Senior wide receiver for Minnesota. 2023: 28 catches, 376 receiving yards.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Country Club Hills, IL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2117 nationally · Signed with Western Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Minnesota. 2023: 28 catches, 376 receiving yards.
Corey Crooms
Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Tim Lester and P.J. Fleck. 2022 brought the first one: All-MAC. One game to point at: 63 rec yds, 7 receptions against Nebraska — Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Minnesota, 2,142 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under P.J. Fleck.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Concern: td rate (8th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 40.8 | 12.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 43.0 | 18.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 45.4 | 13.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 37.2 | 17.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #312 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Minnesota | 28 | 376 | 13.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 57 | 814 | 14.3 | 5 | -- |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 44 | 768 | 17.5 | 6 | -- |
| 2020 | Western Michigan | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Western Michigan | 12 | 148 | 12.3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 143 | 2,142 | 15.0 | 12 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Minnesota | -- | -- | -- | 13 | -- |
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 2 | -5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 1 | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Western Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Western Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 1 | -- | 13 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-10vs Nebraska | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 63 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 25-6vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-31@ North Carolina | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-37@ Northwestern | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-24vs Louisiana | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-12vs Michigan State | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-27vs Illinois | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | L 30-49@ Purdue | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-37@ Ohio State | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Total | 28 | 376 | 15.3 | 0 | 32 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Dino Tomlin’s 2023 season.
Matches Dino on
Differs from Dino on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Julius Young’s path through Lafayette.
Julius Young
Matches Julius on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to RJ Garcia II's graduate season at Bowling Green (2025).
Matches RJ on
Differs from RJ on
Player DNA