Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018UConn
Aaron McLean
TE • 6'5" • 221 lbs • Southborough, MA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Aaron McLean reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UConn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Aaron McLean built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a tight end from Southborough, MA wearing No. 8, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Aaron McLean's career was his receiving role: 69...
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- Committed To
- UConn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Aaron McLean, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UConn. Aaron McLean reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 964
- Receptions
- 69
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Aaron McLean quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UConn · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 964
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · UConn
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · St Mark's School · UConn
- High school pipeline
- St Mark's School · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 396 receiving yards · TE 25th (top 7%) · American Athletic 29th (top 15%) · National 316th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UConn | 4 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UConn | 3 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 47.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UConn | 10 | 31 | 472 | 2 | 73.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UConn | 10 | 32 | 396 | 2 | 67.6 |
Related Context
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Aaron McLean played TE for UConn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aaron McLean recorded 964 receiving yards, 6 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
UConn paired 472 primary output with 86.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 71.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2018 Regular Season · UConn
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
39.6
Efficiency
71.1
Usage
19.1
Consistency
51.7
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 42. Boise State: 23. Rhode Island: 37. Cincinnati: 97. Memphis: 64. South Florida: 28. Massachusetts: 2. Tulsa: 6. SMU: 82. East Carolina: 15
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 5 by 56. Boise State: 2 by 76.7. Rhode Island: 3 by 82.2. Cincinnati: 4 by 100. Memphis: 6 by 71.1. South Florida: 2 by 93.3. Massachusetts: 1 by 13.3. Tulsa: 1 by 40. SMU: 7 by 78.1. East Carolina: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins37 · Games = 1 · -2.9 vs Losses
Losses39.9 · Games = 9 · +2.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
100 vs East Carolina
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/18 | @ East Carolina | L 21-55 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 11/10 | vs SMU | L 50-62 | — | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 11.70 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Tulsa | L 19-49 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Massachusetts | L 17-22 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ South Florida | L 30-38 | — | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Memphis | L 14-55 | — | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Cincinnati | L 7-49 | — | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 0 | 41 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Rhode Island | W 56-49 | — | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 1 | 19 |
| Sun 9/9 | @ Boise State | L 7-62 | — | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 1 | 15 |
| Thu 8/30 | vs UCF | L 17-56 | — | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 8.40 | 0 | 13 |
Player Story
Aaron McLean story
Aaron McLean built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a tight end from Southborough, MA wearing No. 8, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Aaron McLean's career was his receiving role: 69 catches, 964 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 tackles and 3 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Aaron McLean's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UConn
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UConn | 56 | 70 | 6.3 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | UConn | 40 | 100 | 5.3 | -16 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UConn | 472 | 86.7 | 14.5 | 432 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UConn | 396 | 71.1 | 19.1 | -76 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Cincinnati
Week 5 · L 7-49 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ SMU
Week 5 · L 28-49 · Conference game
122
Receiving Yards
91.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
122 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs SMU
Week 11 · L 50-62 · Conference game
82
Receiving Yards
85.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
82 receiving yards with a 78.1 efficiency score.
#4
@ Memphis
Week 6 · L 14-55 · Conference game
64
Receiving Yards
73.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
64 receiving yards with a 71.1 efficiency score.
#5
@ UCF
Week 6 · W 40-13 · Conference game
29
Receiving Yards
72.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
29 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · UConn
472 primary output · 86.7 efficiency · 14.5 usage
73.6
#2
2018 Regular Season · UConn
67.6
396 primary · 71.1 efficiency · 19.1 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · UConn
47.5
40 primary · 100 efficiency · 5.3 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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