Player Dossier

2011-2015

Central Michigan

Ben McCord

TE • 6'4" • Warren, MI, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Ben McCord reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

6

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

16

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Player Story

Ben McCord built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a tight end from Warren, MI wearing No. 89, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Ben McCord's career was his receiving role: 65...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8267

Cousino Senior · Warren, MI

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Ben McCord, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Central Michigan. Ben McCord reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
879
Receptions
65
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Ben McCord quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · TE
Career Receiving Yards
879
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Central Michigan
Top game
Syracuse
Recruit profile
3-star · Cousino Senior · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Cousino Senior · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 89 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
612 receiving yards · TE 4th (top 2%) · Mid-American 18th (top 10%) · National 159th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0-00-
2012 PostseasonCentral Michigan514030.8
2012 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan5877130.8
2013 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan4762030.6
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan810124338.3
2015 PostseasonCentral Michigan13242066.2
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan1337570566.2

Related Context

Ben McCord played TE for Central Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ben McCord recorded 879 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Central Michigan paired 612 primary output with 77.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 49.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

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

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2012 Postseason · Central Michigan

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

16.2

Efficiency

49.7

Usage

8.4

Consistency

32

Best Game by takeover score

Ball State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 4. Ball State: 47. Akron: 4. Western Michigan: 17. Eastern Michigan: 9

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. Western Kentucky: 1 by 26.7. Ball State: 4 by 78.3. Akron: 1 by 26.7. Western Michigan: 2 by 56.7. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 60

Split Comparison

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

Wins5.7 · Games = 3 · -26.3 vs Losses
Losses32 · Games = 2 · +26.3 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

Ball State

Best efficiency game

78.3 vs Ball State

Result
Thu 12/27vs Western KentuckyW 24-21144404
Sat 11/10@ Eastern MichiganW 34-31199909
Sat 11/3vs Western MichiganL 31-422178.58.5009
Sat 10/27vs AkronW 35-14144404
Sat 10/20vs Ball StateL 30-4144711.811.80122

Player Story

Ben McCord story

Ben McCord built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a tight end from Warren, MI wearing No. 89, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Ben McCord's career was his receiving role: 65 catches, 879 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Ben McCord'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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    Central Michigan

    2011-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2011201220122013201420152015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0
2012 PostseasonCentral Michigan8149.78.481
2012 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan8149.78.40
2013 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan62459.1-19
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan12462.17.262
2015 PostseasonCentral Michigan61277.111.3488
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan61277.111.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Syracuse

Week 3 · L 27-30

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

147

Receiving Yards

96 takeover

147 receiving yards with a 98 efficiency score.

#2

@ Buffalo

Week 9 · W 20-14 · Conference game

46

Receiving Yards

82.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Ohio

Week 7 · W 26-23 · Conference game

42

Receiving Yards

81.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#4

vs Ball State

Week 8 · L 30-41 · Conference game

47

Receiving Yards

78.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

47 receiving yards with a 78.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 13 · W 35-28 · Conference game

100

Receiving Yards

72.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

100 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Central Michigan

612 primary output · 77.1 efficiency · 11.3 usage

66.2

#2

2015 Regular Season · Central Michigan

66.2

612 primary · 77.1 efficiency · 11.3 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Central Michigan

38.3

124 primary · 62.1 efficiency · 7.2 usage

Milestones

3

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games