Player Dossier

2021-2025

New Mexico

Michael Buckley

WR • 6'0" • 179 lbs • Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Michael Buckley reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

20

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

5

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico

2122232425

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Michael Buckley, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico. Michael Buckley reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
179
Receptions
14
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Michael Buckley quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · WR
Career Receiving Yards
179
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 8 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · New Mexico
Top game
Colorado State
Latest roster
No. 17 · Junior
2025 Receiving yards rank
76 receiving yards · WR 707th (top 65%) · Mountain West 104th (top 59%) · National 1,145th (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico1-00100
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico0-00-
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico28103076.4
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico5676151.1

Related Context

Michael Buckley played WR for New Mexico. Across 5 tracked seasons, Michael Buckley recorded 41 passing yards, 179 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

New Mexico paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 67.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Loss 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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2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

15.2

Efficiency

67.8

Usage

9.6

Consistency

30.9

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 45. Idaho State: 8. UCLA: 0. New Mexico State: 0. San José State: 23

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. Michigan: 2 by 100. Idaho State: 2 by 26.7. San José State: 2 by 76.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.7 · Games = 3 · -31.3 vs Losses
Losses34 · Games = 2 · +31.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

100 vs Michigan

Result
Sat 10/4@ San José StateL 28-3522311.511.50012
Sat 9/27vs New Mexico StateW 38-20
Sat 9/13@ UCLAW 35-10
Sat 9/6vs Idaho StateW 32-22284405
Sat 8/30@ MichiganL 17-3424522.522.50025

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    New Mexico

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico0
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico10386.218.3103
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico7667.89.6-27

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Colorado State

Week 9 · L 6-17 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

90

Receiving Yards

95.2 takeover

90 receiving yards with a 85.7 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 25 Michigan

Week 1 · L 17-34 · Ranked opponent

45

Receiving Yards

73.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 118 San José State

Week 6 · L 28-35 · Conference game

23

Receiving Yards

50.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

23 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Wyoming

Week 10 · L 45-49 · Conference game

13

Receiving Yards

40.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs Idaho State

Week 2 · W 32-22

8

Receiving Yards

31.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

8 receiving yards with a 26.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · New Mexico

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2024 Regular Season · New Mexico

76.4

103 primary · 86.2 efficiency · 18.3 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

51.1

76 primary · 67.8 efficiency · 9.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games