#84

Tanner McLachlan

Former tight end at Arizona. 2023: 45 catches, 528 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Arizona · Sr. · #84

6′5″ · 245 lb · Lethbridge, AB

CFB Index 74 · #12 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceCincinnati — drafted 2024, Rd 6, Pick 18, #194 overall

The story

Former tight end at Arizona. 2023: 45 catches, 528 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Drafted round 6 by the Cincinnati in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Arizona, 984 receiving yards — drafted at #194 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 88 yds at California.California · L 31-492022

2024

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 6, pick 194

Career arc

Recruit

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CFB

College

Arizona

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #194

Cincinnati · 2024

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 3rd NFL season

#194Rd 6 · Pick 18

CincinnatiEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jedd Fisch — 15-10 over that span.

2022Arizona5-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Pass-leaning

2023Arizona10-3HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #12 of 137?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (95th percentile). Strength: receptions (93rd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#35 / 639 · 95th pct

97.0%

EPA / target#202 / 639 · 68th pct

0.92

TD rate#297 / 639 · 53rd pct

6.1%

Yards / catch#444 / 639 · 31st pct

10.5

Explosive rate#547 / 639 · 14th pct

6.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#10 / 160 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#13 / 160 · 92nd pct

528

Rec TDs#29 / 160 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#68 / 160 · 57th pct

11.7

Long catch#72 / 160 · 54th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

94th → 68th percentile

Explosive rate

88th → 14th percentile

Catch rate

90th → 95th percentile

TD rate

19th → 53rd percentile

Yards / catch

68th → 31st 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.4	52.6	12.2	0.0
Road6g	3.8	44.2	13.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	45.4	13.3	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	4.8	52.5	11.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #12 of 137 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Arizona	45	528	11.7	4	--
2022	Arizona	34	456	13.4	2	--
Career		79	984	12.5	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023

W 38–24

at Oklahoma

3 rec · 28 yds

With N. Fifita — 354 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.6 · -35 rush yds (7 car) · K. Ostendorp — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · UCLA · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.67Noah Fifita pass complete to Tanner McLachlan for 30 yds to the UCLA 30 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · USC · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Tanner McLachlan 18 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Tyler Loop Kick)
Week 13 · Arizona State · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Noah Fifita pass complete to Tanner McLachlan for 8 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 13 · Arizona State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Noah Fifita pass complete to Tanner McLachlan for 3 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 5 · Washington · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.50Noah Fifita pass complete to Tanner McLachlan for 9 yds to the ARIZ 47 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Utah · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Noah Fifita pass complete to Tanner McLachlan for 19 yds to the ARIZ 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Arizona State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.94Noah Fifita pass complete to Tanner McLachlan for 9 yds to the ASU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Washington · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.65Noah Fifita pass complete to Tanner McLachlan for 11 yds to the WASH 36 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Washington State · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +1.42Noah Fifita pass complete to Tanner McLachlan for 31 yds to the WSU 11 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Utah · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.38Noah Fifita pass complete to Tanner McLachlan for 16 yds to the UTAH 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 24-31@ Mississippi State	4	47	11.8	0	28
Wk 3	W 31-10vs UTEP	4	62	15.5	0	28
Wk 4	W 21-20@ Stanford	2	54	27.0	1	36
Wk 5	L 24-31vs Washington	6	51	8.5	0	17
Wk 6	L 41-43@ USC	3	28	9.3	1	18
Wk 7	W 44-6@ Washington State	4	48	12.0	0	31
Wk 9	W 27-24vs Oregon State	3	33	11.0	0	16
Wk 10	W 27-10vs UCLA	5	66	13.2	0	30	Season-high 66 yds
Wk 12	W 42-18vs Utah	4	51	12.8	0	19
Wk 13	W 59-23@ Arizona State	7	60	8.6	2	16	2 TD catches
Bowl	W 38-24@ Oklahoma	3	28	9.3	0	16
Total		45	528	12.6	4	36

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology