Bud Sasser

#21 · WR · Missouri6′2″ · Denton, TX · Ryan

Bud Sasser: WR · Missouri · #21.

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Bud Sasser

WR · Missouri · #21

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The first one came in 2014: All-SEC. One game to point at: 153 receiving yards and 12 receptions against Indiana — Week 4, 2014.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Missouri in the news

Missouri RB Hardy returns to practiceOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	Missouri	77	1,003	13.0	12	47
Career		77	1,003	13.0	12	47

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-18vs South Dakota State	2	37	18.5	1	29	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 49-24@ Toledo	5	121	24.2	1	47
Wk 3	W 38-10vs UCF	5	57	11.4	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 27-31vs Indiana	12	153	12.8	0	26	Season-high 153 yds
Wk 5	W 21-20@ No. 13 South Carolina	6	86	14.3	0	41
Wk 7	L 0-34vs No. 13 Georgia	2	14	7.0	0	11
Wk 8	W 42-13@ Florida	3	9	3.0	0	7
Wk 9	W 24-14vs Vanderbilt	5	74	14.8	2	25	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 20-10vs Kentucky	6	67	11.2	2	26	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 34-27@ Texas A&M	6	83	13.8	0	28
Wk 13	W 29-21@ Tennessee	4	76	19.0	1	35
Wk 14	W 21-14vs Arkansas	9	127	14.1	0	28
Wk 15	L 13-42vs No. 1 Alabama	5	31	6.2	1	16
Bowl	W 33-17vs Minnesota	7	68	9.7	2	25
Total		77	1003	13.0	12	47

Signature game

Bowl · 2014

W 33-17

vs Minnesota · neutral site

7 rec · 68 yds · 2 TD

With M. Murphy — 157 rush yds (12 car) · 2 rec · 16 yds · C. Brinser — 40.5 yards per punt · 4 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Toledo · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +4.23Maty Mauk pass complete to Bud Sasser for 47 yds to the Toled 25 for a
Week 1 · South Dakota State · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.75Maty Mauk pass complete to Bud Sasser for 29 yds for a TD, (Andrew Baggett KICK)
Week 9 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 16 · Q4 · EPA +3.57Maty Mauk pass complete to Bud Sasser for 25 yds for a TD, (Andrew Baggett KICK)
Week 13 · Tennessee · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Maty Mauk pass complete to Bud Sasser for 16 yds to the Tenn 29 for a
Week 14 · Arkansas · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Maty Mauk pass complete to Bud Sasser for 16 yds to the Ark 48 for a
Week 1 · Minnesota · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Mauk to Sasser: a 25-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 10 · Kentucky · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.04Maty Mauk pass complete to Bud Sasser for 26 yds for a TD, (Andrew Baggett KICK)
Week 3 · UCF · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.98Maty Mauk pass complete to Bud Sasser for 21 yds for a TD, (Andrew Baggett KICK)
Week 13 · Tennessee · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.96Maty Mauk pass complete to Bud Sasser for 13 yds for a TD, (Andrew Baggett PAT MISSED)
Week 1 · Minnesota · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Maty Mauk pass complete to Bud Sasser for 7 yds for a TD, (Andrew Baggett KICK)

Teams and coaches

2014Missouri11-3HC: Gary Pinkel · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2014 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (88th percentile). Strength: rec tds (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#87 / 713 · 88th pct

9.7%

EPA / target#225 / 713 · 69th pct

0.61

Explosive rate#243 / 713 · 66th pct

13.3%

Yards / catch#283 / 713 · 60th pct

12.9

Catch rate#409 / 713 · 43rd pct

66.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#6 / 556 · 99th pct

Receptions#24 / 556 · 96th pct

Rec yards#33 / 556 · 94th pct

1003

Yards / catch#254 / 556 · 54th pct

13.0

Long catch#278 / 556 · 50th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2014. 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

2014 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.9	75.6	12.8	1.0
Road5g	4.8	75.0	14.9	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	76.6	14.0	0.9
Weeks 8+7g	5.4	66.7	11.7	0.9

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

Gary Pinkel

Pass share

44.3%

415 pass / 522 run

Plays / game

66.9

14 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

443 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Bud Sasser

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Five seasons at Missouri, drafted

2010

2014 14 games

2015