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Jersey Number 13
Chrishon McCray
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 171
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Avon, Ind.
- High School:
- Avon
- Prev School:
- Kent State
Redshirt senior enters his second season with the Spartans in 2026 . . . transferred to Michigan State in January 2025 . . . spent three years (2022-24) at Kent State, earning letters for the Golden Flashes in 2023 and 2024 . . . has played in 32 career games, including 22 starts (played in 21 games, including 17 starting assignments at Kent State; played in 11 games with five starts at MSU) . . . has 105 career receptions for 1,645 yards with 16 TDs (caught 81 passes for 1,315 yards and 13 TDs in two seasons at Kent State in 2023-24; had 24 catches for 330 yards and three TDs at MSU in 2025) . . . reached the 100-reception milestone in Iowa game (11/22/25) . . . adds 226 yards in career kick returns and 42 yards in career rushing for 1,913 career all-purpose yards . . . has at least one catch in total of 29 of 32 career games played . . . finished his KSU career ranked tied for fifth in school history with 13 touchdown catches . . . two-time All-Mid-American Conference honoree (first team in 2023, second team in 2024).
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT MICHIGAN STATE): Played in 11 games with five starts . . . ranked fourth on the team in both receptions (24) and receiving yards (330; 13.8 avg.; 30.0 ypg) . . . ranked tied for second with three TD catches . . . was sixth on the team in all-purpose yards (330 receiving, 30 kick return) . . . had two catches for 24 yards in regular-season finale against Maryland at Ford Field (11/29) . . . had a season-best two touchdowns at Iowa (11/22) from 45 yards and 5 yards out; also posted season bests for receptions (6) and receiving yards (75) against the Hawkeyes . . . started Penn State game (11/15) but did not have a catch . . . missed Minnesota game (11/1) with an injury . . . opened Michigan game (10/25) at wide receiver, finishing with three catches for 24 yards, with 1-of-3 going for a first down . . . started game at Indiana (10/18) and snagged four catches, going for 42 yards, with two good for first downs . . . had a 23-yard catch for a first down in UCLA game (10/11), adding one kick return for 10 yards . . . snared one catch for 14 yards in game at Nebraska (10/4) as part of six targets, in charting 49 snaps . . . started game at USC (9/20) and snared first TD catch as a Spartan with a 42-yard pass from Aidan Chiles for MSU’s opening score, and added 20-yard kick return . . . had one catch for 8 yards, adding one rush, in Youngstown State game (9/13), notching 31 snaps . . . snared three catches for 44 yards vs. Boston College (9/6), with all three coming in the fourth quarter and two going for first downs, including a spectacular, highlight reel one-handed catch for 23 yards and a first down . . . made Spartan debut in starting season opener vs. Western Michigan (8/29), snaring one catch for 28 yards, in playing 36 snaps . . . named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List entering the season.
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2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT KENT STATE):Â Led Kent State with 705 receiving yards and nine TD catches with 40 receptions overall . . . ranked third in the MAC and tied for 20th in the FBS in TD receptions (9); also ranked seventh in the MAC in receiving yards per game (64.1) . . . second-team All-MAC selection . . . graded the sixth-best receiver in the MAC by Pro Football Focus (74.6) . . . his nine TD catches tied for fourth most in a Kent State single-season . . . explosive receiver ranked among the FBS leaders in 60-plus yard receptions (second with three) and 50-plus yard receptions (tied for eighth with four) . . . in addition, had 11 catches of 20-plus yards, eight for 30-plus and five from 40-plus . . . his 245 yards after the catch ranked 10th most in the MAC . . . started in 11 of 12 games, missing only the regular-season finale vs. Buffalo . . . closed the season with three catches for 93 yards (31.0 avg.) vs. Akron (11/19), including a 37-yard TD reception . . . named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week after catching eight passes for a career-high 213 yards and three touchdowns (24, 63 and 57 yards) against Ball State (10/12) . . . the 213 receiving yards were the seventh-most by a KSU receiver in a single-game . . . had five receptions for 188 yards and two scores, from 65 and 68 yards out, vs. Eastern Michigan (9/28) . . . opened the season with four grabs for 49 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown catch, at Pitt (8/31).
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2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT KENT STATE):Â First-team All-MAC selection . . . ranked first on the team in receptions (41) and receiving yards (610) while tying for first with four TD catches . . . led the MAC in receiving yards per game with 67.8 (610 yards in nine games) . . . also had nine kick returns for 196 yards and four carries for 22 yards . . . ranked ninth in the MAC in all-purpose yards per game (828; 92.0 ypg) . . . played in nine games with six starts; missed the last three games of the season due to an injury . . . had six catches for a season-high 161 yards and two TDs against Akron (11/1) . . . recorded a career-high 10 receptions for 105 yards vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 30.
