Anthony Gould

Former wide receiver at Oregon State. 2023: 44 catches, 718 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Oregon State · Jr. · #2

5′8″ · 172 lb · Leavenworth, KS

CFB Index 62 · #122 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceIndianapolis — drafted 2024, Rd 5, Pick 7, #142 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1474 nationally · Signed with West Salem

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Oregon State. 2023: 44 catches, 718 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Salem in 2019.
Drafted round 5 by the Indianapolis in 2024.
Named All-America (ESPN) in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Oregon State, 1,360 receiving yards, an All-American season (2022) — drafted at #142 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 117 yds at California.California · W 52-402023

2019

Recruited3-star out of West Salem

202210 games

All-Americafirst · 3 selectors

2024

Drafted by Indianapolisround 5, pick 142

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1474 national

CFB

College

Oregon State

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #142

Indianapolis · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2022)

3 selectors honored him

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020–2023

Jonathan Smith

Oregon State

Played his entire career under Jonathan Smith.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 3rd NFL season

#142Rd 5 · Pick 7

IndianapolisEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jonathan Smith — 27-19 over that span.

2020Oregon State2-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced

2021Oregon State7-6HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning

2022Oregon State10-3HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-heavy

2023Oregon State8-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

62Quality starter #122 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (88th percentile). Strength: epa / target (82nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#79 / 639 · 88th pct

16.4

EPA / target#116 / 639 · 82nd pct

1.05

Explosive rate#170 / 639 · 73rd pct

18.4%

Catch rate#173 / 639 · 73rd pct

89.8%

TD rate#410 / 639 · 36th pct

4.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#63 / 566 · 88th pct

Rec yards#98 / 566 · 83rd pct

718

Yards / catch#101 / 566 · 82nd pct

16.3

Receptions#147 / 566 · 73rd pct

Rush yards#91 / 294 · 69th pct

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

99th → 82nd percentile

Explosive rate

70th → 73rd percentile

Catch rate

84th → 73rd percentile

TD rate

79th → 36th percentile

Yards / catch

90th → 88th percentile

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.8	60.2	24.0	0.2
Road6g	4.2	69.5	17.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	73.8	17.3	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	55.0	24.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

JaMarcus Shephard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #122 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #122 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN1st

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Oregon State	44	718	16.3	2	--
2022	Oregon State	27	457	16.9	3	--
2021	Oregon State	13	185	14.2	1	--
2020	Oregon State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		84	1,360	16.2	6	--

Season	Team
2023	Oregon State	4	22	--	105	--
2022	Oregon State	2	11	--	260	2
2021	Oregon State	5	50	--	41	--
2020	Oregon State	--	--	--	-5	--
Career		11	83	--	401	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 36–24

vs UCLA

7 rec · 87 yds

With D. Uiagalelei — 266 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.0 · -7 rush yds (3 car) · S. Bolden — 5 rec · 87 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · San Diego State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Anthony Gould for 75 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 9 · Arizona · 3&16 · Q2 · EPA +4.61Aidan Chiles pass complete to Anthony Gould for 52 yds to the ARIZ 20 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Stanford · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +4.51DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Anthony Gould for 61 yds to the STAN 21 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · California · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.75DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Anthony Gould for 31 yds to the CAL 31 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San José State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.28DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Anthony Gould for 28 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 6 · California · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.95DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Anthony Gould for 22 yds to the CAL 24 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UCLA · 2&16 · Q4 · EPA +2.32DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Anthony Gould for 19 yds to the ORST 39 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Utah · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.28DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Anthony Gould for 16 yds to the ORST 46 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UCLA · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.00DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Anthony Gould for 16 yds to the ORST 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San José State · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.91DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Anthony Gould for 12 yds to the SJSU 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-17@ San José State	3	59	19.7	1	28
Wk 3	W 26-9vs San Diego State	3	97	32.3	1	75
Wk 4	L 35-38@ Washington State	4	61	15.3	0	33
Wk 5	W 21-7vs Utah	3	22	7.3	0	16
Wk 6	W 52-40@ California	7	117	16.7	0	31	Season-high 117 yds
Wk 7	W 36-24vs UCLA	7	87	12.4	0	19
Wk 9	L 24-27@ Arizona	2	58	29.0	0	52
Wk 10	W 26-19@ Colorado	3	37	12.3	0	15
Wk 11	W 62-17vs Stanford	1	61	61.0	0	61
Wk 12	L 20-22vs Washington	5	34	6.8	0	14
Wk 13	L 7-31@ Oregon	6	85	14.2	0	25
Total		44	718	20.6	2	75

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