Ray-Ray McCloud

WR · BUF/PIT/SF/ATL · 2018–2025

Born October 15, 1996 · College Clemson · Drafted 2018, round 6, pick 187 (BUF) · 5-9, 185 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2018	BUF	7	2	4	0	2.00	−0.494	50.0	−1.0	−0.02
2020	PIT	11	4	65	0	16.25	+0.759	50.0	+3.0	+0.07
2021	PIT	14	2	15	0	7.50	+0.020	100.0	+0.0	−0.00
2022	SF	14	4	78	1	19.50	+0.969	25.0	+3.9	+0.12
2023	SF	7	3	30	0	10.00	+0.647	100.0	+1.9	+0.03
2024	ATL	17	10	79	0	7.90	+0.237	60.0	+2.4	+0.10
Career	ATL	75	25	271	1	10.84	+0.411	60.0	+10.3	+0.29

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2018	BUF	7	6	5	36	0	83.3	−0.095	+0.017−0.172 to +0.207	2.9	2.2	−0.6	+0.05
2020	PIT	11	22	20	77	0	90.9	+0.004	+0.137−0.045 to +0.319	4.8	-1.5	+0.1	+0.06
2021	PIT	14	66	39	277	0	59.1	−0.216	+0.100−0.066 to +0.265	12.2	6.4	−14.3	+0.01
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	2	2	20	0	100.0	+0.385		4.5	6.5	+0.8	+0.00
2022	SF	14	25	14	243	1	56.0	+0.496	+0.129−0.052 to +0.309	6.0	11.8	+12.4	+0.27
2023	SF	7	15	12	135	0	80.0	+0.159	+0.031−0.154 to +0.216	8.2	6.3	+2.4	−0.19
2023 playoffs	SF	2	3	2	26	0	66.7	−0.015		4.1	16.0	−0.0	+0.01
2024	ATL	17	87	62	686	1	71.3	+0.065	+0.196+0.037 to +0.356	16.1	6.8	+5.6	−0.05
2025	ATL	5	15	7	69	0	46.7	−0.630	+0.003−0.182 to +0.188	9.3	5.6	−9.5	−0.02
Career	ATL	75	236	159	1,523	2	67.4	−0.016		9.4	6.2	−3.8	+0.14

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2020	PIT	11	1
2021	PIT	14	2
2023	SF	7	1
2024	ATL	17	1
2025	ATL	5	1
Career	ATL	75	6

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2018	BUF	10	121	17.8	–	–
2020	PIT	14	161	17.0	2	1.6
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	3	3.5	–	–
2021	PIT	16	530	48.8	1	1.4
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	14	20.9	–	–
2022	SF	17	285	26.4	–	–
2022 playoffs	SF	2	10	7.8	–	–
2023	SF	11	207	30.6	1	1.4
2023 playoffs	SF	3	27	13.5	–	–
2024	ATL	17	973	86.6	–	–
2025	ATL/NYG	6	210	52.8	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	25	68.0	2	11.8	3	66.7
2023	15	86.7	1	7.7	2	100.0
2024	87	82.8	3	4.2	14	28.6
2025	15	60.0	2	22.2	1	100.0

Game logs

2025 game log (5 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	vs TB	L 20–23	5	3	51	+3.5	0
2	2025-09-14	@ MIN	W 22–6	2	0	0	−1.7	0
3	2025-09-21	@ CAR	L 0–30	5	2	20	−9.0	1
4	2025-09-28	vs WAS	W 34–27	2	1	-7	−2.5	0
9	2025-11-02	vs SF	L 24–34	1	1	5	+0.2	0

2024 game log (17 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	vs PIT	L 10–18	0	0	0.0	7	4	52	0	−6.2	0
2	2024-09-16	@ PHI	W 22–21	1	3	−0.3	5	3	42	0	+4.4	0
3	2024-09-22	vs KC	L 17–22	1	20	+1.4	3	2	17	0	+0.8	0
4	2024-09-29	vs NO	W 26–24	0	0	0.0	7	6	52	0	−2.5	0
5	2024-10-03	vs TB	W 36–30 OT	0	0	0.0	9	6	66	0	+1.9	0
6	2024-10-13	@ CAR	W 38–20	1	3	−0.3	4	3	30	0	−0.3	0
7	2024-10-20	vs SEA	L 14–34	0	0	0.0	4	2	9	0	−2.5	0
8	2024-10-27	@ TB	W 31–26	1	17	+1.1	3	3	9	0	−1.1	0
9	2024-11-03	vs DAL	W 27–21	1	7	+0.3	3	3	28	1	+4.0	0
10	2024-11-10	@ NO	L 17–20	1	6	+0.5	4	3	30	0	+1.6	0
11	2024-11-17	@ DEN	L 6–38	0	0	0.0	6	6	46	0	+1.2	0
13	2024-12-01	vs LAC	L 13–17	1	-2	−2.1	6	4	95	0	+4.3	0
14	2024-12-08	@ MIN	L 21–42	1	3	−0.0	11	8	98	0	+2.0	0
15	2024-12-16	@ LV	W 15–9	0	0	0.0	3	1	14	0	−0.4	0
16	2024-12-22	vs NYG	W 34–7	1	8	+0.4	4	3	19	0	+0.1	0
17	2024-12-29	@ WAS	L 24–30 OT	1	14	+1.4	1	1	13	0	+1.6	1
18	2025-01-05	vs CAR	L 38–44 OT	0	0	0.0	7	4	66	0	−3.1	0

