Mario Alford in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, West Virginia, to 2014

Mario Alford

Number
No. 5
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Greenville, GA
Born
Feb 25, 1992, in Greenville, Georgia

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Mario Alford played receiver at West Virginia (to 2014). The Cincinnati Bengals took Alford in round 7, No. 238 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
945
Receiving yards, 2014 (West Virginia, 7–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 238
Round 7, 2015 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

11catches, best game on fileat Maryland, 2014215receiving yards, best game on filevs. Iowa State, 20132receiving touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last at Iowa State, 2014

All-America: FWAA 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013West Virginia2755220.4276
2014West Virginia6594514.51179
On file (2013–⁠14)921,49716.31379

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2013West Virginia1122901−20
2014West Virginia2674322−110
On file (2013–⁠14)3797223−130

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013West Virginia5WR
2014West Virginia5WR5′9″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013West Virginia360.7745th (n=341)0.8127.65%
2014West Virginia1130.4235th (n=496)0.5248.010%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 West Virginia 13 games, 65 catches, 945 yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.AlabamaL 23–⁠3355403145–
Sep 6vs.TowsonW 54–⁠05211––2
Sep 13atMarylandW 40–⁠37111312462–
Sep 20vs.OklahomaL 33–⁠4571011–––
Oct 4vs.KansasW 33–⁠1448002129–
Oct 11atTexas TechW 37–⁠342240247–
Oct 18vs.BaylorW 41–⁠274531–––
Oct 25atOklahoma StateW 34–⁠1071361221–
Nov 1vs.TCUL 30–⁠313791127–
Nov 8atTexasL 16–⁠335310270–
Nov 20vs.Kansas StateL 20–⁠264921116–
Nov 29atIowa StateW 37–⁠245862592–
Dec 29 ✦vs.Texas A&ML 37–⁠4535714134–
2013 West Virginia 9 games, 27 catches, 552 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.William & MaryW 24–⁠17––––––
Sep 7atOklahomaL 7–⁠1621103451
Sep 14vs.Georgia StateW 41–⁠74330–––
Sep 28vs.Oklahoma StateW 30–⁠212430–––
Oct 19vs.Texas TechL 27–⁠371150–––
Nov 2atTCUW 30–⁠273620–––
Nov 9vs.TexasL 40–⁠474971388–
Nov 16atKansasL 19–⁠313760–––
Nov 30vs.Iowa StateL 44–⁠5282151596–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height5′8½″
Weight180 lb
Arm length31¼″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan74⅜″W
40-yard dash4.43 s
10-yard split1.64 s
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill6.64 s
20-yard shuttle4.07 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 4 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Cincinnati Bengals11150
2016Cleveland Browns3000
NFL career41150

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2018CFLToronto Argonauts
2019–⁠22CFLMontreal Alouettes
2022–⁠25CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders
2026CFLHamilton Tiger-Cats *
2026CFLMontreal Alouettes

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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