Trey McBride

Trey McBride

26-Year-Old Tight EndTE
Arizona Cardinals
2025 Receiving Stats
REC
126
YDS
1239
TD
11
AVG
9.8
TAR
169
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
McBride was the clear fantasy TE1 in 2025, outscoring second-place Kyle Pitts by 105.1 points in PPR formats. RB Christian McCaffrey’s 45.8-point edge over Bijan Robinson was the only other gap of 20-plus fantasy points between the top two fantasy scorers at a position. Arizona’s star tight end led his position across the board with 126 catches for 1,239 yards and 11 touchdowns on 169 targets. While most of those numbers represented modest improvements on his 2024 stats, McBride surged from three TDs up to 11, netting him an extra 48 fantasy points (2.8 per game) while easily leading TEs in red-zone targets (33). Ten of his 11 touchdowns came after Jacoby Brissett took over as Arizona’s starting QB in Week 6, so McBride’s lack of TDs before then -- eight through his first 54 NFL games -- may be a problem that's solved by Kyler Murray's departure. Brissett is expected to start out of the gate in 2026, and while the Cardinals should face plenty of deficits again, it'd be difficult to match last year's passing volume even if they hadn't drafted RB Jeremiyah Love. The good news for McBride's fantasy value is that he can afford to lose some of last year's volume and still be an elite TE1 for fantasy. Read Past Outlooks
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Tight End
Bye Week 14
Height 6'4"
Weight 246
DOB 11/22/1999
College Colorado State
Drafted 2nd Rd 2022 #55 Overall
Signed a four-year deal with the Cardinals in April of 2025.
Continued success with Brissett?
TEArizona Cardinals
June 24, 2026
Following the offseason departure of Kyler Murray, McBride, who continues to lead Arizona's TE room, is slated to work with a QB corps that features Jacoby Brissett, Gardner Minshew and Carson Beck, Theo Mackie of the Arizona Republic reports.
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Brissett, who started 12 games for Arizona last season after Murray was injured, is still looking to secure a reworked deal for this coming season. However, Mackie believes that the veteran QB seems to have the inside track to the 2026 starting job, provided his contract issue is settled. Regardless of who gets the Week 1 signal-caller nod, McBride remains an elite fantasy option at the TE position and is on track to see high volume in the Cardinals' passing attack, on the heels of a 2025 regular season in which he racked up 126 catches (on 169 targets) for 1,239 yards and 11 TDs in 17 contests.
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How do Trey McBride's 2025 advanced stats compare to other tight ends?
This section compares his advanced stats with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average. The longer the bar, the better it is for the player.
  • Air Yards Per Game
    The number of air yards he is averaging per game. Air yards measure how far the ball was thrown downfield for both complete and incomplete passes. Air yards are recorded as a negative value when the pass is targeted behind the line of scrimmage. All air yards data is from Sports Info Solutions and does not include throwaways as targeted passes.
  • Air Yards Per Snap
    The number of air yards he is averaging per offensive snap.
  • % Team Air Yards
    The percentage of the team's total air yards he accounts for.
  • % Team Targets
    The percentage of the team's total targets he accounts for.
  • Avg Depth of Target
    Also known as aDOT, this stat measures the average distance down field he is being targeted at.
  • Catch Rate
    The number of catches made divided by the number of times he was targeted by the quarterback.
  • Drop Rate
    The number of passes he dropped divided by the number of times he was targeted by the quarterback.
  • Avg Yds After Catch
    The number of yards he gains after the catch on his receptions.
  • % Targeted On Route
    Targets divided by total routes run. Also known as TPRR.
  • Avg Yds Per Route Run
    Receiving yards divided by total routes run. Also known as YPRR.
Air Yards Per Game
65.2
 
Air Yards Per Snap
1.08
 
% Team Air Yards
25.1%
 
% Team Targets
27.2%
 
Avg Depth of Target
6.6 Yds
 
Catch Rate
74.6%
 
Drop Rate
1.2%
 
Avg Yds After Catch
4.7
 
% Targeted On Route
24.9%
 
Avg Yds Per Route Run
1.83
 
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T.Trey McBride
E.Elijah Higgins
T.Tip Reiman
J.Josiah Deguara
P.Pharaoh Brown
T.Travis Vokolek
#% of Team Snaps
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47542%
989%
837%
595%
323%
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#1 TE
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  1. Trey McBride
  2. Tip ReimanQues
  3. Elijah Higgins
  4. Teagan Quitoriano
  5. Kenny Yeboah
  6. Jameson Geers
  7. Rivaldo Fairweather
How often does Trey McBride run a route when on the field for a pass play?
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Trey McBride
678 routes   169 targets
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69%
284 routes   37 targets
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32 routes   5 targets
35%
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How do Trey McBride's measurables compare to other tight ends?
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Height
6' 4"
 