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2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT KENT STATE):Â Redshirted . . . made his collegiate debut against Bowling Green on Nov. 9 in his only appearance of the season.
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HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA:Â Began his high school career as a running back before switching to wide receiver as a senior . . . ranked fourth in the state of Indiana as a senior in 2021 with 1,337 receiving yards on 62 catches . . . also had 18 touchdown receptions . . . named to the Indiana Football Coaches Association Top-50 all-state first team . . . also ran for 1,328 yards with 11 TDs in his high school career . . . was also a first-team all-league selection in basketball.
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT MICHIGAN STATE): Played in 11 games with five starts . . . ranked fourth on the team in both receptions (24) and receiving yards (330; 13.8 avg.; 30.0 ypg) . . . ranked tied for second with three TD catches . . . was sixth on the team in all-purpose yards (330 receiving, 30 kick return) . . . had two catches for 24 yards in regular-season finale against Maryland at Ford Field (11/29) . . . had a season-best two touchdowns at Iowa (11/22) from 45 yards and 5 yards out; also posted season bests for receptions (6) and receiving yards (75) against the Hawkeyes . . . started Penn State game (11/15) but did not have a catch . . . missed Minnesota game (11/1) with an injury . . . opened Michigan game (10/25) at wide receiver, finishing with three catches for 24 yards, with 1-of-3 going for a first down . . . started game at Indiana (10/18) and snagged four catches, going for 42 yards, with two good for first downs . . . had a 23-yard catch for a first down in UCLA game (10/11), adding one kick return for 10 yards . . . snared one catch for 14 yards in game at Nebraska (10/4) as part of six targets, in charting 49 snaps . . . started game at USC (9/20) and snared first TD catch as a Spartan with a 42-yard pass from Aidan Chiles for MSU’s opening score, and added 20-yard kick return . . . had one catch for 8 yards, adding one rush, in Youngstown State game (9/13), notching 31 snaps . . . snared three catches for 44 yards vs. Boston College (9/6), with all three coming in the fourth quarter and two going for first downs, including a spectacular, highlight reel one-handed catch for 23 yards and a first down . . . made Spartan debut in starting season opener vs. Western Michigan (8/29), snaring one catch for 28 yards, in playing 36 snaps . . . named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List entering the season.
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2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT KENT STATE):Â Led Kent State with 705 receiving yards and nine TD catches with 40 receptions overall . . . ranked third in the MAC and tied for 20th in the FBS in TD receptions (9); also ranked seventh in the MAC in receiving yards per game (64.1) . . . second-team All-MAC selection . . . graded the sixth-best receiver in the MAC by Pro Football Focus (74.6) . . . his nine TD catches tied for fourth most in a Kent State single-season . . . explosive receiver ranked among the FBS leaders in 60-plus yard receptions (second with three) and 50-plus yard receptions (tied for eighth with four) . . . in addition, had 11 catches of 20-plus yards, eight for 30-plus and five from 40-plus . . . his 245 yards after the catch ranked 10th most in the MAC . . . started in 11 of 12 games, missing only the regular-season finale vs. Buffalo . . . closed the season with three catches for 93 yards (31.0 avg.) vs. Akron (11/19), including a 37-yard TD reception . . . named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week after catching eight passes for a career-high 213 yards and three touchdowns (24, 63 and 57 yards) against Ball State (10/12) . . . the 213 receiving yards were the seventh-most by a KSU receiver in a single-game . . . had five receptions for 188 yards and two scores, from 65 and 68 yards out, vs. Eastern Michigan (9/28) . . . opened the season with four grabs for 49 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown catch, at Pitt (8/31).
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2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT KENT STATE):Â First-team All-MAC selection . . . ranked first on the team in receptions (41) and receiving yards (610) while tying for first with four TD catches . . . led the MAC in receiving yards per game with 67.8 (610 yards in nine games) . . . also had nine kick returns for 196 yards and four carries for 22 yards . . . ranked ninth in the MAC in all-purpose yards per game (828; 92.0 ypg) . . . played in nine games with six starts; missed the last three games of the season due to an injury . . . had six catches for a season-high 161 yards and two TDs against Akron (11/1) . . . recorded a career-high 10 receptions for 105 yards vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 30.
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2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT KENT STATE):Â Redshirted . . . made his collegiate debut against Bowling Green on Nov. 9 in his only appearance of the season.
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HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA:Â Began his high school career as a running back before switching to wide receiver as a senior . . . ranked fourth in the state of Indiana as a senior in 2021 with 1,337 receiving yards on 62 catches . . . also had 18 touchdown receptions . . . named to the Indiana Football Coaches Association Top-50 all-state first team . . . also ran for 1,328 yards with 11 TDs in his high school career . . . was also a first-team all-league selection in basketball.
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