#84

Amba Etta-Tawo

Wide receiver for Syracuse. 2016: 94 catches, 1,482 receiving yards, 14 TD.

WR · Syracuse · #84

6′2″ · Powder Springs, GA

Syracuse 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1260 nationally · Signed with Maryland

Career night13 rec · 178 yds · 5 TDat Pittsburgh (FBS) · L 61-76

Top 0.1% receiving TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Syracuse. 2016: 94 catches, 1,482 receiving yards, 14 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Syracuse, 1,920 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 270 yds at UConn.UConn · W 31-242016

2012

Signed with Maryland3-star out of McEachern

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1260 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014–2015

Scott Shafer

Syracuse

2016

Dino Babers

Syracuse

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Shafer → Dino Babers. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Maryland7-6HC: Randy Edsall · Balanced

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: rec tds (98th percentile).

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

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.6	110	18.1	0.9
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2016

W 31–17

vs Virginia Tech

5 rec · 54 yds

With E. Dungey — 311 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 59.8 · 106 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD · D. Strickland — 84 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 69 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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 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@ 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 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	16.3	14	81

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