Player Dossier

2012-2015

Auburn

Melvin Ray

WR • 6'3" • Tallahassee, FL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Melvin Ray reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

36

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

37

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Auburn

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Auburn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Player Story

Melvin Ray built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 82, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Melvin Ray's career was his receiving role: 33...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.9186

North Florida Christian · Tallahassee, FL

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Melvin Ray, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Auburn. Melvin Ray reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
569
Receptions
33
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Melvin Ray quick answers

Latest team and position
Auburn · WR
Career Receiving Yards
569
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 19 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Auburn
Top game
Memphis
Recruit profile
4-star · North Florida Christian · Alabama
High school pipeline
North Florida Christian · 32 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 82 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
279 receiving yards · WR 364th (top 38%) · SEC 48th (top 22%) · National 450th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonAuburn0-00-
2013 PostseasonAuburn3150161.1
2013 Regular SeasonAuburn3458061.1
2014 PostseasonAuburn615061.1
2014 Regular SeasonAuburn67177161.1
2015 PostseasonAuburn10250071.6
2015 Regular SeasonAuburn1018229271.6

Related Context

Melvin Ray played WR for Auburn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Melvin Ray recorded 569 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Auburn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Auburn paired 279 primary output with 73.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 73.4 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: Memphis

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2015 Postseason · Auburn

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

27.9

Efficiency

73.4

Usage

14.1

Consistency

65.8

Best Game by takeover score

Memphis

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 50. Louisville: 19. Jacksonville State: 32. LSU: 9. Mississippi State: 24. Arkansas: 55. Ole Miss: 44. Texas A&M: 30. Idaho: 10. Alabama: 6

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. Memphis: 2 by 100. Louisville: 2 by 63.3. Jacksonville State: 3 by 71.1. LSU: 1 by 60. Mississippi State: 3 by 53.3. Arkansas: 3 by 100. Ole Miss: 1 by 100. Texas A&M: 2 by 100. Idaho: 1 by 66.7. Alabama: 2 by 20

Split Comparison

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

Wins28.2 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses27.6 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Memphis

Best efficiency game

100 vs Memphis

Result
Wed 12/30@ MemphisW 31-102502525029
Sat 11/28vs AlabamaL 13-29263308
Sat 11/21vs IdahoW 56-341101010010
Sun 11/8@ Texas A&MW 26-102301515017
Sat 10/31vs Ole MissL 19-271444444044
Sat 10/24@ ArkansasL 46-5435518.318.30023
Sat 9/26vs Mississippi StateL 9-1732488011
Sat 9/19@ LSUL 21-45199919
Sat 9/12vs Jacksonville StateW 27-2033210.710.70112
Sat 9/5vs LouisvilleW 31-242199.59.50010

Player Story

Melvin Ray story

Melvin Ray built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 82, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Melvin Ray's career was his receiving role: 33 catches, 569 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Melvin Ray's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Auburn

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320132014201420152015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonAuburn0
2013 PostseasonAuburn1089710.3108
2013 Regular SeasonAuburn1089710.30
2014 PostseasonAuburn18288.99.274
2014 Regular SeasonAuburn18288.99.20
2015 PostseasonAuburn27973.414.197
2015 Regular SeasonAuburn27973.414.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Memphis

Week 1 · W 31-10 · Postseason

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

50

Receiving Yards

85.9 takeover

50 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Arkansas

Week 8 · L 46-54 · Conference game

55

Receiving Yards

84.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Western Carolina

Week 7 · W 62-3

44

Receiving Yards

81.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

44 receiving yards with a 97.8 efficiency score.

#4

vs Arkansas

Week 1 · W 45-21 · Conference game

77

Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Florida State

Week 1 · L 31-34 · Postseason

50

Receiving Yards

74.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

50 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Auburn

279 primary output · 73.4 efficiency · 14.1 usage

71.6

#2

2015 Regular Season · Auburn

71.6

279 primary · 73.4 efficiency · 14.1 usage

#3

2013 Postseason · Auburn

61.1

108 primary · 97 efficiency · 10.3 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games