Anthony Sambucci

Former wide receiver at Western Michigan. 2024: 34 catches, 412 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Western Michigan · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 190 lb · Lemont, IL

CFB Index 43 · #248 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceWestern Michigan 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 2406 nationally · Signed with Western Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Western Michigan. 2024: 34 catches, 412 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Michigan in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Western Michigan, 1,006 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 73 yds vs Ball State.Ball State · W 42-242023

2020

Signed with Western Michigan3-star out of Lemont

20239 games

The role got bigger.

All-MACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2406 national

CFB

College

Western Michigan

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC

All-MAC mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

2023–2024

Lance Taylor

Western Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tim Lester → Lance Taylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Western Michigan4-2HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

2021Western Michigan8-5HC: Tim Lester · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Western Michigan5-7HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

2023Western Michigan4-8HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning

2024Western Michigan6-7HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #248 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#219 / 610 · 64th pct

7.9%

Catch rate#243 / 610 · 60th pct

92.1%

Yards / catch#267 / 610 · 56th pct

12.3

EPA / target#297 / 610 · 51st pct

0.89

Explosive rate#489 / 610 · 20th pct

7.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#207 / 541 · 61st pct

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Receptions#231 / 541 · 56th pct

Rec yards#258 / 541 · 52nd pct

412

Yards / catch#334 / 541 · 38th pct

12.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

59th → 51st percentile

Explosive rate

58th → 20th percentile

Catch rate

25th → 60th percentile

TD rate

95th → 64th percentile

Yards / catch

77th → 56th 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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home3g	3.0	57.7	18.3	0.7
Road7g	3.6	34.1	9.2	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	53.7	13.3	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	22.5	9.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

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

43 · #248 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #248 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Western Michigan	34	412	12.1	3	--
2023	Western Michigan	21	318	15.1	5	--
2022	Western Michigan	20	276	13.8	1	--
2021	Western Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Western Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		75	1,006	13.4	9	--

Season	Team
2024	Western Michigan	--	--	24	7	--
2023	Western Michigan	2	--	--	16	--
2022	Western Michigan	--	--	--	15	--
2021	Western Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Western Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	--	24	38	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024

W 59–31

vs Bethune-Cookman

4 rec · 103 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 28-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With H. Wolff — 305 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.1 · -2 rush yds (2 car) · J. Nixon — 189 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Bethune-Cookman · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.18Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 54 yds for a TD (Luka Zurak KICK)
Week 1 · South Alabama · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 7 yds for a TD (Luka Zurak KICK)
Week 5 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.28Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 26 yds to the MRSH 44 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Marshall · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.93Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 11 yds to the MRSH 24 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Ball State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.89Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 22 yds to the BALL 43 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Buffalo · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.86Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 9 yds to the WMU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · South Alabama · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.67Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 19 yds to the USA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.61Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 18 yds to the WMU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Wisconsin · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.53Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 12 yds to the WMU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Ohio State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.48Hayden Wolff pass complete to Anthony Sambucci for 16 yds to the OSU 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-28@ Wisconsin	2	12	6.0	0	12
Wk 2	L 0-56@ Ohio State	3	41	13.7	0	19
Wk 3	W 59-31vs Bethune-Cookman	4	103	25.8	1	54	Season-high 103 yds
Wk 5	L 20-27@ Marshall	4	56	14.0	0	26
Wk 6	W 45-42@ Ball State	9	74	8.2	1	22
Wk 8	W 48-41@ Buffalo	3	33	11.0	0	18
Wk 11	L 28-42vs Northern Illinois	2	34	17.0	0	17
Wk 12	L 13-31@ Bowling Green	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 13	L 14-16@ Central Michigan	2	1	0.5	0	4
Bowl	L 23-30vs South Alabama	3	36	12.0	1	19
Total		34	412	11.9	3	54

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

Anthony Sambucci

2020

20239 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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