T.Y. Harding

WR · #2 · UMass · SR · 5'9" · 185 · Cambridge, MA

Projected WR-SL starter

327 2026 receiving yards

28 of 35 2026 catches

2 2026 TDs

7 Explosive plays

27 Career games (16 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Rec-Tgt	Yards	YPR	TD
2026	UMass	6	6	28-35	327	11.7	2
2025	UMass	3	2	4-5	30	7.5	0
2024	UMass	11	5	19-38	334	17.6	5
2022	UMass	7	3	1-3	-3	-3.0	0

2026 Percentile vs WRs

Receiving yards per game 54.5 84

Yards per catch 11.7 39

Catch rate 80.0% 87

Receiving TDs 2 66

Around T.Y.

Projected 2026 starters · 2026 production

QB Pop Watson III QB · 820 pass yds · 5g

Elijah Faulkner RB · 361 rush yds · 7g

WR-X

Joseph Griffin Jr. WR · 134 rec yds · 4g

WR-Z

Dallas Elliott WR · 58 rec yds · 5g

Reece Adkins TE · 115 rec yds · 7g

The situation

UMass 2026 offense ›

Explosive play rate 11.4% 44

Red zone TD rate 72.4% 54

Line yards per carry 2.7 65

Sack rate allowed 5.3% 57

2026 Game log

Week	Opponent	Targets	Receptions	Receiving yards	Receiving TDs	RZ opps	Target share
W1	@ RUTG	6	5	55	0	0	27%
W2	Sacred Heart Pioneers	1	1	49	1	0	7%
W3	Stonehill Skyhawks	4	4	73	1	1	17%
W4	@ SAC	3	3	44	0	0	19%
W5	EMU	6	6	15	0	0	22%
W6	M-OH	15	9	91	0	0	43%

Recruiting

2022 class · 247 composite

Two-star high school recruit

The 2022 board

#2964

Alec Johnson IOL · Gray Academy GAST

#2972 Eli Reed ATH · Downers Grove South NIU

#2973

T.Y. Harding ATH · Buckingham Browne & Nichols School MASS

#2977 Jack McGarry IOL · Hinsdale Central MIZZ

#2977 Declan Byle QB · Detroit Catholic Central MICH

ATHs in the class

#205 Myron Carter Spring High UNM

#206 Eli Reed Downers Grove South NIU

#207

T.Y. Harding Buckingham Browne & Nichols School MASS

#208 Tristan Warner Bellarmine Prep WASH

#208 Michael Dansby McClymonds SJSU

2026 · 84th pctile of WRs

Recruit · 4th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.