{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Brandon McRae | image = | caption = | number = 83 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|03|05}} | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lbs = 205 | high_school = Chatham (VA) Hargrave Military | college = Mississippi State | undraftedyear = 2010 | teams = * St. Louis Rams ({{NFL Year|2010}})* * Virginia Destroyers ({{UFL Year|2011}}) * Georgia Force ({{AFL Year|2012}}) * Edmonton Eskimos ({{CFL Year|2014}})* | afl = 12107 }} '''Brandon McRae''' (born March 5, 1986) is an American former football wide receiver.
==Early years== McRae played at Monacan High School in Richmond, Va. He helped lead the Chiefs to a 9-1 record during his senior season. He also participated in track, as a sprinter. After high school McRae played at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va. He played defensive back at Hargrave and ran a 4.51 40-yard dash at the Hargrave following the 2004 season and helped lead his prep school team to an 8-3 overall record.
==College career== McRae attended Mississippi State University after beginning his collegiate career Morehead State University. In 2009, he recorded 14 receptions for 116 yards and suffered a broken leg that ended his senior season. In 2008, he played in all 12 games during his junior season, starting 10 times and led the team with 51 catches for 518 yards, a 10.2-yard per catch average, and three touchdowns. McRae played in all 13 games of his sophomore season, earning one starting call and made two catches for 50 yards on the season. In 2006, he sat out the season to establish his transfer eligibility.
In 2005 McRae led Morehead State University in receiving as a true freshman with 28 receptions for 361 yards, a 12.9-yard average, and one touchdown.
==Professional career== {{nfl predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 3+5/8 | weight = 208 | dash = 4.51 | ten split = 1.66 | twenty split = 2.68 | shuttle = 4.28 | cone drill = 6.93 | vertical = 34+1/2 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 9 | bench = 13 | wonderlic = x | arm span = | hand span = | note = All values from MSU Pro Day.<ref>[http://www.ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?5,53496,53507#msg-53507 Brandon McRae, Pro Scout Draft.com]</ref> }}
===St. Louis Rams=== McRae signed with the Rams as an undrafted rookie free agent on April 25, 2010. He was waived and then signed to the Rams practice squad on September 4, 2010.
===Virginia Destroyers=== McRae was signed by the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League on June 14, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4224443|title=UFL Transactions|date=June 14, 2011|work=OurSports Central|accessdate=June 14, 2011}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=mcraebra001&scoresort=6 Stats Crew] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140604004951/http://www.esks.com/roster/show/id/6891 Edmonton Eskimos bio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100816080153/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=1087841 Mississippi State bio]
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