Trey McBride
Arizona CardinalsTrey McBride has 66 catches, 544 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns in 8 games for the Arizona Cardinals this season through Week 8, 18.8 PPR points a game (updated November 5, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 4.8 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A record-setting target hog at tight end.
The case for
- NFL single-season record for receptions by a TE (126 in 2025); the volume case has no parallel.
- First-team All-Pro 2025 at age 26; back-to-back Pro Bowls and tier improvements every year.
The worry
- Career 6 TDs across the four-year tenure has not matched the volume; the TD rate is modest for a 1st-team All-Pro.
- Kyler Murray's MIN move means McBride enters 2026 without his career-long QB; system change is real.
What to watch: Whether McBride's volume holds with a new QB room in 2026; the record-setting 126 was tied to Murray's late-career air-share.
Full take and bio
McBride at STTM #3 tier 1 in 2025 set the NFL single-season tight end receptions record (126) en route to first-team All-Pro honors and his second Pro Bowl. The career trajectory has climbed every year (tier 3 → tier 2 → tier 1). The Cardinals' QB ecosystem (Kyler Murray's tier-7 finish) capped the upside; the 126 catches happened anyway, which says everything about the talent.
McBride was born in Greeley, Colorado, played at Fort Morgan High, and was the 2021 John Mackey Award winner and unanimous All-American at Colorado State. Arizona took him 55th overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. He was first-team All-Pro in 2025, has made two Pro Bowls (2024, 2025), and set the NFL single-season record for receptions by a tight end (126 in 2025).
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Zach Ertz, Jacob Tamme, Isaiah Likely. Built like: Justin Peelle, Peyton Hendershot, Mike Banks. Coming out: Dennis Pitta, Eric Ebron, Harrison Bryant.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 1 star, 6 starters, 9 backups, 4 didn't stick.
Trey McBride Props This Weekat SEA Sun Nov 8
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 7.5 | +112 FanDuel | -140 DraftKings |
| Receiving yards | 60.5 | -114 DraftKings | -110 DraftKings |
| Anytime TD | +210 Fanatics |
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Trey McBride Injury StatusNot listed
Trey McBride is not on the injury report as of Nov 5. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 8 games
18.8 fantasy points a game, 150 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
Our rest-of-season board has Trey McBride at TE2; the model has 140 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits SEA.
Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.
Draft & College
Round 2, pick 55 to the Arizona Cardinals in 2022, out of Colorado State (Mountain West).
In college, 2018-2021, 32 games: 153 rec, 2,013 yds, 10 TD, 13.2 yds/rec.
Recruited
Class of 2018 · Tight end · High school: Fort Morgan, CO
Colorado StateHis full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2018 class are still being added.