Aaron McLean

TE · UConn 2018 · #8

Last confirmed: UConn, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′5″ · 221 lb · Southborough, MA · St Mark's School

Aaron McLean: TE · UConn · #8.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Andrew VollertSan José State · 2014 · 75% season match
Ryan MalleckVirginia Tech · 2015 · 74% season match
Mike McFarlandSouth Florida · 2014 · 74% season match
Sam BrowningEastern Michigan · 2015 · 73% season match
Scott OrndoffPittsburgh · 2016 · 73% season match

Aaron McLean

TE · UConn · Sr · #8

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Four seasons at UConn, two different head coaches: Bob Diaco and Randy Edsall. One game to point at: 97 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Cincinnati — Week 5, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

UConn in the news

M&T Bank gets naming rights for Gampel PavilionOct 21
UConn assistant coach arrested after crashFOX61 Oct 7

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	UConn	32	396	12.4	2
2017	UConn	31	472	15.2	2
2016	UConn	2	40	20.0	0
2015	UConn	4	56	14.0	0
Career		69	964	14.0	4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-56vs No. 21 UCF	5	42	8.4	0	13
Wk 2	L 7-62@ No. 20 Boise State	2	23	11.5	1	15
Wk 3	W 56-49vs Rhode Island	3	37	12.3	1	19
Wk 5	L 7-49vs Cincinnati	4	97	24.3	0	41	Season-high 97 yds
Wk 6	L 14-55@ Memphis	6	64	10.7	0	18
Wk 8	L 30-38@ No. 21 South Florida	2	28	14.0	0	24
Wk 9	L 17-22vs Massachusetts	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 10	L 19-49@ Tulsa	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 11	L 50-62vs SMU	7	82	11.7	0	26
Wk 12	L 21-55@ East Carolina	1	15	15.0	0	15
Total		32	396	12.4	2	41

Signature game

Week 5 · 2018

L 7-49

vs Cincinnati

4 rec · 97 yds

With L. Magliozzi — 41 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20 · D. Pindell — 125 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 22 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · UCF · 4th and 5 · Q3 · EPA −3.62David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 4 yds to the UCF 10
Week 11 · SMU · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.23David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 24 yds to the SMU 34 for a
Week 3 · Rhode Island · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.22David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 17 yds to the RIsld 42 for a
Week 5 · Cincinnati · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.86David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 36 yds to the UCONN 49 for a CINCINNATI Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined for a
Week 11 · SMU · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.57David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 13 yds to the UConn 44 for a
Week 2 · Boise State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.56David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 15 yds for a TD (Michael Tarbutt KICK)

4 more plays

Week 5 · Cincinnati · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.48David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 41 yds to the Cincy 23 for a
Week 1 · UCF · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.47David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 12 yds to the UCF 30 for a
Week 3 · Rhode Island · 2nd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.39David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 19 yds for a TD (Michael Tarbutt KICK)
Week 12 · East Carolina · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.02David Pindell pass complete to Aaron McLean for 15 yds to the UConn 40 for a

Teams and coaches

2015UConn6-7HC: Bob Diaco · Run-leaning

2016UConn3-9HC: Bob Diaco · Balanced

2017UConn3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2018UConn1-11HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#339 / 702 · 52nd pct

12.4

Catch rate#391 / 702 · 43rd pct

66.7%

Explosive rate#403 / 702 · 43rd pct

10.4%

TD rate#422 / 702 · 39th pct

4.2%

EPA / target#452 / 702 · 36th pct

0.41

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#23 / 109 · 78th pct

Rec yards#25 / 109 · 77th pct

396

Long catch#40 / 109 · 63rd pct

Yards / catch#41 / 109 · 61st pct

12.4

Rec TDs#44 / 109 · 44th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

98th → 36th percentile

Explosive rate

55th → 43rd percentile

Catch rate

76th → 43rd percentile

TD rate

55th → 39th percentile

Yards / catch

78th → 52nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.0	52.0	11.7	0.2
Road5g	2.4	27.2	11.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	52.6	13.4	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	26.6	9.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Randy Edsall

Pass share

41.3%

349 pass / 496 run

Plays / game

70.4

12 games

Team sack rate

6.4%

389 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

32 catches in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Aaron McLean

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

UConn in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

32 catches in 10 games

Four seasons at UConn

His moves

2015 4 games