Tayte Vanderleest

#81 · WR · Central Michigan6′4″ · 220 lb · Muskegon, MI · Reeths-Puffer

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Tayte Vanderleest is a wide receiver at Central Michigan who has played in 2 of Central Michigan's 8 games this season, most recently Sep 26.

Central Michigan is 3-5.

Second year in the Central Michigan receiving corps. On tape: 24 receiving yards and 1 reception against Miami, Week 4, 2026.

27 receiving yards · 2 catches · 0 receiving TD

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Central Michigan	2	27	13.5	24
2025	Central Michigan	2	19	9.5	11
Career		4	46	11.5	24

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 2 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 13-10vs Colgate	1	3	3.0	3
Wk 4	L 3-52@ No. 6 Miami	1	24	24.0	24	Season-high 24 yds
Total		2	27	13.5	24

Signature game

Week 4 · 2026

L 3-52

at Miami

1 rec · 24 yds

With D. Duley — 46.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20 · C. VanHuis — 3 points · 49 long · 100 percent on field goals

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Matt Drinkall, all run-heavy, slow tempo offenses — 10-11 over that span.

2025Central Michigan7-6HC: Matt Drinkall · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2026Central Michigan3-5HC: Matt Drinkall · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 20. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

20Building sample?

1 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score rates

Yards / catch#211 / 468 · 54th pct

13.5

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 2 games: 1.0 REC/g, 13.5 YDS/g, 13.5 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

Pass share

36.8%

174 pass / 299 run

Plays / game

59.1

8 games

Team sack rate

9.9%

192 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

2 catches in 2 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tayte Vanderleest

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

2 catches in 2 games

Four seasons at Central Michigan