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Trey McBride

Trey McBride is a tight end for the Arizona Cardinals. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

Trey McBride: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Trey McBride at a glance

Trey McBride is a 26-year-old tight end for the Arizona Cardinals, listed at 6'4" and 246 pounds. The Arizona Cardinals drafted McBride 55th overall in the second round in 2022, out of Colorado State, and 2026 is McBride's 5th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects McBride for 244.2 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE1 at the position and works out to 15.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, McBride has scored 42.6 PPR points, or 21.3 per game. That is 17.4% of the full-season projection; at the current rate McBride would finish with about 362 points, ahead of the 244.2 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 24.5 points in Week 1 against LAC, the TE2 finish that week. McBride has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, McBride ranks in the 98th percentile in receptions, the 98th percentile in target share and the 91st percentile in receiving TDs. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 8th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, McBride has finished as TE40 in 2022, TE7 in 2023, TE2 in 2024 and TE1 in 2025. That is two top-five positional finishes in 4 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 315.9 PPR points in 2025. Across 64 regular-season games on record, the totals read 364 receptions, 3,611 receiving yards and 19 receiving touchdowns.

Trey McBride by the numbers

McBride has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 7 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 24 times and finished in the top twelve 39 times. The career high is 37.4 PPR points, set in Week 15 of 2025 against HOU. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points and 8 100-yard receiving games. In all, McBride has reached 20 points in 17 games, 27% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, McBride drew 11.5 targets per game at an average depth of 5.4 air yards. 4% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 6 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

McBride is playing on a four-year, $76 million contract signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2025, an average of $19 million per year with $32.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
244.2
PPR / game
15.8

Week 3 projection

Trey McBride is projected for 12.3 PPR points on the road at SF in week 3, with a likely range of 1.7 to 26.7.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is unchanged since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
80.7
Dynasty
94.2
Superflex redraft
78.5
Superflex dynasty
85.1
TE premium dynasty
100.0

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026ARI2231713620042.6
2025ARI171691261,2391100315.9
2024ARI161471111,146212243.8
2023ARI1710681825300181.5
2022ARI12392926510061.5

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