Colby Pearson

#3 · WR · BYU6′0″ · Blackfoot, ID

Colby Pearson: WR · BYU · #3.

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Colby Pearson

WR · BYU · #3

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at BYU: Bronco Mendenhall and Kalani Sitake. A game that shows it: 55 receiving yards and 4 receptions against West Virginia — Week 4, 2016.

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.

BYU in the news

BYU athletic director leaving in Jan ‘27Oct 31
Big 12 addresses UCF fan chants at BYUFox News Oct 29
Big 12 penalizes discriminatory chantsKUTV Oct 29
BYU releases depth chart for Arizona State gameSports Ksl Oct 27

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	BYU	38	384	10.1	4	33
2015	BYU	22	210	9.5	1	33
2014	BYU	16	270	16.9	3	81
Career		76	864	11.4	8	81

Season	Team
2016	BYU	1	3
2015	BYU	--	--
2014	BYU	--	--
Career		1	3

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 18-16vs Arizona	4	37	9.3	1	15
Wk 2	L 19-20@ Utah	2	10	5.0	0	8
Wk 3	L 14-17vs UCLA	3	27	9.0	0	16
Wk 4	L 32-35vs West Virginia	4	55	13.8	0	16	Season-high 55 yds
Wk 5	W 55-53vs Toledo	2	41	20.5	0	33
Wk 6	W 31-14@ Michigan State	3	15	5.0	1	6
Wk 7	W 28-21vs Mississippi State	4	36	9.0	0	17
Wk 8	L 27-28@ No. 14 Boise State	4	31	7.8	0	10
Wk 10	W 20-3@ Cincinnati	2	16	8.0	0	12
Wk 11	W 37-7vs Southern Utah	4	51	12.8	1	21
Wk 12	W 51-9vs Massachusetts	2	38	19.0	0	24
Wk 13	W 28-10vs Utah State	2	11	5.5	1	6
Bowl	W 24-21vs Wyoming	2	16	8.0	0	12
Total		38	384	10.1	4	33

Signature game

Week 11 · 2016

W 37-7

vs Southern Utah

4 rec · 51 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 30-point win at home against Southern Utah.

With T. Hill — 320 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 96.9 · 29 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · T. Mangum — 121 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.9 · 42 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Toledo · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.51Taysom Hill pass complete to Colby Pearson for 33 yds to the Toled 40 for a
Week 4 · West Virginia · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Taysom Hill pass complete to Colby Pearson for 16 yds to the WVirg 49 for a
Week 13 · Utah State · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Tanner Mangum pass complete to Colby Pearson for 5 yds for a TD, (Rhett Almond KICK)
Week 6 · Michigan State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Taysom Hill pass complete to Colby Pearson for 4 yds for a TD, (Rhett Almond KICK)
Week 11 · Southern Utah · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Taysom Hill pass complete to Colby Pearson for 21 yds for a TD, (Rhett Almond KICK)
Week 12 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Taysom Hill pass complete to Colby Pearson for 24 yds to the UMass 44 for a

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Week 10 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.40Taysom Hill pass complete to Colby Pearson for 12 yds to the Cincy 41 for a
Week 3 · UCLA · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.97Taysom Hill pass complete to Colby Pearson for 5 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 6 · Michigan State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +1.82Taysom Hill pass complete to Colby Pearson for 5 yds to the MchSt 48 for a
Week 7 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.61Taysom Hill pass complete to Colby Pearson for 17 yds to the BYU 33 for a

Teams and coaches

2014BYU8-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015BYU9-4HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

2016BYU9-4HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#137 / 674 · 80th pct

75.6%

EPA / target#147 / 674 · 78th pct

0.71

TD rate#184 / 674 · 72nd pct

6.7%

Yards / catch#514 / 674 · 24th pct

10.2

Explosive rate#546 / 674 · 19th pct

6.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#154 / 524 · 67th pct

Receptions#194 / 524 · 62nd pct

Rec yards#284 / 524 · 46th pct

384

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Rush yards#202 / 257 · 20th pct

Long catch#425 / 524 · 18th pct

Yards / catch#450 / 524 · 14th pct

10.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

67th → 78th percentile

Explosive rate

9th → 19th percentile

Catch rate

95th → 80th percentile

TD rate

44th → 72nd percentile

Yards / catch

21st → 24th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. 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

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	34.0	12.6	0.3
Road4g	2.8	18.0	6.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.0	29.6	9.9	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	29.4	10.6	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Pass share

43.3%

408 pass / 534 run

Plays / game

72.5

13 games

Team sack rate

5.6%

425 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

38 catches and 1 carry in 13 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Colby Pearson

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

38 catches and 1 carry in 13 games

Four seasons at BYU