2023 game log (9 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2023-10-01	vs ARI	W 35–16	0	0	0.0	2	2	22	+2.6	0
5	2023-10-08	vs DAL	W 42–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	−1.1	0
6	2023-10-15	@ CLE	L 17–19	2	23	+1.8	2	1	4	−0.6	0
7	2023-10-23	@ MIN	L 17–22	0	0	0.0	3	2	20	−1.0	1
8	2023-10-29	vs CIN	L 17–31	0	0	0.0	2	2	43	−0.7	0
12	2023-11-23	@ SEA	W 31–13	0	0	0.0	1	1	23	+1.8	0
18	2024-01-07	vs LA	L 20–21	1	7	+0.2	4	3	22	+1.3	0
P20	2024-01-20	vs GB	W 24–21	0	0	0.0	2	1	7	−1.3	0
P22	2024-02-11	@ KC	L 22–25 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	19	+1.2	0

2022 game log (14 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	@ CHI	L 10–19	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	20	0	+0.3
2	2022-09-18	vs SEA	W 27–7	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	16	0	+0.8
3	2022-09-25	@ DEN	L 10–11	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	0	+0.7
4	2022-10-03	vs LA	W 24–9	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	6	0	−1.2
6	2022-10-16	@ ATL	L 14–28	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.8
7	2022-10-23	vs KC	L 23–44	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	65	1	+6.8
8	2022-10-30	@ LA	W 31–14	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	11	0	+1.6
10	2022-11-13	vs LAC	W 22–16	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	33	0	+2.2
11	2022-11-21	@ ARI	W 38–10	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.9
12	2022-11-27	vs NO	W 13–0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	0	+0.8
14	2022-12-11	vs TB	W 35–7	3	7	0	−2.5	1	1	11	0	+0.6
15	2022-12-15	@ SEA	W 21–13	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	16	0	+0.3
16	2022-12-24	vs WAS	W 37–20	1	71	1	+6.3	1	0	0	0	−1.1
17	2023-01-01	@ LV	W 37–34 OT	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	42	0	+2.2

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2021-09-26	vs CIN	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	4	3	33	+2.0	0
4	2021-10-03	@ GB	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	−0.5	0
5	2021-10-10	vs DEN	W 27–19	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	−2.2	0
6	2021-10-17	vs SEA	W 23–20 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	18	+0.4	0
8	2021-10-31	@ CLE	W 15–10	1	10	+0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2021-11-08	vs CHI	W 29–27	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	+0.7	0
10	2021-11-14	vs DET	T 16–16 OT	0	0	0.0	12	9	63	−0.8	0
11	2021-11-21	@ LAC	L 37–41	1	5	+0.0	2	2	12	+2.8	0
13	2021-12-05	vs BAL	W 20–19	0	0	0.0	4	1	7	−3.9	0
14	2021-12-09	@ MIN	L 28–36	0	0	0.0	8	6	32	−2.1	0
15	2021-12-19	vs TEN	W 19–13	0	0	0.0	3	1	0	−1.1	0
16	2021-12-26	@ KC	L 10–36	0	0	0.0	8	4	25	−6.3	1
17	2022-01-03	vs CLE	W 26–14	0	0	0.0	10	4	35	−1.2	0
18	2022-01-09	@ BAL	W 16–13 OT	0	0	0.0	9	4	37	−2.1	1
P19	2022-01-16	@ KC	L 21–42	0	0	0.0	2	2	20	+0.8	0

2020 game log (11 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2020-10-11	vs PHI	W 38–29	2	63	+3.8	3	3	12	−0.4	0
6	2020-10-18	vs CLE	W 38–7	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.2	0
7	2020-10-25	@ TEN	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	2	2	12	+0.3	0
8	2020-11-01	@ BAL	W 28–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	+1.7	0
9	2020-11-08	@ DAL	W 24–19	0	0	0.0	2	2	16	+1.2	0
10	2020-11-15	vs CIN	W 36–10	1	-1	−0.6	2	2	4	+0.6	1
11	2020-11-22	@ JAX	W 27–3	1	3	−0.2	4	4	20	+1.2	0
12	2020-12-02	vs BAL	W 19–14	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	+0.6	0
13	2020-12-07	vs WAS	L 17–23	0	0	0.0	3	2	4	−1.3	0
15	2020-12-21	@ CIN	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	1	1	-2	−1.1	0
17	2021-01-03	@ CLE	L 22–24	0	0	0.0	2	2	-3	−1.4	0

2018 game log (7 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
3	2018-09-23	@ MIN	W 27–6	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	+0.2
5	2018-10-07	vs TEN	W 13–12	1	-3	−1.3	1	1	7	−0.3
6	2018-10-14	@ HOU	L 13–20	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	−0.6
8	2018-10-29	vs NE	L 6–25	0	0	0.0	1	1	16	+0.7
9	2018-11-04	vs CHI	L 9–41	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.4
15	2018-12-16	vs DET	W 14–13	1	7	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0
17	2018-12-30	vs MIA	W 42–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	−0.3