Trae Barry

#3 · TE · Sr. · Boston College6′4″ · 244 lb · Summerdale, AL

Trae Barry: TE · Boston College · #3.

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Trae Barry

TE · Boston College · Sr · #3

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Came to Boston College by way of Jacksonville State. One game to point at: 98 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Massachusetts — Week 2, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

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

Boston College in the news

NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
First-ever bowl game to Puerto Rico announcedAtlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Evan Dickens out for seasonSports Illustrated Oct 22
BC earns first win of season247Sports Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Boston College	21	362	17.2	4	51
Career		21	362	17.2	4	51

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-0vs Colgate	1	51	51.0	1	51
Wk 2	W 45-28@ Massachusetts	5	98	19.6	1	44	Season-high 98 yds
Wk 4	W 41-34vs Missouri	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 5	L 13-19@ No. 25 Clemson	7	82	11.7	0	33
Wk 7	L 7-33vs No. 22 NC State	2	14	7.0	1	8
Wk 8	L 14-28@ Louisville	2	33	16.5	0	19
Wk 11	W 41-30@ Georgia Tech	2	59	29.5	0	38
Wk 13	L 10-41vs No. 21 Wake Forest	1	15	15.0	1	15
Total		21	362	17.2	4	51

Signature game

Week 5 · 2021

L 13-19

at Clemson

7 rec · 82 yds

With G. Carlson — 49.2 yards per punt · 6 punts · 4 inside the 20 · D. Grosel — 311 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 63.3

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Colgate · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +4.91Jurkovec to Barry: a 51-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Clemson · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.49Dennis Grosel pass complete to Trae Barry for 33 yds to the Clem 42 for a
Week 2 · Massachusetts · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.41Dennis Grosel pass complete to Trae Barry for 44 yds for a TD, (Danny Longman KICK)
Week 13 · Wake Forest · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.30Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Trae Barry for 15 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 11 · Georgia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.96Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Trae Barry for 38 yds to the GTech 35 for a
Week 7 · NC State · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Dennis Grosel pass complete to Trae Barry for 8 yds for a TD (Connor Lytton KICK)

4 more plays

Week 2 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.57Dennis Grosel pass complete to Trae Barry for 21 yds to the BC 47 for a
Week 2 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.35Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Trae Barry for 17 yds to the UMass 24 for a MASSACHUSETTS Penalty, Defensive holding ( Yards) declined for a
Week 7 · NC State · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.01Dennis Grosel pass complete to Trae Barry for 6 yds to the BC 46 for a
Week 8 · Louisville · 3rd and 14 · Q4 · EPA +1.97Dennis Grosel pass complete to Trae Barry for 19 yds to the Lvile 10 for a

Teams and coaches

2021Boston College6-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 50 (#45 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

50Rotational starter #45 of 119 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (98th percentile). Strength: td rate (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#11 / 655 · 98th pct

1.36

TD rate#33 / 655 · 95th pct

15.4%

Yards / catch#59 / 655 · 91st pct

17.2

Explosive rate#63 / 655 · 90th pct

23.1%

Catch rate#208 / 655 · 68th pct

80.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#7 / 146 · 96th pct

17.2

Long catch#21 / 146 · 86th pct

Rec TDs#28 / 146 · 76th pct

Rec yards#39 / 146 · 74th pct

362

Receptions#66 / 146 · 54th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.2	22.5	20.8	0.8
Road4g	4.0	68.0	19.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	51.0	19.9	0.6
Weeks 8+3g	1.7	35.7	20.3	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Jeff Hafley

Pass share

39.5%

304 pass / 466 run

Plays / game

64.2

12 games

Team sack rate

7.7%

326 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

21 catches in 8 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

50 · #45 of 119 TEs · 2021

Trae Barry

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Boston College in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

21 catches in 8 games

Two seasons, two schools

Moves

2021 8 games