Player Dossier

2022-2023

Arizona

Tanner McLachlan

TE • 6'5" • 245 lbs • Lethbridge, AB, Canada

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Tanner McLachlan reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Tanner McLachlan built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a tight end from Lethbridge, AB wearing No. 84, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Tanner McLachlan's career was his receiving role:...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 18
Overall
No. 194
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Tanner McLachlan, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arizona. Tanner McLachlan reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
984
Receptions
79
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Tanner McLachlan quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · TE
Career Receiving Yards
984
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Arizona
Top game
UNLV
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 6 · Pick 18 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
No. 84 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
528 receiving yards · TE 13th (top 3%) · Pac-12 25th (top 14%) · National 209th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonArizona1234456265.3
2023 PostseasonArizona11328077.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona1142500477.5

Related Context

Tanner McLachlan played TE for Arizona. Across 2 tracked seasons, Tanner McLachlan recorded 984 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Arizona paired 528 primary output with 76.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 76.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · Arizona

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

48

Efficiency

76.6

Usage

15.4

Consistency

82.2

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 28. Mississippi State: 47. UTEP: 62. Stanford: 54. Washington: 51. USC: 28. Washington State: 48. Oregon State: 33. UCLA: 66. Utah: 51. Arizona State: 60

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. Oklahoma: 3 by 62.2. Mississippi State: 4 by 78.3. UTEP: 4 by 100. Stanford: 2 by 100. Washington: 6 by 56.7. USC: 3 by 62.2. Washington State: 4 by 80. Oregon State: 3 by 73.3. UCLA: 5 by 88. Utah: 4 by 85. Arizona State: 7 by 57.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins50.3 · Games = 8 · +8.3 vs Losses
Losses42 · Games = 3 · -8.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

100 vs Stanford

Result
Fri 12/29@ OklahomaW 38-243289.39.30016
Sat 11/25@ Arizona State2+ TDW 59-237608.68.60216
Sat 11/18vs UtahW 42-1845112.812.80019
Sun 11/5vs UCLAW 27-1056613.213.20030
Sun 10/29vs Oregon StateW 27-243331111016
Sat 10/14@ Washington StateW 44-64481212031
Sun 10/8@ USCL 41-433289.39.30118
Sun 10/1vs WashingtonL 24-316518.58.50017
Sat 9/23@ StanfordW 21-202542727136
Sun 9/17vs UTEPW 31-1046215.515.50028
Sat 9/9@ Mississippi StateL 24-3144711.811.80028

Player Story

Tanner McLachlan story

Tanner McLachlan built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a tight end from Lethbridge, AB wearing No. 84, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Tanner McLachlan's career was his receiving role: 79 catches, 984 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tanner McLachlan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Arizona

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonArizona45682.312
2023 PostseasonArizona52876.615.472
2023 Regular SeasonArizona52876.615.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UNLV

Week 1

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

48

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

48 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ California

Week 4 · L 31-49 · Conference game

88

Receiving Yards

90.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

88 receiving yards with a 97.8 efficiency score.

#3

vs UCLA

Week 10 · W 27-10 · Conference game

66

Receiving Yards

84.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

66 receiving yards with a 88 efficiency score.

#4

vs UTEP

Week 3 · W 31-10

62

Receiving Yards

82.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

62 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Washington

Week 7 · L 39-49 · Conference game

67

Receiving Yards

76.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

67 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Arizona

528 primary output · 76.6 efficiency · 15.4 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Arizona

77.5

528 primary · 76.6 efficiency · 15.4 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Arizona

65.3

456 primary · 82.3 efficiency · 12 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games