Al'vonte Woodard

Senior wide receiver for Sam Houston. 2023: 31 catches, 339 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Sam Houston · Sr. · #4

6′2″ · 195 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 40 · #305 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceSam Houston 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 104 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Sam Houston. 2023: 31 catches, 339 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2018.
Transferred from Texas to Sam Houston in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Sam Houston, 401 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 59 yds vs UTEP.UTEP · L 34-372023

2018

Signed with Texas4-star out of Lamar

2022

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#104 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2020

—

Sam Houston

2023

K.C. Keeler

Sam Houston

era →

Played his entire career under K.C. Keeler.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Sam Houston3-9HC: K.C. Keeler · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Below cohort / limited sample #305 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#231 / 639 · 64th pct

0.88

TD rate#353 / 639 · 45th pct

4.9%

Yards / catch#414 / 639 · 35th pct

10.9

Catch rate#449 / 639 · 30th pct

75.6%

Explosive rate#531 / 639 · 17th pct

7.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#262 / 566 · 53rd pct

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Rec yards#335 / 566 · 41st pct

339

Yards / catch#420 / 566 · 25th pct

10.9

Long catch#525 / 566 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	4.0	46.0	11.4	0.0
Road5g	3.0	31.0	12.5	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-73g	3.7	41.3	15.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	35.8	10.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Phil Longo

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #305 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #305 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Sam Houston	31	339	10.9	2	--
2020	Texas	4	34	8.5	0	--
2019	Texas	3	28	9.3	0	--
Career		38	401	10.6	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023

W 24–21

vs Kennesaw State

4 rec · 53 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With K. Shoemaker — 242 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 20.2 · -1 rush yds (12 car) · N. Smith — 13 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Liberty · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.32Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 20 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 10 · Kennesaw State · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.10Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 16 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Florida International · 4&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.00Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 10 yds to the FIU 28 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Liberty · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 7 yds for a TD (Colby Sessums KICK)
Week 11 · Louisiana Tech · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 19 yds to the LT 19 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · UTEP · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.75Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 14 yds to the UTEP 47 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · UTEP · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 8 yds to the SHSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kennesaw State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.00Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 10 yds to the SHSU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Middle Tennessee · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.96Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 11 yds to the SHSU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Middle Tennessee · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.85Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 7 yds to the SHSU 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	L 7-38@ Houston	1	26	26.0	0	26
Wk 6	L 16-21@ Liberty	4	46	11.5	2	20	2 TD catches
Wk 7	L 13-27@ New Mexico State	6	52	8.7	0	16
Wk 8	L 27-33vs Florida International	4	45	11.3	0	19
Wk 9	L 34-37vs UTEP	5	59	11.8	0	22	Season-high 59 yds
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Kennesaw State	4	53	13.3	0	17
Wk 11	W 42-27@ Louisiana Tech	3	22	7.3	0	19
Wk 12	L 23-28@ Western Kentucky	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 13	W 23-20vs Middle Tennessee	3	27	9.0	0	11
Total		31	339	12.0	2	26

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology