Brandon McRae - College Football

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Wide Receiver

Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 205 pounds
Class Year: Sr
Experience: 2V
Hometown: Chester, VA
Prior School: Morehead State

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1. X - B. McRae | 6-4, 205, Sr.
2. X - L. Berry | 6-0, 195, Jr.

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The Latest: Mullen talking the school up north — 11/25/2009

Mississippi State dropped out of bowl contention with last week's loss to Arkansas. Now the Bulldogs are playing for pride and hope to avenge last season's 45-0 shutout in the Egg Bowl against instate rival Ole Miss. See what Dan Mullen had to say about the Rebels in his final media...[details]

Statistics

BRANDON MCRAE STATS	Receiving
Statistics	No	Yds	Avg	TD
2009	14	116	8.3	0
2008	51	518	10.2	3
2007	2	50	25.0	0
Career	67	684	10.2	3

GAME BY GAME STATISTICS: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | Hide Stats

BIO NOTES

2008 (Junior): Played in all 12 games during his junior season, starting 10 times . . . Did not start Week 2 and 3 games vs. Southeastern Louisiana and Auburn . . . Led the club with 51 catches for 518 yards, a 10.2-yard per catch average, and three touchdowns . . . Finished sixth in the Southeastern Conference in catches per game (4.2) . . . Made at least one reception in all 12 games . . . Also rushed once (minus 1 yard) . . . Registered 24 catches in the season’s first four weeks (six per game) . . . Had four catches for 60 yards, a 15-yard average, and an 8-yard touchdown reception at Louisiana Tech in the season opener . . . It was his first career touchdown reception and came in his first career start . . . Led the team with eight pass receptions for 72 yards, a 9-yard average, and a touchdown against Southeastern Louisiana in the team’s home-opener one week later . . . His score on a 3-yard toss gave State a 27-3 margin just into the third quarter . . . He became the first Bulldog receiver to catch scoring passes in consecutive games since former Bulldog Tony Burks went back-to-back against Alabama and Arkansas in 2006 . . . Made two catches for 15 yards in the team’s SEC opener vs. Auburn . . . Also rushed once (minus 1 yard) against the Tigers . . . Paced the team one week later at Georgia Tech with a career-best 10 catches for 102 yards . . . He became the first Bulldog to surpass the 100-yard receiving mark since Jamayel Smith did so against Arkansas in 2007 . . . Tied for the team lead with four catches (14 yards) at LSU in Week 5 . . . Paced the team again at mid-season with five catches for 39 yards in the Bulldogs’ win over Vanderbilt . . . His 15-yard reception on a third-and-10 pass from Tyson Lee came as State maintained control of the football during the final three minutes of the 17-14 win over VU . . . Made two catches for 28 yards at Tennessee in Week 7 . . . Those two grabs gave him 35 for the year, more than any Bulldog receiver since Justin Jenkins hauled in 62 aerials in 2003 . . . Had two catches for 31 yards in his team’s homecoming win over Middle Tennessee . . . Finished second on the club with six catches for 73 yards against Kentucky in Week 9, a 12.2-yard average, and a 29-yard touchdown reception . . . Added two catches for 15 yards at Alabama one week later . . . Had five catches for 63 yards, a 12.6-yard average, in the Bulldogs’ Week 11 win over Arkansas . . . Had one reception (6 yards) before being sidelined for the remainder of the game with a leg injury at Ole Miss in the season finale.

2007 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games of his sophomore season, earning one starting call ... Made two catches for 50 yards on the season ... Added a pair of special teams tackles ... Earned one wide receiver starting position to open the season for Mississippi State against LSU ... Recorded the first stats of his sophomore season during Week 2 action vs. Tulane in the Superdome ... Had one catch for 33 yards in the club’s 38-17 triumph over the Green Wave ... Made his second catch of the year, a 17-yarder, in State’s Week 10 victory over nationally No. 21-ranked Alabama.

2006 (Redshirt): Sat out the season to establish his transfer eligibility.

2005 (Freshman): Led Division I-AA Morehead State University in receiving as a true freshman ... Had 28 receptions for 361 yards, a 12.9-yard average, and one touchdown ... Also rushed twice for 18 yards ... Helped head coach Matt Ballard’s Morehead State team to an 8-4 overall record and a Pioneer Conference championship.

Personal: Born Brandon Lewis McRae, 3-5-86, in Boston, Mass. ... Son of Mr. Greg Miller and Mrs. Brenda McRae ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.