Mike McFarland

TE · South Florida 2014 · #80

Last confirmed: South Florida, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′5″ · Tampa, FL

Mike McFarland: TE · South Florida · #80.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Mike McFarland

TE · South Florida · #80

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. One game to point at: 64 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Memphis — Week 13, 2014.

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.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	South Florida	27	315	11.7	0
Career		27	315	11.7	0

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 17-24vs Maryland	4	55	13.8	21
Wk 4	W 17-14vs UConn	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 5	L 10-27@ No. 19 Wisconsin	2	44	22.0	35
Wk 7	L 17-28vs No. 19 East Carolina	4	33	8.3	15
Wk 8	W 38-30@ Tulsa	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 9	L 17-34@ Cincinnati	5	29	5.8	8
Wk 10	L 3-27vs Houston	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 12	W 14-13@ SMU	3	44	14.7	22
Wk 13	L 20-31@ Memphis	4	64	16.0	31	Season-high 64 yds
Wk 14	L 0-16vs UCF	2	25	12.5	17
Total		27	315	11.7	35

Signature game

Week 13 · 2014

L 20-31

at Memphis

4 rec · 64 yds

With M. Ciabatti — 39.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20 · M. White — 244 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.5

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Maryland · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.28Steven Bench pass complete to Mike McFarland for 21 yds to the Mary 42 for a
Week 5 · Wisconsin · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Mike White pass complete to Mike McFarland for 35 yds to the Wisc 26 for a
Week 13 · Memphis · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.40Mike White pass complete to Mike McFarland for 31 yds to the Memph 4 for a
Week 7 · East Carolina · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.33Mike White pass complete to Mike McFarland for 15 yds to the SFla 44 for a
Week 12 · SMU · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.03Mike White pass complete to Mike McFarland for 14 yds to the SMU 9 for a
Week 13 · Memphis · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +1.86Mike White pass complete to Mike McFarland for 9 yds to the SFla 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Memphis · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.79Mike White pass complete to Mike McFarland for 18 yds to the Memph 19 for a
Week 12 · SMU · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.39Mike White pass complete to Mike McFarland for 22 yds to the SMU 23 for a
Week 12 · SMU · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.23Mike White pass complete to Mike McFarland for 8 yds to the SMU 23 for a
Week 14 · UCF · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.20Steven Bench pass complete to Mike McFarland for 17 yds to the SFla 34 for a

Teams and coaches

2014South Florida4-8HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

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

Concern: td rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#399 / 713 · 44th pct

11.7

EPA / target#405 / 713 · 43rd pct

0.43

Explosive rate#424 / 713 · 41st pct

9.3%

Catch rate#498 / 713 · 30th pct

62.8%

TD rate#562 / 713 · 11th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#38 / 108 · 64th pct

315

Receptions#38 / 108 · 64th pct

Long catch#46 / 108 · 58th pct

Yards / catch#54 / 108 · 49th pct

11.7

Rec TDs#97 / 108 · 6th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2014 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.4	25.2	9.5	0.0
Road5g	3.0	37.8	13.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.8	34.5	12.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	29.5	10.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

Willie Taggart

Pass share

50.1%

364 pass / 363 run

Plays / game

60.6

12 games

Team sack rate

5.8%

394 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

27 catches and 1 pass attempt in 10 games

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

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