Carlos Carriere

Senior wide receiver for Central Michigan. 2022: 45 catches, 520 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Central Michigan · Sr. · #2

6′5″ · 203 lb · Alpharetta, GA

CFB Index 48 · #230 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceCentral Michigan 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 744 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Central Michigan. 2022: 45 catches, 520 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2017.
Transferred from Maryland to Central Michigan in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Central Michigan, 1,000 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 134 yds vs Indiana.Indiana · W 38-352021

2017

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Alpharetta

202210 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#744 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Jim McElwain

Central Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim McElwain.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

2020Maryland2-3HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Maryland7-6HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #230 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#341 / 636 · 46th pct

12.0

EPA / target#441 / 636 · 31st pct

0.52

TD rate#496 / 636 · 22nd pct

3.1%

Catch rate#539 / 636 · 15th pct

66.2%

Explosive rate#549 / 636 · 14th pct

6.2%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#155 / 550 · 71st pct

Rec yards#200 / 550 · 64th pct

520

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#366 / 550 · 32nd pct

11.6

Long catch#388 / 550 · 28th pct

Fumbles lost#193 / 223 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

55th → 31st percentile

Explosive rate

56th → 14th percentile

Catch rate

61st → 15th percentile

TD rate

81st → 22nd percentile

Yards / catch

40th → 46th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.8	56.0	15.6	0.2
Road6g	5.0	49.3	9.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	65.7	11.1	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	31.5	13.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #230 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #230 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Central Michigan	45	520	11.6	2	--
2021	Maryland	24	316	13.2	5	--
2020	Maryland	2	27	13.5	0	--
2019	Maryland	12	137	11.4	1	--
Career		83	1,000	12.0	8	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Ball State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Daniel Richardson pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 17 yds for a TD, (Josh Rolston PAT MISSED)
Week 5 · Toledo · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Daniel Richardson pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 10 yds to the Toled 39 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Bowling Green · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.93Jase Bauer pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 22 yds to the CMich 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Oklahoma State · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.93Daniel Richardson pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 15 yds for a TD, (Marshall Meeder KICK)
Week 2 · South Alabama · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.52Daniel Richardson pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 39 yds to the SAlab 26 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Ball State · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.50Daniel Richardson pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 9 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Oklahoma State · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.30Daniel Richardson pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 34 yds to the OKSt 4 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Toledo · 4&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.24Daniel Richardson pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 11 yds to the Toled 23 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Toledo · 4&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.21Daniel Richardson pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 16 yds to the Toled 4 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Penn State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Daniel Richardson pass complete to Carlos Carriere for 13 yds to the PnSt 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 44-58@ Oklahoma State	5	75	15.0	1	34
Wk 2	L 24-38vs South Alabama	4	69	17.3	0	39
Wk 4	L 14-33@ Penn State	11	111	10.1	0	20	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 5	L 17-38@ Toledo	7	54	7.7	0	16
Wk 6	L 16-17vs Ball State	6	70	11.7	1	17
Wk 7	W 28-21@ Akron	3	15	5.0	0	6
Wk 8	L 18-34vs Bowling Green	3	54	18.0	0	22
Wk 10	W 35-22@ Northern Illinois	3	30	10.0	0	13
Wk 11	W 31-27vs Buffalo	2	31	15.5	0	17
Wk 13	L 19-38@ Eastern Michigan	1	11	11.0	0	11
Total		45	520	12.1	2	39

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