Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025USC
Lake McRee
TE • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Austin, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Lake McRee reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Player Story
Lake McRee built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a tight end from Austin, TX wearing No. 87, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Lake McRee's career was his receiving role: 97 catches, 1,154...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Lake McRee, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · USC. Lake McRee reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,154
- Receptions
- 97
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Lake McRee quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,154
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- BYU
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lake Travis · USC
- High school pipeline
- Lake Travis · 33 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 87 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 450 receiving yards · TE 24th (top 6%) · Big Ten 41st (top 15%) · National 279th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 3 | 7 | 91 | 0 | 41.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | USC | 8 | 10 | 106 | 2 | 39.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 11 | 26 | 262 | 1 | 50.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 9 | 24 | 245 | 0 | 45.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | USC | 12 | 30 | 450 | 4 | 71.2 |
Related Context
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Lake McRee played TE for USC. Across 5 tracked seasons, Lake McRee recorded 1,154 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
USC paired 450 primary output with 77.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 77.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · USC
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
37.5
Efficiency
77.3
Usage
12.2
Consistency
66.8
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri State: 72. Georgia Southern: 34. Purdue: 67. Michigan State: 16. Illinois: 59. Michigan: 41. Notre Dame: 18. Nebraska: 11. Northwestern: 52. Iowa: 19. Oregon: 31. UCLA: 30
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. Missouri State: 2 by 100. Georgia Southern: 2 by 100. Purdue: 3 by 100. Michigan State: 2 by 53.3. Illinois: 3 by 100. Michigan: 2 by 100. Notre Dame: 2 by 60. Nebraska: 2 by 36.7. Northwestern: 3 by 100. Iowa: 3 by 42.2. Oregon: 3 by 68.9. UCLA: 3 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins38 · Games = 9 · +2 vs Losses
Losses36 · Games = 3 · -2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
100 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs UCLA | W 29-10 | — | 3 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Oregon | L 27-42 | — | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Iowa | W 26-21 | — | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Northwestern | W 38-17 | — | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 17.30 | 0 | 42 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Nebraska | W 21-17 | — | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Notre Dame | L 24-34 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Michigan | W 31-13 | — | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Illinois | L 32-34 | — | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 19.70 | 0 | 24 |
| Sun 9/21 | vs Michigan State | W 45-31 | — | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Purdue | W 33-17 | — | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 22.30 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Georgia Southern | W 59-20 | — | 2 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Missouri State | W 73-13 | — | 2 | 72 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 64 |
Player Story
Lake McRee story
Lake McRee built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a tight end from Austin, TX wearing No. 87, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Lake McRee's career was his receiving role: 97 catches, 1,154 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Lake McRee's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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USC
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 91 | 74.4 | 9.5 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | USC | 106 | 62.1 | 6.3 | 15 |
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 262 | 58.4 | 9.3 | 156 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 245 | 59.2 | 9.7 | -17 |
| 2025 Regular Season | USC | 450 | 77.3 | 12.2 | 205 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs BYU
Week 13 · L 31-35
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
86 takeover
63 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ California
Week 9 · W 50-49 · Conference game
71
Receiving Yards
86 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
71 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 90 Purdue
Week 3 · W 33-17 · Conference game
67
Receiving Yards
83.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
67 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Utah State
Week 2 · W 48-0
81
Receiving Yards
82 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
81 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Notre Dame
Week 13 · W 38-27
37
Receiving Yards
79 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
37 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · USC
450 primary output · 77.3 efficiency · 12.2 usage
71.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · USC
50.6
262 primary · 58.4 efficiency · 9.3 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · USC
45.2
245 primary · 59.2 efficiency · 9.7 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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