Marcus McGill

WR · Buffalo 2016 · #7

Last confirmed: Buffalo, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · Rochester, NY · Gates-Chili

Marcus McGill: WR · Buffalo · #7.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Dijon PaschalArkansas State · 2016 · 97% season match
Deondre DouglasTroy · 2017 · 90% season match
DaeSean HamiltonPenn State · 2016 · 86% season match
Bo HinesNC State · 2014 · 86% season match
Cortez LewisWake Forest · 2016 · 84% season match

Marcus McGill

WR · Buffalo · #7

Moves the chains on third down. Marcus McGill has been at Buffalo through two head coaches in three seasons. A game that shows it: 142 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Bowling Green — Week 13, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

News and fans

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

Buffalo in the news

Buffalo QB out for seasonBuffalo News Oct 6

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Buffalo	40	573	14.3	0
2015	Buffalo	50	581	11.6	4
2014	Buffalo	22	343	15.6	3
Career		112	1,497	13.4	7

Season	Team
2016	Buffalo	--	--	94	--
2015	Buffalo	1	10	--	--
2014	Buffalo	--	--	6	31
Career		1	10	100	31

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-22vs UAlbany	3	32	10.7	14
Wk 4	W 23-20vs Army	2	63	31.5	49
Wk 5	L 3-35@ Boston College	5	23	4.6	14
Wk 6	L 20-44vs Kent State	4	65	16.3	26
Wk 7	L 21-31vs Ball State	3	28	9.3	17
Wk 8	L 7-44@ Northern Illinois	2	12	6.0	9
Wk 9	W 41-20vs Akron	3	82	27.3	41
Wk 10	L 10-34@ Ohio	4	40	10.0	16
Wk 11	L 24-35vs Miami (OH)	4	34	8.5	12
Wk 12	L 0-38@ No. 14 Western Michigan	4	52	13.0	27
Wk 13	L 19-27@ Bowling Green	6	142	23.7	52	Season-high 142 yds
Total		40	573	14.3	52

Signature game

Week 13 · 2016

L 19-27

at Bowling Green

6 rec · 142 yds

With G. Rohach — 334 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 62.6 · K. DeWeen — 41.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 48 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Akron · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.80Tyree Jackson pass complete to Marcus McGill for 41 yds to the Akron 21 for a
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.34Grant Rohach pass complete to Marcus McGill for 24 yds to the BwGrn 47 for a
Week 12 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.13Grant Rohach pass complete to Marcus McGill for 27 yds to the WMich 47 for a
Week 4 · Army · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Tyree Jackson pass complete to Marcus McGill for 49 yds to the Army 17 for a
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 19 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Grant Rohach pass complete to Marcus McGill for 30 yds to the Buff 41 for a
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.46Grant Rohach pass complete to Marcus McGill for 52 yds to the BwGrn 7 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · Kent State · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.43Tyree Jackson pass complete to Marcus McGill for 23 yds to the Buff 40 for a
Week 10 · Ohio · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.34Tyree Jackson pass complete to Marcus McGill for 9 yds to the Buff 45 for a
Week 9 · Akron · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.25Tyree Jackson pass complete to Marcus McGill for 38 yds to the Akron 8 for a AKRON Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined for a
Week 6 · Kent State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.24Tyree Jackson pass complete to Marcus McGill for 26 yds to the Buff 47 for a

Teams and coaches

2014Buffalo5-6HC: Alex Wood · Run-leaning

2015Buffalo5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

2016Buffalo2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#86 / 674 · 87th pct

19.0%

Yards / catch#186 / 674 · 72nd pct

14.3

Catch rate#296 / 674 · 56th pct

69.0%

EPA / target#305 / 674 · 55th pct

0.53

TD rate#558 / 674 · 9th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#171 / 524 · 67th pct

573

Receptions#177 / 524 · 65th pct

Yards / catch#185 / 524 · 64th pct

14.3

Long catch#236 / 524 · 55th pct

Rec TDs#461 / 524 · 6th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 55th percentile

Explosive rate

70th → 87th percentile

Catch rate

66th → 56th percentile

TD rate

72nd → 9th percentile

Yards / catch

49th → 72nd 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

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	50.7	17.3	0.0
Road5g	4.2	53.8	11.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	42.2	14.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	60.3	14.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Pass share

48.8%

397 pass / 417 run

Plays / game

67.8

12 games

Team sack rate

5.3%

432 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

40 catches in 11 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Marcus McGill

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Buffalo in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

40 catches in 11 games

Five seasons at Buffalo

His moves

2012