Ammon Barker

#80 · WR · Hawai'i6′4″ · 225 lb · Salt Lake, UT · Alta

Ammon Barker: WR · Hawai'i · #80.

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Ammon Barker

WR · Hawai'i · #80

Moves the chains on third down. The four seasons at Hawai'i span three head coaches: Norm Chow, Chris Naeole and Nick Rolovich. A game that shows it: 93 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Colorado State — Week 5, 2017.

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.

Hawai'i in the news

June Jones, former Hawai'i coach, dies at 73New York Post Oct 29

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Hawai'i	39	398	10.2	1	25
2016	Hawai'i	15	211	14.1	1	39
2015	Hawai'i	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Hawai'i	10	162	16.2	0	41
Career		64	771	12.0	2	41

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-35@ Massachusetts	4	42	10.5	0	17
Wk 2	L 23-56@ UCLA	3	36	12.0	0	16
Wk 4	L 21-28@ Wyoming	7	55	7.9	0	18
Wk 5	L 21-51vs Colorado State	8	93	11.6	0	25	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 6	L 21-35@ Nevada	2	35	17.5	0	19
Wk 7	W 37-26vs San José State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 9	L 7-28vs San Diego State	3	20	6.7	0	11
Wk 10	L 23-31@ UNLV	3	33	11.0	0	16
Wk 11	L 21-31vs Fresno State	2	11	5.5	0	9
Wk 12	L 0-38@ Utah State	3	20	6.7	0	9
Wk 13	L 20-30vs BYU	3	41	13.7	1	15
Total		39	398	10.2	1	25

Signature game

Week 5 · 2017

L 21-51

vs Colorado State

8 rec · 93 yds

With D. Brown — 362 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.0 · S. Gaudion — 44.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 46 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · BYU · 3rd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 15 yds for a TD, (Alex Trifonovitch PAT BLOCKED)
Week 13 · BYU · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.48Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 15 yds to the BYU 46 for a
Week 5 · Colorado State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.24Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 2 · UCLA · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.23Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 16 yds to the Hawa 45 for a
Week 1 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 17 yds to the UMass 37 for a
Week 6 · Nevada · 2nd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +1.90Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 19 yds to the 50 yard line for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Wyoming · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +1.81Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 18 yds to the Wyom 29 for a
Week 10 · UNLV · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +1.61Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 7 yds to the Hawa 39 for a
Week 6 · Nevada · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.44Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 16 yds to the Nevad 47 for a
Week 10 · UNLV · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +1.41Dru Brown pass complete to Ammon Barker for 10 yds to the UNLV 47 for a

Teams and coaches

2014Hawai'i4-9HC: Norm Chow · Balanced, fast tempo

2015Hawai'i3-10HC: Norm Chow and Chris Naeole · Balanced

2016Hawai'i7-7HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced

2017Hawai'i3-9HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#516 / 709 · 27th pct

10.2

EPA / target#568 / 709 · 20th pct

0.29

TD rate#568 / 709 · 20th pct

1.5%

Catch rate#595 / 709 · 16th pct

58.2%

Explosive rate#681 / 709 · 4th pct

1.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#182 / 539 · 65th pct

Rec yards#278 / 539 · 48th pct

398

Rec TDs#365 / 539 · 24th pct

Yards / catch#448 / 539 · 17th pct

10.2

Long catch#496 / 539 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

46th → 20th percentile

Explosive rate

77th → 4th percentile

Catch rate

22nd → 16th percentile

TD rate

45th → 20th percentile

Yards / catch

72nd → 27th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.4	35.4	9.9	0.2
Road6g	3.7	36.8	10.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	45.5	11.9	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	25.0	8.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Nick Rolovich

Pass share

50.5%

423 pass / 414 run

Plays / game

69.8

12 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

457 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

39 catches in 11 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Ammon Barker

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Style of play

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

39 catches in 11 games

Five seasons at Hawai'i

2013