Tyre McCants

WR · South Florida 2018 · #8

Last confirmed: South Florida, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′11″ · 240 lb · Niceville, FL

Tyre McCants: WR · South Florida · #8.

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Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Richy TurnerNevada · 2014 · 85% season match
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Tyre McCants

WR · South Florida · Sr · #8

Moves the chains on third down. Four seasons at South Florida, two different head coaches: Willie Taggart and Charlie Strong. On tape: 99 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Georgia Tech, Week 2, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

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
2018	South Florida	59	617	10.5	3
2017	South Florida	36	686	19.1	7
2016	South Florida	25	384	15.4	4
2015	South Florida	7	164	23.4	2
Career		127	1,851	14.6	16

Season	Team
2018	South Florida	9	57	--	68
2017	South Florida	1	30	152	--
2016	South Florida	2	12	17	--
2015	South Florida	--	--	43	--
Career		12	99	212	68

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-14vs Elon	6	26	4.3	1	16
Wk 2	W 49-38vs Georgia Tech	10	99	9.9	0	24	Season-high 99 yds
Wk 3	W 25-19@ Illinois	3	77	25.7	0	34
Wk 4	W 20-13vs East Carolina	3	12	4.0	0	7
Wk 6	W 58-42@ Massachusetts	4	81	20.3	1	72
Wk 7	W 25-24@ Tulsa	8	91	11.4	0	32
Wk 8	W 38-30vs UConn	6	49	8.2	0	20
Wk 9	L 36-57@ Houston	2	18	9.0	0	14
Wk 10	L 15-41vs Tulane	9	85	9.4	0	24
Wk 11	L 23-35@ No. 25 Cincinnati	2	29	14.5	1	25
Wk 12	L 17-27@ Temple	3	32	10.7	0	22
Wk 13	L 10-38vs No. 8 UCF	2	8	4.0	0	5
Bowl	L 20-38vs Marshall	1	10	10.0	0	10
Total		59	617	10.5	3	72

Signature game

Week 2 · 2018

W 49-38

vs Georgia Tech

10 rec · 99 yds

Edged out Georgia Tech at home in a shootout.

With T. Horne — 2 rec · 11 yds · 1 TD · 8 rush yds (2 car) · B. Barnett — 202 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 86 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Massachusetts · 1st and 17 · Q1 · EPA +6.60Blake Barnett pass complete to Tyre McCants for 72 yds for a TD, (Coby Weiss KICK)
Week 12 · Temple · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Blake Barnett pass complete to Tyre McCants for 22 yds to the Temp 28 for a
Week 1 · Marshall · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.09Tyre McCants pass complete to Randall St. Felix for 38 yds for a TD, (Coby Weiss KICK)
Week 2 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.94Blake Barnett pass complete to Tyre McCants for 24 yds to the GTech 42 for a
Week 1 · Marshall · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.83Tyre McCants run for 13 yds to the Marsh 43 for a MARSHALL Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (Nazeeh Johnson) to the Marsh 42 for a
Week 11 · Cincinnati · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Chris Oladokun pass complete to Tyre McCants for 25 yds for a TD (Coby Weiss KICK)

4 more plays

Week 3 · Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.58Blake Barnett pass complete to Tyre McCants for 34 yds to the Illin 34 for a
Week 2 · Georgia Tech · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.38Blake Barnett pass complete to Tyre McCants for 15 yds to the GTech 44 for a
Week 1 · Marshall · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +2.11Tyre McCants run for 2 yds to the Marsh 44 for a
Week 3 · Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.05Blake Barnett pass complete to Tyre McCants for 25 yds to the Illin 40 for a

Teams and coaches

2015South Florida8-5HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2017South Florida10-2HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018South Florida7-6HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (87th percentile). Strength: long catch (84th percentile). Concern: epa / target (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#411 / 702 · 41st pct

10.3%

TD rate#446 / 702 · 36th pct

3.8%

Catch rate#463 / 702 · 34th pct

64.1%

Yards / catch#481 / 702 · 32nd pct

10.6

EPA / target#612 / 702 · 13th pct

0.22

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#70 / 550 · 87th pct

Long catch#88 / 550 · 84th pct

Rush yards#52 / 277 · 81st pct

Rec yards#145 / 550 · 74th pct

617

Rec TDs#215 / 550 · 54th pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#435 / 550 · 21st pct

10.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

83rd → 13th percentile

Explosive rate

98th → 41st percentile

Catch rate

61st → 34th percentile

TD rate

92nd → 36th percentile

Yards / catch

92nd → 32nd 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.3	41.3	7.1	0.1
Road5g	3.8	50.2	13.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.0	56.6	12.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	36.8	9.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Charlie Strong

Pass share

45.9%

429 pass / 506 run

Plays / game

71.9

13 games

Team sack rate

7.8%

423 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

59 catches, 9 carries and 1 pass attempt in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tyre McCants

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Starter

Five seasons at South Florida

His moves

2014