College production summary feeding the v3.0 similarity vector. The engine weights these features against the prospect corpus (2000–present) to build the comp grid below.
Historical college players whose production curves most closely match DeWayne McBride. Hit-label colouring tags each comp's eventual NFL outcome: elite, starter, bust, unknown (still developing or never reached the NFL). Click an NFL name to jump to its veteran page when available.
| College player | School | Class | Similarity | NFL outcome | NFL career | Career fp | Peak3 fp/g | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Dawson | Louisiana-Monroe | 2008 | 0.747 | unknown | Calvin Dawson | — | — | — |
| Howard Jackson | UTEP | 2005 | 0.714 | unknown | Howard Jackson | — | — | — |
| Marcus Thomas | UTEP | 2008 | 0.712 | unknown | Marcus Thomas | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Bernard Pierce | Temple | 2012 | 0.686 | bust | Bernard Pierce | 212 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Marcus Merriweather | Ball State | 2003 | 0.684 | unknown | Marcus Merriweather | — | — | — |
| Darrin Reaves | UAB | 2014 | 0.646 | unknown | Darrin Reaves | 16 | 3.2 | 1 |
| Joffrey Reynolds | Houston | 2003 | 0.624 | unknown | Joffrey Reynolds | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Marcus Yarns | Delaware | 2025 | 0.614 | unknown | Marcus Yarns | — | — | — |
| Demarco McCleskey | Cincinnati | 2003 | 0.579 | unknown | Demarco McCleskey | — | — | — |
| Latavius Murray | UCF | 2013 | 0.567 | starter | Latavius Murray | 1422 | 13.2 | 10 |
| Quinton Smith | Rice | 2007 | 0.549 | unknown | Quinton Smith | — | — | — |
| Roland Dempster | Stony Brook | 2026 | 0.548 | unknown | Roland Dempster | — | — | — |
| Brenden Knox | Marshall | 2021 | 0.547 | unknown | Brenden Knox | — | — | — |
| Darius Marshall | Marshall | 2010 | 0.543 | unknown | Darius Marshall | — | — | — |
| Robbie Mixon | Central Michigan | 2003 | 0.511 | unknown | Robbie Mixon | — | — | — |
| Jon Williams | East Carolina | 2011 | 0.485 | unknown | Jon Williams | — | — | — |
| Anthony Wales | Western Kentucky | 2017 | 0.479 | unknown | Anthony Wales | — | — | — |
| Robert Merrill | Texas Christian | 2006 | 0.476 | unknown | Robert Merrill | — | — | — |
| Robert Lowe | Texas State | 2016 | 0.472 | unknown | Robert Lowe | — | — | — |
| Carson Steele | UCLA | 2024 | 0.468 | unknown | Carson Steele | 25 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Dennis Kennedy | Akron | 2009 | 0.460 | unknown | Dennis Kennedy | — | — | — |
| Jalen Parmele | Toledo | 2008 | 0.459 | bust | Jalen Parmele | 32 | 1.8 | 5 |
| Dwone Hicks | Middle Tennessee State | 2003 | 0.459 | unknown | Dwone Hicks | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | Marshall | 2007 | 0.456 | starter | Ahmad Bradshaw | 1093 | 15.5 | 9 |
| Derrick Nix | Southern Mississippi | 2003 | 0.453 | unknown | Derrick Nix | — | — | — |
Methodology details: v3.0 prospect engine — PR 3 similarity, PR 4 projection, PR 5 back-test.