D.J. Foster

#8 · WR · Arizona State6′0″ · Scottsdale, AZ · Saguaro

D.J. Foster: WR · Arizona State · #8.

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D.J. Foster

WR · Arizona State · #8

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Two seasons in the Arizona State receiving corps to date. The first career honor came in 2014: All-Pac-12. On tape: 87 receiving yards and 29 rushing yards against Oregon, Week 9, 2015.

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.

Arizona State in the news

Big 12 admits replay errorNov 2

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Arizona State	59	584	9.9	3	33
2014	Arizona State	62	688	11.1	3	42
Career		121	1,272	10.5	6	42

Season	Team
2015	Arizona State	55	280
2014	Arizona State	194	1,081
Career		249	1,361

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-38vs Texas A&M	6	48	8.0	0	11
Wk 2	W 35-21vs Cal Poly	6	58	9.7	1	15
Wk 3	W 34-10vs New Mexico	4	16	4.0	0	11
Wk 4	L 14-42vs No. 19 USC	6	67	11.2	0	33
Wk 5	W 38-23@ No. 7 UCLA	4	57	14.3	1	28
Wk 6	W 48-23vs Colorado	3	21	7.0	1	12
Wk 7	L 18-34@ No. 4 Utah	3	11	3.7	0	9
Wk 9	L 55-61vs Oregon	6	87	14.5	0	25	Season-high 87 yds
Wk 10	L 24-38@ Washington State	7	71	10.1	0	27
Wk 11	W 27-17vs Washington	5	62	12.4	0	26
Wk 12	W 52-37vs Arizona	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 13	L 46-48@ California	3	32	10.7	0	14
Bowl	L 42-43vs West Virginia	5	40	8.0	0	16
Total		59	584	9.9	3	33

Signature game

Week 2 · 2015

W 35-21

vs Cal Poly

76 rush yds (12 car) · 6 rec · 58 yds · 1 TD

With M. Bercovici — 283 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.7 · D. Lucien — 7 rec · 79 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Colorado · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +4.18D.J. Foster run for 63 yds to the Colo 18 for a
Week 10 · Washington State · 4th and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.68Matt Haack pass complete to D.J. Foster for 27 yds to the WshSt 13 for a
Week 13 · California · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Mike Bercovici pass complete to D.J. Foster for 14 yds to the Cal 42 for a
Week 5 · UCLA · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Mike Bercovici pass complete to D.J. Foster for 28 yds to the UCLA 31 for a
Week 6 · Colorado · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.82Mike Bercovici pass complete to D.J. Foster for 12 yds for a TD, (Zane Gonzalez KICK)
Week 5 · UCLA · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.71Mike Bercovici pass complete to D.J. Foster for 11 yds for a TD, (Zane Gonzalez KICK)

4 more plays

Week 4 · USC · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Mike Bercovici pass complete to D.J. Foster for 33 yds to the USC 12 for a
Week 2 · Cal Poly · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.61D.J. Foster 14 Yd pass from Mike Bercovici
Week 9 · Oregon · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Mike Bercovici pass complete to D.J. Foster for 25 yds to the Oregn 1 for a
Week 11 · Washington · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.12Mike Bercovici pass complete to D.J. Foster for 11 yds to the Wash 49 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Todd Graham — 16-10 over that span.

2014Arizona State10-3HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2015Arizona State6-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced, fast tempo

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (87th percentile). Concern: catch rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#521 / 684 · 24th pct

9.8

TD rate#525 / 684 · 23rd pct

2.0%

EPA / target#534 / 684 · 22nd pct

0.28

Explosive rate#563 / 684 · 18th pct

5.9%

Catch rate#576 / 684 · 16th pct

57.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#4 / 247 · 99th pct

280

Receptions#68 / 521 · 87th pct

Rush TDs#14 / 247 · 87th pct

Rec yards#166 / 521 · 68th pct

584

Rec TDs#203 / 521 · 54th pct

Long catch#417 / 521 · 19th pct

Yards / catch#451 / 521 · 13th pct

9.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

57th → 22nd percentile

Explosive rate

67th → 18th percentile

Catch rate

81st → 16th percentile

TD rate

48th → 23rd percentile

Yards / catch

36th → 24th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

2015 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.4	46.4	10.4	0.3
Road4g	4.2	42.8	9.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.6	39.8	8.2	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	53.2	12.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Todd Graham

Pass share

50.2%

534 pass / 529 run

Plays / game

81.8

13 games

Team sack rate

6.7%

581 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Impact starter

59 catches and 55 carries in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

D.J. Foster

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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

Impact starter

Four seasons at Arizona State

2012

2014 13 games