Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 9 | L 16-17vs Virginia | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 | 9 | Season-high 41 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 20-15vs Stanford | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 9 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 |
#86
Madrid Tucker
Redshirt freshman wide receiver for North Carolina. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
5′10″ · 170 lb · Lehigh Acres, FL · Fort Myers
Returning to North Carolina for 2026
The numbers
45
receiving yards · 2025
9 catches · 5 per catch
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 8 rec, 41 yds, vs Virginia
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 wide receiver for North Carolina. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2025.
Madrid Tucker
The receipt on tape: 41 rec yds, 8 receptions against Virginia, Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with North Carolina3-star out of Fort Myers
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
North Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025North Carolina4-8HC: Bill Belichick · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 4.5 REC/g, 22.5 YDS/g, 4.5 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Carolina | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 9 · Virginia · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.39(04:31) Shotgun #7 G.Lopez pass complete short left to #86 M.Tucker caught at UVA44, for 9 yards to the UVA44, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
- Week 9 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.71(13:18) Shotgun #7 G.Lopez pass complete short left to #86 M.Tucker caught at UNC45, for 7 yards to the UNC45, out of bounds at UNC45
- Week 9 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.40(00:56) Shotgun #7 G.Lopez pass complete short right to #86 M.Tucker caught at UNC34, for 3 yards to the UNC37 (#1 J.Jackson)
- Week 11 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -0.14(10:25) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 G.Lopez pass complete short right to #86 M.Tucker caught at UNC35, for 4 yards to the UNC35 (#5 J.Green)
- Week 9 · Virginia · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA -0.11(03:09) Shotgun #7 G.Lopez pass complete short middle to #86 M.Tucker caught at UNC24, for 3 yards to the UNC24 (#52 D.Rickert) PENALTY UNC Illegal Motion declined
- Week 9 · Virginia · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA -0.11(14:54) Shotgun #7 G.Lopez pass complete short left to #86 M.Tucker caught at UNC39, for 4 yards to the UNC39 (#4 C.Charles)
- Week 9 · Virginia · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +0.08(03:13) Shotgun #7 G.Lopez pass complete short left to #86 M.Tucker caught at UVA38, for 5 yards to the UVA38 (#27 D.Neal)
- Week 9 · Virginia · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA +0.04(05:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 G.Lopez pass complete short right to #86 M.Tucker caught at UNC48, for 6 yards to the UNC48 (#19 E.Karnley), 1ST DOWN
- Week 9 · Virginia · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA -0.03(08:14) Shotgun #7 G.Lopez pass complete short left to #86 M.Tucker caught at UNC15, for 4 yards to the UNC15 (#1 J.Jackson), out of bounds
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
North Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · North Carolina
Returning around him
- 28% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -12 net (19 in / 31 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Carolina · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #28 · 2026 recruiting class #19
Background
2025 Freshman Season Did not appear in any games and redshirted Prep / High School Attended Fort Myers High School in Lehigh Acres, Florida A three-sport athlete (football, basketball, baseball) Caught 95 career passes for 1,828 yards (19.2 per catch) and 24 receiving touchdowns, adding 753 rushi...
The receiver room · North Carolina
- #1Jordan Shipp671 receiving yards · 2025
- #2Trech Kekahuna211 receiving yards · 2025
- #11Nathan Leacock48 receiving yards · 2025
- #86Madrid Tucker45 receiving yards · 2025
- #4Mason Humphrey2 games · 2026
8 more on the roster · North Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology