Former wide receiver at Western Michigan. 2020: 33 catches, 768 receiving yards, 8 TD.
5′9″ · 190 lb · Bluffton, IN
Recruiting
APB recruit
No. 1528 nationally · Signed with Western Michigan
Statement game4 rec · 212 yds · 3 TDat Central Michigan (FBS) · W 52-44
Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.
Nobody can stop Eskridger/CFB game thread · ▲ 6His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Western Michigan. 2020: 33 catches, 768 receiving yards, 8 TD.
D'Wayne Eskridge
D'Wayne Eskridge has been at Western Michigan through two head coaches in five seasons. In 2020 the league put his name on paper for the first time: MAC Special Teams Player of the Year. One game to point at: 212 rec yds, 4 receptions against Central Michigan — Week 12, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Western Michigan, 2,244 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #56 overall by Seattle.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
SeattleEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (98th percentile). Strength: long catch (97th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.7 | 106 | 18.5 | 0.7 |
| Road3g | 5.3 | 150 | 34.9 | 2.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 128 | 26.7 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Western Michigan | 33 | 768 | 23.3 | 8 | -- |
| 2019 | Western Michigan | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Western Michigan | 38 | 776 | 20.4 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Western Michigan | 30 | 506 | 16.9 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Western Michigan | 17 | 121 | 7.1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 121 | 2,244 | 18.5 | 15 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Western Michigan | 2 | 43 | 467 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Western Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Western Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Western Michigan | 4 | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Western Michigan | 6 | 50 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 106 | 467 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2020
W 52–44
4 rec · 212 yds · 3 TD
Edged out Central Michigan on the road in a shootout.
With K. Eleby — 382 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · 6 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · L. Jefferson — 150 rush yds (33 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | W 58-13@ Akron | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 2 | 76 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 11 | W 41-38vs Toledo | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 1 | 47 | 131-yard receiving day |
| Wk 12 | W 52-44@ Central Michigan | 4 | 212 | 53.0 | 3 | 85 | Season-high 212 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 30-27vs Northern Illinois | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 0 | 57 | 134-yard receiving day |
| Wk 14 | L 42-53vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | 49 | |
| Wk 15 | L 27-30@ Ball State | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 1 | 51 | |
| Total | 33 | 768 | 26.7 | 8 | 85 |
Player DNA