Cardinals’ Trey McBride earns 1st-Team All-Pro nod

Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride was named a First-Team All-Pro for the first time in his career on Saturday.

He was nearly a unanimous decision, receiving 49 of 50 first-place votes.

Surprised by the honor? You shouldn’t be.

Despite Arizona’s team struggles, it was a year to remember for McBride as he tallied 126 catches for 1,239 yards and 11 touchdowns, all career marks.

McBride scored more touchdowns in 2025 than he did in his first three seasons combined (6).

He also paced all NFL tight ends in yards, tied Philadelphia’s Dallas Goedert in scores and trailed only Puka Nacua (129) for the most receptions in the league.

Not only that, McBride also did some serious re-writing in the NFL and franchise history books.

From an NFL standpoint:

– Broke the single-season receptions record for a tight end.

– Became the first tight end ever to record back-to-back seasons with at least 100 catches.

– Set a new record for consecutive games with at least five receptions with 16.

– Has the most catches by a TE across his first four NFL seasons with 347.

– Became the first tight end to hit 1,000 yards, 100 catches and 10 touchdowns in 14 games or fewer.

– Is currently tied with the Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce for the longest streak of road games with at least five catches with 10.

From a franchise standpoint:

– Marks the first Cardinals player to have 110 receptions, at least 1,150 yards and 10 scores in a season.

– Set the franchise single-season record for catches, passing DeAndre Hopkins’ 2020 mark of 115.

– Broke Jackie Smith’s single-season touchdown mark (nine) for a tight end with 11.

– McBride also set a new single-season mark for receiving yards by a tight end with 1,239. Smith (1,205) held the record since 1967.

– Passed Anquan Boldin (342) for the most catches by a Cardinals player across his first four seasons.

– Is one of two players (Larry Fitzgerald being the other) in franchise history with at least four games of 10 catches or more in a single season.

– Speaking of Fitzgerald, McBride joined the future Hall of Famer as the only Cardinals in history to record at least 100 catches and 1,000 receiving yards in back-to-back seasons.

Simply put, McBride more than earned his All-Pro nod.

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