#19

Andrew McElroy

Former wide receiver at Northern Illinois. 2024: 26 catches, 264 receiving yards.

WR · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #19

6′3″ · 192 lb · Bolingbrook, IL

CFB Index 33 · #371 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceNorthern Illinois 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Northern Illinois. 2024: 26 catches, 264 receiving yards.

Transferred from St. Thomas to Northern Illinois in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Northern Illinois, 264 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

202412 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #371 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#176 / 610 · 71st pct

1.05

Yards / catch#471 / 610 · 23rd pct

9.7

Catch rate#472 / 610 · 22nd pct

82.8%

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Explosive rate#567 / 610 · 7th pct

3.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#313 / 541 · 41st pct

Long catch#345 / 541 · 35th pct

Rec yards#401 / 541 · 26th pct

264

Yards / catch#465 / 541 · 14th pct

10.2

Rec TDs#469 / 541 · 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 this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.5	14.7	9.5	0.0
Road6g	2.8	29.3	9.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	25.7	10.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	16.8	8.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #371 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Northern Illinois	26	264	10.2	0	--
Career		26	264	10.2	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 16–14

at Notre Dame

1 rec · 2 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With E. Hampton — 198 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.1 · 21 rush yds (5 car) · A. Brown — 99 rush yds (20 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Bowling Green · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Josh Holst pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 16 yds to the NIU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Buffalo · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Ethan Hampton pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 10 yds to the BUF 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Fresno State · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.29Josh Holst pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 6 yds to the FRES 34 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Miami (OH) · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.29Josh Holst pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 9 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Fresno State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Josh Holst pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 15 yds to the NIU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Buffalo · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.04Ethan Hampton pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 15 yds to the BUF 47 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Ball State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.00Ethan Hampton pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 10 yds to the NIU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Bowling Green · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.80Josh Holst pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 5 yds to the BGSU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · NC State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.63Ethan Hampton pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 42 yds to the NCSU 6 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Miami (OH) · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.59Josh Holst pass complete to Andrew McElroy for 6 yds to the NIU 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 54-15vs Western Illinois	1	16	16.0	16
Wk 2	W 16-14@ Notre Dame	1	2	2.0	2
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Buffalo	3	31	10.3	15
Wk 5	L 17-24@ NC State	3	58	19.3	42	Season-high 58 yds
Wk 6	W 34-20vs Massachusetts	1	5	5.0	5
Wk 7	W 17-7@ Bowling Green	5	47	9.4	16
Wk 8	L 6-13vs Toledo	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 9	L 23-25@ Ball State	1	10	10.0	10
Wk 12	W 29-16vs Akron	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 13	L 9-20@ Miami (OH)	5	38	7.6	9
Wk 14	W 24-16vs Central Michigan	2	21	10.5	14
Bowl	W 28-20@ Fresno State	2	21	10.5	15
Total		26	264	9.6	42

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