Marken Michel

WR · Massachusetts 2015 · #10

Last confirmed: Massachusetts, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′11″ · Plantation, FL

Marken Michel: WR · Massachusetts · #10.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Marken Michel

WR · Massachusetts · #10

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the Massachusetts receiving corps. A game that shows it: 113 receiving yards and 20 rushing yards against Florida International — Week 5, 2015.

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.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Massachusetts	31	370	11.9	4
2014	Massachusetts	30	386	12.9	1
Career		61	756	12.4	5

Season	Team
2015	Massachusetts	7	46
2014	Massachusetts	19	115
Career		26	161

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 14-48@ Colorado	4	60	15.0	1	27
Wk 3	L 23-25vs Temple	5	65	13.0	0	19
Wk 4	L 27-62@ No. 6 Notre Dame	6	46	7.7	0	25
Wk 5	W 24-14vs Florida International	7	113	16.1	2	57	Season-high 113 yds
Wk 6	L 38-62@ Bowling Green	3	41	13.7	1	21
Wk 7	L 10-15vs Kent State	3	22	7.3	0	10
Wk 8	L 35-51vs No. 19 Toledo	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 12	L 13-20vs Miami (OH)	2	18	9.0	0	10
Total		31	370	11.9	4	57

Signature game

Week 5 · 2015

W 24-14

vs Florida International

7 rec · 113 yds · 2 TD · 20 rush yds (1 car)

With B. Frohnapfel — 363 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.4 · L. Laurent — 47.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 49 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Florida International · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.47Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Marken Michel for 57 yds for a TD, (Logan Laurent KICK)
Week 2 · Colorado · 3rd and 19 · Q3 · EPA +4.02Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Marken Michel for 27 yds to the Colo 40 for a
Week 6 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 20 · Q3 · EPA +3.63Frohnapfel to Michel: a 21-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Colorado · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Marken Michel for 18 yds for a TD, (Blake Lucas KICK)
Week 5 · Florida International · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Marken Michel for 5 yds for a TD, (Logan Laurent KICK)
Week 4 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Marken Michel for 25 yds to the UMass 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Marken Michel for 8 yds to the UMass 49 for a
Week 2 · Colorado · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.98Marken Michel run for 22 yds to the UMass 47 for a
Week 4 · Notre Dame · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.93Marken Michel run for a loss of 4 yards to the 50 yard line
Week 5 · Florida International · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.58Marken Michel run for 20 yds to the UMass 39 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Mark Whipple, all pass-leaning offenses — 6-18 over that span.

2014Massachusetts3-9HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2015Massachusetts3-9HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

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

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#175 / 684 · 74th pct

6.7%

Catch rate#339 / 684 · 49th pct

66.7%

Yards / catch#412 / 684 · 40th pct

11.3

EPA / target#435 / 684 · 36th pct

0.39

Explosive rate#456 / 684 · 33rd pct

8.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#64 / 247 · 74th pct

Long catch#173 / 521 · 66th pct

Rec TDs#153 / 521 · 66th pct

Receptions#256 / 521 · 50th pct

Rec yards#292 / 521 · 44th pct

370

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#329 / 521 · 36th pct

11.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

32nd → 36th percentile

Explosive rate

60th → 33rd percentile

Catch rate

26th → 49th percentile

TD rate

27th → 74th percentile

Yards / catch

58th → 40th 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

2015 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	44.6	10.1	0.4
Road3g	4.3	49.0	12.1	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	57.8	12.1	0.7
Weeks 8+2g	1.5	11.5	7.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Mark Whipple

Pass share

56.4%

493 pass / 381 run

Plays / game

72.8

12 games

Team sack rate

5.7%

543 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

31 catches and 7 carries in 8 games

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

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