Bryce Ford-Wheaton

Junior wide receiver for West Virginia. 2022: 62 catches, 675 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · West Virginia · Jr.

6′3″ · 224 lb · Fuquay-Varina, NC

CFB Index 67 · #97 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceWest Virginia 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 754 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

Statement game11 rec · 152 yds · 2 TDvs Kansas (FBS) · L 42-55

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

Bryce Ford-Wheaton is ELITE. NFL talent.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 4His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for West Virginia. 2022: 62 catches, 675 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at West Virginia, 1,867 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 152 yds vs Kansas.Kansas · L 42-552022

2018

Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Holly Springs

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#754 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Neal Brown

West Virginia

Played his entire career under Neal Brown.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Neal Brown — 22-25 over that span.

2019West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Pass-leaning

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #97 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (90th percentile). Strength: rec tds (89th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (30th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#213 / 636 · 66th pct

8.3%

EPA / target#285 / 636 · 55th pct

0.72

Catch rate#378 / 636 · 40th pct

76.2%

Explosive rate#442 / 636 · 30th pct

9.5%

Yards / catch#446 / 636 · 30th pct

10.6

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#53 / 550 · 90th pct

Rec TDs#46 / 550 · 89th pct

Long catch#111 / 550 · 79th pct

Rec yards#118 / 550 · 79th pct

675

Yards / catch#414 / 550 · 24th pct

10.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

90th → 55th percentile

Explosive rate

76th → 30th percentile

Catch rate

78th → 40th percentile

TD rate

49th → 66th percentile

Yards / catch

67th → 30th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.3	58.2	10.7	0.5
Road6g	5.0	54.3	10.7	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.7	77.2	11.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	35.3	10.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #97 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #97 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	West Virginia	62	675	10.9	7	--
2021	West Virginia	42	575	13.7	3	--
2020	West Virginia	27	416	15.4	3	--
2019	West Virginia	12	201	16.8	2	--
Career		143	1,867	13.1	15	--

Season	Team
2022	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2021	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2020	West Virginia	--	--	--	-1	--
2019	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	-1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2022

W 23–20

vs Oklahoma

7 rec · 36 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With G. Greene — 138 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.4 · 119 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD · O. Straw — 43 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Kansas · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +6.63Bryce Ford-Wheaton 67 Yd pass from JT Daniels (Casey Legg Kick)
Week 9 · TCU · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.80JT Daniels pass complete to Bryce Ford-Wheaton for 35 yds to the TCU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oklahoma · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.95Bryce Ford-Wheaton 8 Yd pass from Garrett Greene (Casey Legg Kick)
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.84JT Daniels pass complete to Bryce Ford-Wheaton for 16 yds for a TD, (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 8 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.76JT Daniels pass complete to Bryce Ford-Wheaton for 28 yds for a TD, (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 2 · Kansas · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Bryce Ford-Wheaton 5 Yd pass from JT Daniels (Casey Legg Kick)
Week 10 · Iowa State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.70JT Daniels pass complete to Bryce Ford-Wheaton for 25 yds for a TD, (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 3 · Towson · 4&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.60JT Daniels pass complete to Bryce Ford-Wheaton for 13 yds to the Tows 19 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51JT Daniels pass complete to Bryce Ford-Wheaton for 10 yds for a TD, (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 5 · Texas · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.47JT Daniels pass complete to Bryce Ford-Wheaton for 17 yds to the Texas 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 31-38@ Pittsburgh	9	97	10.8	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 2	L 42-55vs Kansas	11	152	13.8	2	67	Season-high 152 yds
Wk 3	W 65-7vs Towson	4	47	11.8	0	14
Wk 4	W 33-10@ Virginia Tech	3	23	7.7	0	13
Wk 5	L 20-38@ Texas	8	93	11.6	0	32
Wk 7	W 43-40vs Baylor	5	51	10.2	0	18
Wk 8	L 10-48@ Texas Tech	5	53	10.6	1	28
Wk 9	L 31-41vs TCU	3	51	17.0	0	35
Wk 10	L 14-31@ Iowa State	3	38	12.7	1	25
Wk 11	W 23-20vs Oklahoma	7	36	5.1	1	10
Wk 12	L 31-48vs Kansas State	2	12	6.0	0	10
Wk 13	W 24-19@ Oklahoma State	2	22	11.0	0	14
Total		62	675	10.7	7	67

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