Al'vonte Woodard

#4 · WR · Sr. · Sam Houston6′2″ · 195 lb · Houston, TX · Lamar

Al'vonte Woodard: WR · Sam Houston · #4.

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Al'vonte Woodard

WR · Sam Houston · Sr · #4

Moves the chains on third down. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Tom Herman and K.C. Keeler. A game that shows it: 59 receiving yards and 5 receptions against UTEP — Week 9, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Sam Houston in the news

Sam Houston fires head coach Phil LongoThe New York Times Oct 28

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Sam Houston	31	339	10.9	2	26
2020	Texas	4	34	8.5	0	13
2019	Texas	3	28	9.3	0	14
Career		38	401	10.6	2	26

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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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	10.9	2	26

Signature game

Week 6 · 2023

L 16-21

at Liberty

4 rec · 46 yds · 2 TD

With K. Shoemaker — 255 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.6 · 52 rush yds (7 car) · J. Cardell — 43.7 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Liberty · 3rd and 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 · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.10Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 16 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 8 · Florida International · 4th and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.00Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 10 yds to the FIU 28 for a
Week 6 · Liberty · 3rd and 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 · 3rd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 19 yds to the LT 19 for a
Week 9 · UTEP · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.75Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 14 yds to the UTEP 47 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · UTEP · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 8 yds to the SHSU 45 for a
Week 10 · Kennesaw State · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.00Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 10 yds to the SHSU 42 for a
Week 13 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.96Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 11 yds to the SHSU 39 for a
Week 13 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.85Keegan Shoemaker pass complete to Al'vonte Woodard for 7 yds to the SHSU 40 for a

Teams and coaches

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

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

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 40 (#305 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

40Below cohort / limited sample #305 of 497 · 2023?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2023. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2023 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

Pass share

55.0%

446 pass / 365 run

Plays / game

67.6

12 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

465 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

31 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

40 · #305 of 497 WRs · 2023

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

Al'vonte Woodard

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Style of play

Fans

Sam Houston in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

31 catches in 9 games

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2018

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