
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
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, 2014All-America: FWAA 2014
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | West Virginia | 27 | 552 | 20.4 | 2 | 76 |
| 2014 | West Virginia | 65 | 945 | 14.5 | 11 | 79 |
| On file (2013–14) | 92 | 1,497 | 16.3 | 13 | 79 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | West Virginia | 11 | 229 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| 2014 | West Virginia | 26 | 743 | 2 | 2 | −11 | 0 |
| On file (2013–14) | 37 | 972 | 2 | 3 | −13 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | West Virginia | 5 | WR | |
| 2014 | West Virginia | 5 | WR | 5′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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | West Virginia | 36 | 0.77 | 45th (n=341) | 0.81 | 27.6 | 5% |
| 2014 | West Virginia | 113 | 0.42 | 35th (n=496) | 0.52 | 48.0 | 10% |
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
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | L 23–33 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 145 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 54–0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 13 | at | W 40–37 | 11 | 131 | 2 | 4 | 62 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. | L 33–45 | 7 | 101 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. | W 33–14 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 129 | – |
| Oct 11 | at | W 37–34 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 47 | – |
| Oct 18 | vs. | W 41–27 | 4 | 53 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 25 | at | W 34–10 | 7 | 136 | 1 | 2 | 21 | – |
| Nov 1 | vs. | L 30–31 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 27 | – |
| Nov 8 | at | L 16–33 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 70 | – |
| Nov 20 | vs. | L 20–26 | 4 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 16 | – |
| Nov 29 | at | W 37–24 | 5 | 86 | 2 | 5 | 92 | – |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | L 37–45 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 134 | – |
2013 West Virginia 9 games, 27 catches, 552 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 24–17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 7 | at | L 7–16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 41–7 | 4 | 33 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 30–21 | 2 | 43 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 19 | vs. | L 27–37 | 1 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 2 | at | W 30–27 | 3 | 62 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 9 | vs. | L 40–47 | 4 | 97 | 1 | 3 | 88 | – |
| Nov 16 | at | L 19–31 | 3 | 76 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | L 44–52 | 8 | 215 | 1 | 5 | 96 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′8½″ | |
| Weight | 180 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| Wingspan | 74⅜″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.43 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.64 s | |
| Vertical jump | 34″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| Bench press | 13 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.64 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.07 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.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| 2016 | Cleveland Browns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
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
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts |
| 2019–22 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes |
| 2022–25 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 2026 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats * |
| 2026 | CFL | Montreal 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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