Alan Busey

#9 · WR · Sr. · UTEP6′1″ · 195 lb · Anchorage, AK

Alan Busey: WR · UTEP · #9.

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Alan Busey

WR · UTEP · Sr · #9

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at UTEP: Mike Price and Dana Dimel. A game that shows it: 57 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Houston Christian — Week 1, 2019.

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.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	UTEP	17	239	14.1	1	32
2018	UTEP	4	50	12.5	0	18
2017	UTEP	2	9	4.5	0	5
Career		23	298	13.0	1	32

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 36-34vs Houston Christian	2	57	28.5	0	32	Season-high 57 yds
Wk 5	L 13-31@ Southern Miss	3	51	17.0	0	27
Wk 8	L 17-32@ Florida International	2	11	5.5	0	7
Wk 9	L 21-42vs Louisiana Tech	3	35	11.7	0	19
Wk 10	L 26-52@ North Texas	2	20	10.0	0	12
Wk 11	L 21-28vs Charlotte	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 12	L 10-37@ UAB	2	31	15.5	1	23
Wk 13	L 35-44@ New Mexico State	2	20	10.0	0	13
Total		17	239	14.1	1	32

Signature game

Week 12 · 2019

L 10-37

at UAB

2 rec · 31 yds · 1 TD

With M. Crawford — 26 rush yds (1 car) · G. Hardison — 222 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Houston Christian · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Brandon Jones pass complete to Alan Busey for 32 yds to the HstnB 3 for a
Week 9 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.78Kai Locksley pass complete to Alan Busey for 10 yds to the LaTch 47 for a
Week 12 · UAB · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Gavin Hardison pass complete to Alan Busey for 8 yds for a TD (Gavin Baechle KICK)
Week 13 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Kai Locksley pass complete to Alan Busey for 13 yds to the UTEP 44 for a
Week 5 · Southern Miss · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Kai Locksley pass complete to Alan Busey for 27 yds to the SoMis 39 for a
Week 10 · North Texas · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.95Kai Locksley pass complete to Alan Busey for 12 yds to the UTEP 49 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Charlotte · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.79Kai Locksley pass complete to Alan Busey for 14 yds to the UTEP 33 for a
Week 12 · UAB · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.36Gavin Hardison pass complete to Alan Busey for 23 yds to the UTEP 33 for a
Week 9 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +1.30Kai Locksley pass complete to Alan Busey for 19 yds to the LaTch 5 for a
Week 9 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +1.07Kai Locksley pass complete to Alan Busey for 6 yds to the LaTch 27 for a

Teams and coaches

2017UTEP0-12HC: Sean Kugler and Mike Price · Balanced, slow tempo

2018UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2019UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (82nd percentile). Concern: receptions (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#131 / 728 · 82nd pct

0.78

Yards / catch#220 / 728 · 70th pct

14.1

Explosive rate#222 / 728 · 69th pct

15.4%

TD rate#465 / 728 · 35th pct

3.8%

Catch rate#483 / 728 · 34th pct

65.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#217 / 556 · 61st pct

14.1

Rec TDs#388 / 556 · 22nd pct

Rec yards#450 / 556 · 19th pct

239

Long catch#460 / 556 · 17th pct

Receptions#464 / 556 · 15th 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 2019. 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

2019 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home3g	2.0	35.3	18.1	0.0
Road5g	2.2	26.6	11.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-72g	2.5	54.0	22.8	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	21.8	11.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Dana Dimel

Pass share

43.2%

329 pass / 432 run

Plays / game

63.4

12 games

Team sack rate

9.9%

372 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

17 catches in 8 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Alan Busey

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Awards

17 catches in 8 games

Four seasons at UTEP