	9	57	--	68	--
2017	South Florida	1	30	152	--	--
2016	South Florida	2	12	17	--	--
2015	South Florida	--	--	43	--	--
Career		12	99	212	68	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 34–14

vs Elon

6 rec · 26 yds · 1 TD

With B. Barnett — 305 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 31 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · T. Schneider — 36 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-14vs Elon	6	26	4.3	1	16
Wk 2	W 49-38vs Georgia Tech	10	99	9.9	0	24	Season-high 99 yds
Wk 3	W 25-19@ Illinois	3	77	25.7	0	34
Wk 4	W 20-13vs East Carolina	3	12	4.0	0	7
Wk 6	W 58-42@ Massachusetts	4	81	20.3	1	72
Wk 7	W 25-24@ Tulsa	8	91	11.4	0	32
Wk 8	W 38-30vs UConn	6	49	8.2	0	20
Wk 9	L 36-57@ Houston	2	18	9.0	0	14
Wk 10	L 15-41vs Tulane	9	85	9.4	0	24
Wk 11	L 23-35@ Cincinnati	2	29	14.5	1	25
Wk 12	L 17-27@ Temple	3	32	10.7	0	22
Wk 13	L 10-38vs UCF	2	8	4.0	0	5
Bowl	L 20-38vs Marshall	1	10	10.0	0	10
Total		59	617	10.9	3	72

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