Amba Etta-Tawo

#84 · WR · Syracuse6′2″ · Powder Springs, GA · McEachern

Amba Etta-Tawo: WR · Syracuse · #84.

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Amba Etta-Tawo

WR · Syracuse · #84

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Randy Edsall and Dino Babers. A game that shows it: 270 receiving yards and 12 receptions against UConn — Week 4, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

Syracuse in the news

Syracuse beats ranked team for first time since 2024Oct 31
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
3-star OL decommits from SyracuseSyracuse.com Oct 28
Syracuse ends 11-game ACC losing streakOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Syracuse	94	1,482	15.8	14	81
2015	Maryland	20	216	10.8	0	20
2014	Maryland	10	222	22.2	1	71
Career		124	1,920	15.5	15	81

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-7vs Colgate	12	210	17.5	1	43	210-yard receiving day
Wk 2	L 28-62vs No. 13 Louisville	8	103	12.9	2	47	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 20-45vs South Florida	8	123	15.4	0	40
Wk 4	W 31-24@ UConn	12	270	22.5	2	59	Season-high 270 yds
Wk 5	L 33-50vs Notre Dame	7	134	19.1	1	72	134-yard receiving day
Wk 6	L 9-28@ Wake Forest	4	36	9.0	0	11
Wk 7	W 31-17vs No. 17 Virginia Tech	5	54	10.8	0	18
Wk 8	W 28-20@ Boston College	10	144	14.4	1	68	144-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 0-54@ No. 3 Clemson	9	84	9.3	0	20
Wk 11	L 20-35vs NC State	4	88	22.0	1	81
Wk 12	L 14-45vs No. 17 Florida State	2	58	29.0	1	46
Wk 13	L 61-76@ Pittsburgh	13	178	13.7	5	49	5 TD catches
Total		94	1482	15.8	14	81

Signature game

Week 13 · 2016

L 61-76

at Pittsburgh

13 rec · 178 yds · 5 TD

With Z. Mahoney — 440 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.1 · 49 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · S. Hofrichter — 46.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 52 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +6.65Eric Dungey pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 72 yds for a TD NOTRE DAME Penalty, Defensive Offside (Asmar Bilal) declined, (Cole Murphy KICK)
Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 4th and 6 · Q4 · EPA +6.33Zack Mahoney pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 49 yds for a TD, (Cole Murphy KICK)
Week 8 · Boston College · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +5.52Eric Dungey pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 68 yds for a TD, (Cole Murphy KICK)
Week 4 · UConn · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +5.19Eric Dungey pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 57 yds for a TD, (Cole Murphy KICK)
Week 12 · Florida State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.57Zack Mahoney pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 46 yds for a TD, (Cole Murphy KICK)
Week 4 · UConn · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +4.22Eric Dungey pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 59 yds to the UConn 37 for a

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Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 4th and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.79Zack Mahoney pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 22 yds to the Pitt 42 for a
Week 2 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.61Eric Dungey pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 47 yds for a TD, (Cole Murphy KICK)
Week 2 · Louisville · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.59Brisly Estime pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 23 yds to the Lvile 39 for a
Week 3 · South Florida · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.46Eric Dungey pass complete to Amba Etta-Tawo for 25 yds to the SFla 42 for a

Teams and coaches

2014Maryland7-6HC: Randy Edsall · Balanced

2015Maryland3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2016Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (90th percentile). Strength: epa / target (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#67 / 674 · 90th pct

10.1%

EPA / target#72 / 674 · 89th pct

0.84

Explosive rate#129 / 674 · 81st pct

17.1%

Yards / catch#141 / 674 · 79th pct

15.2

Catch rate#234 / 674 · 65th pct

71.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#8 / 524 · 99th pct

1482

Rec TDs#8 / 524 · 98th pct

Receptions#11 / 524 · 98th pct

Long catch#34 / 524 · 94th pct

Yards / catch#115 / 524 · 78th pct

15.8

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

41st → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

8th → 81st percentile

Catch rate

68th → 65th percentile

TD rate

10th → 90th percentile

Yards / catch

35th → 79th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. 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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.5	106	17.9	0.8
Road5g	9.6	142	13.8	1.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.0	133	15.3	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	7.6	110	17.7	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Dino Babers

Pass share

54.1%

522 pass / 443 run

Plays / game

80.4

12 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

562 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

94 catches in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Amba Etta-Tawo

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Five seasons, two schools

2012