Weight
246 lbs
 
Vertical Jump
33.0 in
 
Broad Jump
117 in
 
Bench Press
18 reps
 
Hand Length
10.13 in
 
Arm Length
32.50 in
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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After taking roughly a season and a half to acclimate, McBride has now delivered elite production for an equal stretch of time, dating back to mid-2023. His 111 catches and 1,146 receiving yards in 2024 were second most among TEs, behind only Brock Bowers, with McBride continuing his torrid pace from the final 10 games of 2023 (66 catches for 655 yards). The lone drawback in 2024 was a lack of receiving touchdowns (two, plus a third rushing) despite ranking second in the NFL with 22 red-zone targets. He has just six TDs among his 221 career receptions, but he did score in Weeks 17 and 18 of last season. The usage hints at potential for a big jump forward in TDs, even with WR Marvin Harrison providing solid competition for Kyler Murray's red-zone targets. Among tight ends, only Bowers has a similar volume ceiling, with McBride's 147 targets last year being the sixth-highest total among TEs over the past 12 seasons. He'll likely take a slight step back from last season’s average of 9.2 targets per game, especially if Harrison makes a second-year leap to stardom, but that might also be a scenario in which Arizona's offense improves and sets up McBride for more TDs.
McBride had just 265 receiving yards as a rookie but emerged as one of the league’s most productive tight ends in the second half of 2023. Veteran tight end Zach Ertz hurt his quadriceps Week 7 and didn’t play for Arizona again, opening the door for the 2022 second-round pick to catch 66 of 85 targets for 655 yards and three touchdowns over the final 10 games. Prorated to 17 games, those numbers work out to 112 catches for 1,114 receiving yards and five TDs on 145 targets, which would've made McBride the TE leader for targets and yardage last year. He should have a bit more competition for Kyler Murray's attention with No. 4 overall pick Marvin Harrison replacing Marquise Brown as the No. 1 receiver and Zay Jones adding depth, but it mostly looks the Cardinals are counting on McBride and the rookie to carry their passing game. Few TEs across the NFL, if any, have a higher volume ceiling than McBride, who caught five or more passes in seven of the eight games Murray started last year.
McBride became the first tight end taken in the 2022 NFL Draft when Arizona selected him out of Colorado State with the 55th overall pick. After racking up 1,121 receiving yards in his final college season, the 6-foot-4 tight end began his NFL career in a depth role but ascended to the top of the depth chart after Zach Ertz tore his ACL in Week 10. In the seven-game stretch from Week 11 onward, McBride caught 25 of 35 passes for 234 yards and his first NFL touchdown. Ertz’s rehab may stretch into the 2023 season, so McBride could pick up where he left off as the starter for an Arizona team that’s expected to be playing from behind much of the time but might struggle to move the ball if QB Kyler Murray is absent or limited as he works his way back from his own ACL tear.
Drafted 55th overall out of Colorado State this year, McBride’s expected to compete with Maxx Williams for snaps behind Zach Ertz in Arizona. Learning behind one of the best pass-catching tight ends of recent years could help McBride long term, but it also means targets and snaps will be hard to come by as a rookie, especially after the Cardinals used multiple tight ends on only 25 percent of offensive snaps last year. That number may go up now, but McBride’s short-term fantasy situation is still far from ideal. There is some potential for production if Ertz misses time, considering McBride ran a 4.56 40 at his pro day after catching 90 passes for 1,121 yards his final collegeiate season (albeit with only one touchdown). Despite the lack of red-zone production, McBride was the only tight end taken in the first two rounds of the 2022 NFL Draft.
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Finishes second in NFL with 126 catches
TEArizona Cardinals
January 4, 2026
McBride had seven receptions on eight targets for 65 yards in Sunday's 37-20 loss to the Rams.
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Sets NFL record in Cincy
TEArizona Cardinals
December 28, 2025
McBride caught 10 of 13 passes for 76 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 37-14 loss to the Bengals.
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Lowest yardage total of 2025
TEArizona Cardinals
December 21, 2025
McBride had four receptions on eight targets for 27 yards in Sunday's 26-19 loss to the Falcons.
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Record-breaking effort Sunday
TEArizona Cardinals
December 14, 2025
McBride caught 12 of 13 targets for 134 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday's 40-20 loss to the Texans.
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Modest totals in losing effort
TEArizona Cardinals
December 7, 2025
McBride had five receptions on nine targets for 58 yards in Sunday's 45-17 loss to the Rams.
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Talks up rookie teammate
TEArizona Cardinals
July 3, 2026
McBride expressed excitement about the potential of Cardinals rookie No. 3 overall pick Jeremiyah Love during a recent podcast appearance, Bobby Kownack of NFL.com reports.
ANALYSIS
McBride referred to his new teammate, who wrapped up his college career with a combined 2,497 rushing yards and 35 touchdowns along with a 55-517-5 receiving line in his final two seasons at Notre Dame, as a "stud." McBride, who's exceeded 100 receptions and earned Pro Bowl nods in each of the last two regular seasons in his own right, has had only a handful of practices with Love, but the talented tight end unsurprisingly took particular notice of the running back's receiving ability and route running in addition to his clear upside on the ground.
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