Player Dossier

2018-2021

Colorado State

Trey McBride

TE • 6'4" • 260 lbs • Fort Morgan, CO, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Trey McBride reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

98

Top-tier box-score impact for a tight end

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Reliability

86

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

89

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Colorado State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Colorado State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Player Story

Trey McBride built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a tight end from Fort Morgan, CO wearing No. 85, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Trey McBride's career was his receiving role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8311

Fort Morgan · Fort Morgan, CO

Committed To
Colorado State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 23
Overall
No. 55
NFL Team
Arizona Cardinals

Trey McBride, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Colorado State. Trey McBride reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,098
Receptions
164
Touchdowns
11

Quick Answers

Trey McBride quick answers

Latest team and position
Colorado State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
2,098
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 35 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Colorado State
Top game
Fresno State
Recruit profile
3-star · Fort Morgan · Colorado State
High school pipeline
Fort Morgan · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 2 · Pick 23 · Arizona Cardinals
Latest roster
No. 85 · Junior
2021 Receiving yards rank
1,121 receiving yards · TE 1st (top 1%) · Mountain West 2nd (top 2%) · National 23rd (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonColorado State7899132
2019 Regular SeasonColorado State1245560460
2020 Regular SeasonColorado State421318471.1
2021 Regular SeasonColorado State12901,121290.5

Related Context

Trey McBride played TE for Colorado State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Trey McBride recorded 72 rushing yards, 2,098 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Colorado State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Colorado State paired 1,121 primary output with 79.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 90.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

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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2020 Regular Season · Colorado State

Games

4

Receiving Yards / G

79.5

Efficiency

90.8

Usage

35.5

Consistency

65.3

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 130. Wyoming: 90. Boise State: 48. San Diego State: 50

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. Fresno State: 8 by 100. Wyoming: 5 by 100. Boise State: 4 by 80. San Diego State: 4 by 83.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins90 · Games = 1 · +14 vs Losses
Losses76 · Games = 3 · -14 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Wyoming

Result
Sun 12/6@ San Diego StateL 17-2945012.512.50031
Fri 11/13@ Boise StateL 21-524481212121
Fri 11/6vs Wyoming2+ TDW 34-245901818238
Fri 10/30@ Fresno State100 receiving yards · High volumeL 17-38813016.316.30127

Player Story

Trey McBride story

Trey McBride built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a tight end from Fort Morgan, CO wearing No. 85, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Trey McBride's career was his receiving role: 164 catches, 2,098 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns, and 72 rushing yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Colorado State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 72 rushing yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado State.

The arc is straightforward: Trey McBride moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Colorado State

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonColorado State9963.36.8
2019 Regular SeasonColorado State56071.716461
2020 Regular SeasonColorado State31890.835.5-242
2021 Regular SeasonColorado State1,12179.739.7803

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Fresno State

Week 9 · L 17-38 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

100 takeover

130 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ New Mexico

Week 7 · W 36-7 · Conference game

135

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

135 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Nevada

Week 13 · L 10-52 · Conference game

113

Receiving Yards

94.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

113 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

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vs Vanderbilt

Week 2 · L 21-24

114

Receiving Yards

93.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

114 receiving yards with a 95 efficiency score.

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vs Boise State

Week 14 · L 24-31 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

91.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

101 receiving yards with a 74.8 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Colorado State

1,121 primary output · 79.7 efficiency · 39.7 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Colorado State

71.1

318 primary · 90.8 efficiency · 35.5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Colorado State

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560 primary · 71.7 efficiency · 16 usage

Milestones

8

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games