#80

Tray Pettway

Junior wide receiver for Massachusetts. 2021: 17 catches, 217 receiving yards.

WR · Massachusetts · Jr. · #80

6′3″ · 195 lb · Prattville, AL

CFB Index 30 · #432 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceMassachusetts 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 79 nationally · Joined Massachusetts

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Massachusetts. 2021: 17 catches, 217 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Massachusetts in 2021.
Transferred from Massachusetts to Northern Arizona in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Massachusetts, 217 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

202110 games

Signed with Massachusetts3-star out of Hutchinson C.C.

2022

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#79 national

CFB

College

Massachusetts

2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Massachusetts1-11HC: Alex Miller · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

30Below cohort / limited sample #432 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#283 / 655 · 57th pct

13.1

Explosive rate#485 / 655 · 25th pct

8.3%

TD rate#568 / 655 · 7th pct

0.0%

EPA / target#644 / 655 · 2nd pct

0.02

Catch rate#650 / 655 · 1st pct

47.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#305 / 557 · 44th pct

12.8

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Long catch#405 / 557 · 26th pct

Receptions#438 / 557 · 20th pct

Rec yards#450 / 557 · 19th pct

217

Rush yards#229 / 273 · 15th pct

Rec TDs#494 / 557 · 6th 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 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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	28.5	16.1	0.0
Road4g	1.2	11.5	11.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	18.4	8.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	25.0	19.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #432 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #432 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Massachusetts	17	217	12.8	0	--
Career		17	217	12.8	0	--

Season	Team
2021	Massachusetts	1	--	-2	--	--
Career		1	--	-2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2021

W 27–13

vs UConn

1 rec · 7 yds

With G. Georgopoulos — 41 AVG · 49 LONG · 6 NO · E. Merriweather — 171 rush yds (39 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Maine · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.99Brady Olson pass complete to Tray Pettway for 33 yds to the UMass 46 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Boston College · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.89Brady Olson pass complete to Tray Pettway for 17 yds to the UMass 47 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Maine · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +1.73Brady Olson pass complete to Tray Pettway for 15 yds to the UMass 34 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Rhode Island · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.69Tyler Lytle pass complete to Tray Pettway for 31 yds to the RIsld 2 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Eastern Michigan · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.62Brady Olson pass complete to Tray Pettway for 12 yds to the UMass 40 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Toledo · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.62Brady Olson pass complete to Tray Pettway for 12 yds to the UMass 40 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Army · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.28Garrett Dzuro pass complete to Tray Pettway for 38 yds to the Army 7 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.22Brady Olson pass complete to Tray Pettway for 15 yds to the UMass 37 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Eastern Michigan · 2&15 · Q4 · EPA +1.18Brady Olson pass complete to Tray Pettway for 10 yds to the EMich 37
Week 8 · Florida State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA -0.63Brady Olson pass complete to Tray Pettway for 1 yd to the UMass 48

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 28-45vs Boston College	1	17	17.0	17
Wk 3	L 28-42vs Eastern Michigan	5	54	10.8	15	Season-high 54 yds
Wk 4	L 3-53@ Coastal Carolina	1	0	0.0	0
Wk 5	L 7-45vs Toledo	2	14	7.0	12
Wk 6	W 27-13vs UConn	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 8	L 3-59@ Florida State	2	4	2.0	5
Wk 9	L 17-62@ Liberty	1	4	4.0	4
Wk 10	L 22-35vs Rhode Island	1	31	31.0	31
Wk 11	L 10-35vs Maine	2	48	24.0	33
Wk 12	L 17-33@ Army	1	38	38.0	38
Total		17	217	14.1	38

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