#23

Chase Cota

Senior wide receiver for Oregon. 2022: 36 catches, 497 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Oregon · Sr. · #23

6′4″ · 200 lb · Medford, OR

CFB Index 49 · #224 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceOregon 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 159 nationally · Signed with UCLA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Oregon. 2022: 36 catches, 497 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to UCLA in 2018.
Transferred from UCLA to Oregon in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Oregon, 1,380 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 147 yds at Washington State.Washington State · W 67-632019

20186 games

Signed with UCLA4-star out of South Medford

202210 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#159 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018–2020

Mario Cristobal

Oregon

2021

Bryan McClendon

Oregon

era →

2022

Dan Lanning

Oregon

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mario Cristobal, Bryan McClendon, and Dan Lanning. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018UCLA3-9HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2019UCLA4-8HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020UCLA3-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

2021UCLA8-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #224 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: catch rate (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#31 / 636 · 95th pct

27.5%

Catch rate#53 / 636 · 92nd pct

92.5%

Yards / catch#189 / 636 · 70th pct

13.9

EPA / target#236 / 636 · 63rd pct

0.79

TD rate#249 / 636 · 60th pct

7.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#216 / 550 · 61st pct

497

Yards / catch#219 / 550 · 59th pct

13.8

Receptions#228 / 550 · 58th pct

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Long catch#271 / 550 · 50th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

51st → 63rd percentile

Explosive rate

23rd → 95th percentile

Catch rate

26th → 92nd percentile

TD rate

32nd → 60th percentile

Yards / catch

70th → 70th 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	2.5	36.2	16.0	0.2
Road6g	4.3	58.7	12.5	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	45.9	15.6	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	4.7	58.7	9.9	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

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

49 · #224 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #224 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Oregon	36	497	13.8	3	--
2021	UCLA	18	286	15.9	1	--
2020	UCLA	11	79	7.2	2	--
2019	UCLA	25	350	14.0	3	--
2018	UCLA	13	168	12.9	0	--
Career		103	1,380	13.4	9	--

Season	Team
2022	Oregon	--	--	--	15	--
2021	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--
2020	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--
2019	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--
2018	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	15	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.76Bo Nix pass complete to Chase Cota for 49 yds for a TD, (Camden Lewis KICK)
Week 13 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.41Bo Nix pass complete to Chase Cota for 44 yds for a TD, (Camden Lewis KICK)
Week 6 · Arizona · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Bo Nix pass complete to Chase Cota for 30 yds to the Ariz 42 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oregon State · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.00Bo Nix pass complete to Chase Cota for 21 yds to the Oregn 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Carolina · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.93Chase Cota 6 Yd pass from Bo Nix (Camden Lewis Kick)
Week 6 · Arizona · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Bo Nix pass complete to Chase Cota for 23 yds to the Ariz 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oregon State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Bo Nix pass complete to Chase Cota for 26 yds to the Oregn 43 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oregon State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.22Bo Nix pass complete to Chase Cota for 11 yds to the OrgSt 30 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.98Bo Nix pass complete to Chase Cota for 22 yds to the Oregn 47 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.61Bo Nix pass complete to Chase Cota for 18 yds to the Oregn 43 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 3-49@ Georgia	3	24	8.0	0	12
Wk 2	W 70-14vs Eastern Washington	2	17	8.5	0	9
Wk 3	W 41-20vs BYU	2	38	19.0	0	22
Wk 4	W 44-41@ Washington State	7	84	12.0	0	22
Wk 5	W 45-27vs Stanford	2	56	28.0	1	49
Wk 6	W 49-22@ Arizona	3	60	20.0	0	30
Wk 8	W 45-30vs UCLA	4	34	8.5	0	16
Wk 9	W 42-24@ California	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 13	L 34-38@ Oregon State	9	136	15.1	1	44	Season-high 136 yds
Bowl	W 28-27@ North Carolina	3	42	14.0	1	30
Total		36	497	13.9	3	49

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

Chase Cota

20186 games

202210 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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