Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014Texas
M.J. McFarland
TE • 6'4" • El Paso, TX, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
M.J. McFarland reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
17
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Player Story
M.J. McFarland built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a tight end from El Paso, TX wearing No. 85, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of M.J. McFarland's career was his receiving role: 19...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
M.J. McFarland, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Texas. M.J. McFarland reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 178
- Receptions
- 19
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
M.J. McFarland quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 178
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · El Dorado · Texas
- High school pipeline
- El Dorado · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Class 2014
- 2014 Receiving yards rank
- 53 receiving yards · TE 166th (top 57%) · Big 12 95th (top 65%) · National 1,184th (top 63%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas | 5 | 8 | 125 | 1 | 73.9 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas | 8 | 11 | 53 | 2 | 42.3 |
Related Context
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M.J. McFarland played TE for Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, M.J. McFarland recorded 178 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Texas paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 34.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
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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2014 Regular Season · Texas
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
6.6
Efficiency
34.2
Usage
7.7
Consistency
66.9
Best Game by takeover score
Texas Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 7. UCLA: 2. Kansas: 1. Baylor: 6. Iowa State: 11. Texas Tech: 13. West Virginia: 9. Oklahoma State: 4
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. North Texas: 2 by 23.3. UCLA: 1 by 13.3. Kansas: 1 by 6.7. Baylor: 2 by 20. Iowa State: 2 by 36.7. Texas Tech: 1 by 86.7. West Virginia: 1 by 60. Oklahoma State: 1 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins7.5 · Games = 6 · +3.5 vs Losses
Losses4 · Games = 2 · -3.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas Tech
Best efficiency game
86.7 vs Texas Tech
Player Story
M.J. McFarland story
M.J. McFarland built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a tight end from El Paso, TX wearing No. 85, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of M.J. McFarland's career was his receiving role: 19 catches, 178 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives M.J. McFarland'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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Texas
2011-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas | 125 | 88 | 8.2 | 125 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | -125 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas | 53 | 34.2 | 7.7 | 53 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oklahoma
Week 7 · L 21-63 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
39
Receiving Yards
80.8 takeover
39 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#2
@ Texas Tech
Week 10 · W 34-13 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
70.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#3
vs Baylor
Week 8 · W 56-50 · Conference game
29
Receiving Yards
64 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
29 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs West Virginia
Week 6 · L 45-48 · Conference game
24
Receiving Yards
58.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
24 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs West Virginia
Week 11 · W 33-16 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
53.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
9 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Texas
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2012 Regular Season · Texas
73.9
125 primary · 88 efficiency · 8.2 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Texas
42.3
53 primary · 34.2 efficiency · 7.7 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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