Andy Isabella

#5 · WR · Sr. · Massachusetts5′10″ · 195 lb · Mayfield, OH

Andy Isabella: WR · Massachusetts · #5.

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Andy Isabella

WR · Massachusetts · Sr · #5

Beats you over the top. Fourth year in the same receiving corps at Massachusetts. On tape: 303 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Liberty, Week 10, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

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
2018	Massachusetts	101	1,697	16.8	13	89
2017	Massachusetts	65	1,020	15.7	10	69
2016	Massachusetts	62	801	12.9	7	55
2015	Massachusetts	2	7	3.5	0	8
Career		230	3,525	15.3	30	89

Season	Team
2018	Massachusetts	11	79	--	55
2017	Massachusetts	14	135	114	22
2016	Massachusetts	12	100	14	--
2015	Massachusetts	3	28	315	--
Career		40	342	443	77

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 63-15vs Duquesne	5	131	26.2	2	60	2 TD catches
Wk 1	L 21-55@ Boston College	4	95	23.8	0	49	2 TD catches
Wk 2	L 13-34@ Georgia Southern	9	95	10.6	0	19
Wk 3	L 24-63@ Florida International	4	43	10.8	1	16
Wk 4	W 49-31vs Charlotte	6	85	14.2	1	25
Wk 5	L 42-58@ Ohio	12	198	16.5	3	55	3 TD catches
Wk 6	L 42-58vs South Florida	13	191	14.7	1	53	191-yard receiving day
Wk 8	L 13-24vs Coastal Carolina	10	174	17.4	0	25	174-yard receiving day
Wk 9	W 22-17@ UConn	4	78	19.5	1	38
Wk 10	W 62-59vs Liberty	9	303	33.7	2	89	Season-high 303 yds
Wk 11	L 16-35vs BYU	10	85	8.5	0	23
Wk 12	L 27-66@ No. 5 Georgia	15	219	14.6	2	75	2 TD catches
Total		101	1697	16.8	13	89

Signature game

Week 12 · 2018

L 27-66

at Georgia

15 rec · 219 yds · 2 TD · 10 rush yds (2 car)

With T. Reynolds — 40.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20 · R. Comis — 278 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Liberty · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.76Ross Comis pass complete to Andy Isabella for 89 yds for a TD (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 12 · Georgia · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Ross Comis pass complete to Andy Isabella for 75 yds for a TD (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 1 · Duquesne · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +5.57Andrew Ford pass complete to Andy Isabella for 44 yds for a TD, (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 9 · UConn · 4th and 6 · Q3 · EPA +5.42Ross Comis pass complete to Andy Isabella for 38 yds for a TD CONNECTICUT Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined (Mike Caggiano PAT MISSED)
Week 10 · Liberty · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +5.04Ross Comis pass complete to Andy Isabella for 61 yds for a TD (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 1 · Duquesne · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.76Ross Comis pass complete to Andy Isabella for 60 yds for a TD, (Cooper Garcia KICK)

4 more plays

Week 5 · Ohio · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.28Andrew Ford pass complete to Andy Isabella for 55 yds for a TD (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −4.26Andrew Ford pass complete to Andy Isabella for 20 yds Andy Isabella fumbled, forced by Jave Brown, recovered by CCaro Derrick Bush , return for no gain to the CCaro 9
Week 6 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.10Ross Comis pass complete to Andy Isabella for 53 yds for a TD, (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 11 · BYU · 3rd and 18 · Q1 · EPA +3.92Ross Comis pass complete to Andy Isabella for 7 yds to the BYU 46 for a BYU Penalty, personal foul (Isaiah Kaufusi) to the BYU 39 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Mark Whipple — 13-35 over that span.

2015Massachusetts3-9HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2016Massachusetts2-10HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2017Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

2018Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (89th percentile). Strength: td rate (81st percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#80 / 702 · 89th pct

16.8

TD rate#132 / 702 · 81st pct

9.0%

EPA / target#136 / 702 · 81st pct

0.76

Explosive rate#138 / 702 · 80th pct

17.9%

Catch rate#318 / 702 · 55th pct

69.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 550 · 100th pct

1697

Receptions#2 / 550 · 100th pct

101

Rec TDs#5 / 550 · 99th pct

Long catch#7 / 550 · 99th pct

Rush TDs#16 / 277 · 86th pct

Rush yards#40 / 277 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#80 / 550 · 85th pct

16.8

Fumbles lost#193 / 223 · 8th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

58th → 81st percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 80th percentile

Catch rate

18th → 55th percentile

TD rate

80th → 81st percentile

Yards / catch

82nd → 89th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	8.8	162	19.1	1.0
Road6g	8.0	121	16.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.6	120	16.7	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	9.6	172	18.7	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Mark Whipple

Pass share

50.7%

413 pass / 402 run

Plays / game

67.9

12 games

Team sack rate

8.5%

459 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

101 catches and 11 carries in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Andy Isabella

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Impact starter

Four seasons at Massachusetts, drafted

2015 8 games

2019