Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016USC
Taylor McNamara
TE • 6'5" • San Diego, CA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Taylor McNamara reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Oklahoma • USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Player Story
Taylor McNamara built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from San Diego, CA wearing No. 88, spending time with Oklahoma and USC. The clearest part of Taylor McNamara's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Taylor McNamara, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · USC. Taylor McNamara reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 198
- Receptions
- 25
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Taylor McNamara quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 198
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- Oregon
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Westview · Oklahoma
- High school pipeline
- Westview · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Class 2016
- 2016 Receiving yards rank
- 111 receiving yards · TE 113th (top 37%) · Pac-12 92nd (top 51%) · National 845th (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Postseason | Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35.2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Postseason | USC | 11 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 45.9 |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 11 | 10 | 62 | 4 | 45.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 7 | 12 | 111 | 1 | 54.4 |
Related Context
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Taylor McNamara played TE for Oklahoma and USC. Across 5 tracked seasons, Taylor McNamara recorded 198 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
USC paired 111 primary output with 53.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 53.1 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma, USC.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
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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2016 Regular Season · USC
Games
7
Receiving Yards / G
15.9
Efficiency
53.1
Usage
7.7
Consistency
38.8
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 10. Utah: 21. Arizona State: 5. Oregon: 47. Washington: 2. UCLA: 8. Notre Dame: 18
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. Alabama: 2 by 33.3. Utah: 1 by 100. Arizona State: 1 by 33.3. Oregon: 4 by 78.3. Washington: 1 by 13.3. UCLA: 1 by 53.3. Notre Dame: 2 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins16 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses15.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Oregon
Best efficiency game
100 vs Utah
Player Story
Taylor McNamara story
Taylor McNamara built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from San Diego, CA wearing No. 88, spending time with Oklahoma and USC. The clearest part of Taylor McNamara's career was his receiving role: 25 catches, 198 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Taylor McNamara'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.
- 1
Oklahoma
2012-2014
Opening stop
- 2
USC
2015-2016
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Postseason | Oklahoma | 4 | 26.7 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | — | — | -4 |
| 2015 Postseason | USC | 83 | 43 | 5.8 | 83 |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 83 | 43 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 111 | 53.1 | 7.7 | 28 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oregon
Week 10 · W 45-20 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
47
Receiving Yards
75.3 takeover
47 receiving yards with a 78.3 efficiency score.
#2
@ Wisconsin
Week 1 · L 21-23 · Postseason
21
Receiving Yards
69 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.
#3
vs Idaho
Week 2 · W 59-9
16
Receiving Yards
62.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Utah
Week 4 · L 27-31 · Conference game
21
Receiving Yards
54.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs UCLA
Week 13 · W 40-21 · Conference game
14
Receiving Yards
52.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
14 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · USC
111 primary output · 53.1 efficiency · 7.7 usage
54.4
#2
2015 Postseason · USC
45.9
83 primary · 43 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · USC
45.9
83 primary · 43 efficiency · 5.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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