Senior wide receiver for Colorado. 2022: 19 catches, 309 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′4″ · 210 lb · Mill Creek, WA
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. 717 nationally · Signed with Colorado
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Colorado. 2022: 19 catches, 309 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Daniel Arias
Moves the chains on third down. Daniel Arias has been at Colorado through four head coaches in five seasons. The receipt: 82 rec yds, 4 receptions against UCLA — Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Colorado, 750 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Kurt Roper, Mel Tucker, Karl Dorrell, and Mike Sanford Jr.. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (84th percentile). Concern: rec tds (21st percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 51.5 | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 20.6 | 12.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 49.2 | 16.9 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.3 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #373 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022
W 20–13
vs California
2 rec · 58 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With T. Carrizosa — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 42 AVG · J. Tyson — 37 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-38vs TCU | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-41@ Air Force | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-49@ Minnesota | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-45vs UCLA | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 42 | Season-high 82 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 20-43@ Arizona | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-13vs California | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | 41 | |
| Wk 8 | L 9-42@ Oregon State | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42vs Arizona State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-55@ USC | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 19 | 309 | 16.5 | 1 | 42 |
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 2022 production profile sits closest to Austin Watkins’s 2020 season.
Matches Austin on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kyndon Fuselier’s path through Lamar.
Kyndon Fuselier
Lujuan Winningham
Matches Kyndon on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Malikhi Miller's graduate season at San José State (2023).
Matches Malikhi on
Differs from Malikhi on
Player DNA