Receiver, Cincinnati (from Arkansas), 2012–⁠15

Mekale McKay

Lettered 2013–⁠14 (school media guide)

Number
No. 82
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Louisville, KY
Born
Aug 4, 1993, in Louisville, Kentucky

Wikipedia readers: about 112 a month over the past year

Mekale McKay played receiver at Arkansas (2012) and Cincinnati (2013–⁠15).

Career highs

9catches, career hightwice; last vs. East Carolina, 2014175receiving yards, career highvs. Toledo, 20143receiving touchdowns, career highat Rutgers, 2013

Team titles: American champions, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Arkansas2131715.1261
2013Cincinnati1648530.3766
2014Cincinnati4472516.5880
2015Cincinnati2750718.8288
Career1082,03418.81988

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Arkansas82WR
2013Cincinnati82WR
2014Cincinnati82WR
2015Cincinnati82WR6′5″

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
2013Cincinnati102.01––20.1–
2014Cincinnati710.6774th (n=496)0.5247.98%
2015Cincinnati450.7583rd (n=465)0.5333.85%

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

2015 Cincinnati 10 games, 27 catches, 507 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.Alabama A&MW 52–⁠10228016–
Sep 12vs.TempleL 26–⁠342105188–
Sep 24atMemphisL 46–⁠53232016–
Oct 1vs.MiamiW 34–⁠23491152–
Oct 24vs.UConnW 37–⁠13115015–
Nov 7atHoustonL 30–⁠33346023–
Nov 14vs.TulsaW 49–⁠386101031–
Nov 20atSouth FloridaL 27–⁠65232018–
Nov 28atEast CarolinaW 19–⁠16344025–
Dec 24 ✦vs.San Diego StateL 7–⁠4221307–
2014 Cincinnati 13 games, 44 catches, 725 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 12vs.ToledoW 58–⁠349175152–
Sep 20vs.Miami (OH)W 31–⁠24340227–
Sep 27atOhio StateL 28–⁠50111011–
Oct 4vs.MemphisL 14–⁠41289180–
Oct 11atMiamiL 34–⁠552613–
Oct 18atSMUW 41–⁠3256039–
Oct 24vs.South FloridaW 34–⁠17322010–
Oct 31atTulaneW 38–⁠14116016–
Nov 13vs.East CarolinaW 54–⁠469172255–
Nov 22atUConnW 41–⁠0117017–
Nov 29atTempleW 14–⁠6639114–
Dec 6vs.HoustonW 38–⁠31347031–
Dec 27 ✦vs.Virginia TechL 17–⁠33235031–
2013 Cincinnati 10 games, 16 catches, 485 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 7atIllinoisL 17–⁠4521709–
Sep 14vs.Northwestern StateW 66–⁠9140140–
Oct 5atSouth FloridaL 20–⁠26237222–
Oct 19vs.UConnW 41–⁠16293056–
Oct 30atMemphisW 34–⁠21122022–
Nov 9vs.SMUW 28–⁠25269162–
Nov 16atRutgersW 52–⁠1731243661
Nov 23atHoustonW 24–⁠171303–
Dec 5vs.LouisvilleL 24–⁠31157057–
Dec 28 ✦vs.North CarolinaL 17–⁠39123023–
2012 Arkansas 10 games, 21 catches, 317 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Jacksonville StateW 49–⁠241808–
Sep 8vs.UL MonroeL 31–⁠34274161–
Sep 15vs.AlabamaL 0–⁠521707–
Sep 22vs.RutgersL 26–⁠35132032–
Sep 29atTexas A&ML 10–⁠5821408–
Oct 6atAuburnW 24–⁠7336019–
Oct 13vs.KentuckyW 49–⁠732208–
Nov 10atSouth CarolinaL 20–⁠38349023–
Nov 17atMississippi StateL 14–⁠45330015–
Nov 23vs.LSUL 13–⁠20245128–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′3⅝″
Weight207 lb
Arm length30⅝″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.55 s
10-yard split1.53 s
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump10′3″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.63 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFSan Antonio Commanders
2020XFLNew York Guardians
2020–⁠21CFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers *

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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