Trey McBride with the Arizona Cardinals, 2024
With the Arizona Cardinals, 2024. Photo: FanDuel, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Colorado State, 2018–⁠21

Trey McBride

Number
No. 85
Height
6′4″
Weight
260 lb
Class (2021)
Junior
Hometown
Fort Morgan, CO
Born
Nov 22, 1999

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Trey McBride played tight end at Colorado State (2018–⁠21). He won the 2021 John Mackey Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2021. The Arizona Cardinals took McBride in round 2, No. 55 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,121
Receiving yards, 2021 (Colorado State, 3–⁠9)
Drafted
No. 55
Round 2, 2022 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

Career highs

13catches, career highvs. South Dakota State, 2021135receiving yards, career highat New Mexico, 20212receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Wyoming, 2020

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2018Colorado State89912.4148
2019Colorado State4556012.4469
2020Colorado State2131815.1438
2021Colorado State901,12112.5150
Career1642,09812.81069

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Colorado State85TEYr 1
2019Colorado State85TEYr 2
2020Colorado State85TEYr 3
2021Colorado State85TEJr. (Yr 4)6′4″260

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
2018Colorado State100.66––6.6–
2019Colorado State521.0797th (n=499)0.5455.66%
2020Colorado State320.7073rd (n=346)0.5522.612%
2021Colorado State860.8878th (n=410)0.6776.012%

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

2021 Colorado State 12 games, 90 catches, 1,121 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.South Dakota StateL 23–⁠4213116017–
Sep 11vs.VanderbiltL 21–⁠248114129–
Sep 18atToledoW 22–⁠69109029–
Sep 25atIowaL 14–⁠24659016–
Oct 9vs.San José StateW 32–⁠14660020–
Oct 16atNew MexicoW 36–⁠77135050–
Oct 22atUtah StateL 24–⁠26644012–
Oct 30vs.Boise StateL 19–⁠2810103034–
Nov 6atWyomingL 17–⁠31998030–
Nov 13vs.Air ForceL 21–⁠35481032–
Nov 20atHawai’iL 45–⁠50689033–
Nov 27vs.NevadaL 10–⁠52611302769
2020 Colorado State 4 games, 21 catches, 318 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 29atFresno StateL 17–⁠388130127–
Nov 5vs.WyomingW 34–⁠24590238–
Nov 12atBoise StateL 21–⁠52448121–
Dec 5atSan Diego StateL 17–⁠29450031–
2019 Colorado State 12 games, 45 catches, 560 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.ColoradoL 31–⁠52452022–
Sep 7vs.Western IllinoisW 38–⁠13323014–
Sep 14atArkansasL 34–⁠55322010–
Sep 21vs.ToledoL 35–⁠41342029–
Sep 28atUtah StateL 24–⁠341606–
Oct 5vs.San Diego StateL 10–⁠241505–
Oct 11atNew MexicoW 35–⁠21557142–
Oct 26atFresno StateW 41–⁠31279169–
Nov 2vs.UNLVW 37–⁠17229018–
Nov 16vs.Air ForceL 21–⁠38666124–
Nov 22atWyomingL 7–⁠17678018–
Nov 29vs.Boise StateL 24–⁠319101128–
2018 Colorado State 7 games, 8 catches, 99 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 15atFloridaL 10–⁠48360148–
Oct 6atSan José StateW 42–⁠30–––––
Oct 13vs.New MexicoW 20–⁠18––––3
Oct 19atBoise StateL 28–⁠56111011–
Nov 10atNevadaL 10–⁠4921307–
Nov 17vs.Utah StateL 24–⁠29110010–
Nov 22atAir ForceL 19–⁠271505–

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2022 Senior Bowl (National team, won 20–⁠10).

DrillCombine 2022Combine or pro day 2022
Height6′3⅝″
Weight246 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size10⅛″
Wingspan78⅝″W
40-yard dash4.56 sW
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press18 reps

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). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 67 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

Pro Bowls: 2 (2024–⁠25) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2025

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2025; Pro Football Writers first team 2025; Sporting News first team 2025.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2022Arizona Cardinals12292651
2023Arizona Cardinals17818253
2024Arizona Cardinals161111,1462
2025Arizona Cardinals171261,23911
2026 (so far)Arizona Cardinals5423083
NFL career673893,78320

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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