Senior wide receiver for Rice. 2021: 7 catches, 80 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′4″ · 200 lb · Houston, TX
The story
4 wide receiver for Rice. 2021: 7 catches, 80 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2699 nationally · Signed with Rice
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonAaron Cephus
Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: David Bailiff, Mike Bloomgren and Todd Graham. One game to point at: 49 rec yds, 1 receptions against UCLA — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Hawai'i, 1,296 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: David Bailiff → Mike Bloomgren. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 21.5 | 19.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | -6.0 | -6.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-44@ UCLA | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 0 | 49 | Season-high 49 yds |
| Wk 1 | W 49-35vs Portland State | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | Season-high 49 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 27-45@ Oregon State | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-17vs San José State | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-34vs New Mexico State | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | -6 | |
| Total | 7 | 80 | 14.0 | 1 | 49 |