BJ Busbee

#23 · WR · Sr. · San Diego State5′7″ · 149 lb · Long Beach, CA

BJ Busbee: WR · San Diego State · #23.

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BJ Busbee

WR · San Diego State · Sr · #23

Moves the chains on third down. The four seasons at San Diego State span two head coaches: Rocky Long and Brady Hoke. A game that shows it: 41 receiving yards and 7 rushing yards against San José State — Week 7, 2021.

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.

San Diego State in the news

Nevada snaps 16-game losing streakNevada Sports Net Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	San Diego State	22	272	12.4	0	36
2020	San Diego State	6	40	6.7	0	17
2019	San Diego State	13	109	8.4	0	23
2018	San Diego State	8	136	17.0	1	29
Career		49	557	11.4	1	36

Season	Team
2021	San Diego State	4	11	--	--	--
2020	San Diego State	1	6	37	87	1
2019	San Diego State	2	--	--	--	--
2018	San Diego State	5	14	--	--	--
Career		12	31	37	87	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs New Mexico State	2	19	9.5	25
Wk 2	W 38-14@ Arizona	1	4	4.0	4
Wk 4	W 48-21vs Towson	2	15	7.5	12
Wk 6	W 31-7vs New Mexico	1	36	36.0	36
Wk 7	W 19-13@ San José State	3	41	13.7	16	Season-high 41 yds
Wk 8	W 20-14@ Air Force	1	3	3.0	3
Wk 9	L 20-30vs Fresno State	1	11	11.0	11
Wk 12	W 28-20@ UNLV	2	21	10.5	12
Wk 13	W 27-16vs Boise State	3	37	12.3	14
Wk 14	L 13-46vs Utah State	3	34	11.3	13
Total		19	221	11.6	36

Signature game

Week 13 · 2021

W 27-16

vs Boise State

3 rec · 37 yds

With M. Araiza — 47.5 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20 · J. Brookshire — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.0 · 46 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · UTSA · 2nd and 20 · Q2 · EPA +3.52Lucas Johnson pass complete to BJ Busbee for 31 yds to the TexSA 1 for a
Week 13 · Boise State · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.71Lucas Johnson pass complete to BJ Busbee for 14 yds to the SDSt 45 for a
Week 12 · UNLV · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Lucas Johnson pass complete to BJ Busbee for 9 yds to the UNLV 37 for a
Week 6 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Jordon Brookshire pass complete to BJ Busbee for 36 yds to the NMex 30 for a
Week 1 · UTSA · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.95Lucas Johnson pass complete to BJ Busbee for 12 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 7 · San José State · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +1.82BJ Busbee run for 3 yds to the SJSt 48 for a SAN JOSÉ ST Penalty, Personal Foul (16 Yards) to the SJSt 36 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Utah State · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +1.77Jalen Mayden pass complete to BJ Busbee for 11 yds to the UthSt 41 for a
Week 12 · UNLV · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +1.76Lucas Johnson pass complete to BJ Busbee for 12 yds to the SDSt 39 for a
Week 7 · San José State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.42Jordon Brookshire pass complete to BJ Busbee for 16 yds to the SDSt 41 for a
Week 13 · Boise State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.24Lucas Johnson pass complete to BJ Busbee for 14 yds to the BoiSt 47 for a

Teams and coaches

2018San Diego State7-6HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2019San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-leaning

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 34 (#370 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

34Below cohort / limited sample #370 of 468 · 2021?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (92nd percentile). Strength: catch rate (88th percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#51 / 655 · 92nd pct

1.10

Catch rate#76 / 655 · 88th pct

87.5%

Yards / catch#264 / 655 · 60th pct

13.2

Explosive rate#352 / 655 · 45th pct

12.5%

TD rate#568 / 655 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#152 / 273 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#349 / 557 · 37th pct

12.4

Receptions#360 / 557 · 34th pct

Rec yards#381 / 557 · 32nd pct

272

Long catch#430 / 557 · 22nd pct

Rec TDs#494 / 557 · 6th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	25.3	14.6	0.0
Road4g	1.8	17.2	7.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.8	23.0	14.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	21.2	9.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Brady Hoke

Pass share

39.0%

358 pass / 560 run

Plays / game

70.6

13 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

371 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

22 catches and 4 carries in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

34 · #370 of 468 WRs · 2021

BJ Busbee

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

San Diego State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

22 catches and 4 carries in 10 games

Four seasons at San Diego State