Daniel George

Senior wide receiver for Akron. 2023: 52 catches, 529 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Akron · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 210 lb · Fort Washington, MD

CFB Index 52 · #192 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceAkron 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 274 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Akron. 2023: 52 catches, 529 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2018.
Transferred from Penn State to Akron in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Akron, 1,502 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 108 yds at Ohio.Ohio · L 34-552022

2018

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Oxon Hill

202211 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202312 games

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#274 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018

Terry Bowden

Akron

2019–2020

Tom Arth

Akron

era →

2022–2023

Joe Moorhead

Akron

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Terry Bowden, Tom Arth, and Joe Moorhead. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #192 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (82nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#420 / 639 · 34th pct

10.8

EPA / target#489 / 639 · 24th pct

0.51

TD rate#527 / 639 · 18th pct

1.6%

Explosive rate#543 / 639 · 15th pct

6.2%

Catch rate#573 / 639 · 10th pct

67.2%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#98 / 566 · 82nd pct

Rec yards#194 / 566 · 66th pct

529

Long catch#250 / 566 · 55th pct

Rec TDs#375 / 566 · 23rd pct

Yards / catch#466 / 566 · 17th pct

10.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

33rd → 24th percentile

Explosive rate

32nd → 15th percentile

Catch rate

44th → 10th percentile

TD rate

14th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

37th → 34th percentile

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.6	41.4	8.5	0.2
Road7g	4.1	46.0	11.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	32.0	9.8	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	61.0	10.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #192 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #192 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Akron	52	529	10.2	1	--
2022	Akron	60	688	11.5	1	--
2020	Penn State	7	73	10.4	0	--
2019	Penn State	9	100	11.1	0	--
2018	Penn State	2	112	56.0	1	--
Career		130	1,502	11.6	3	--

Season	Team
2023	Akron	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Akron	1	5	--	--	--
2020	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 24–21

vs Morgan State

3 rec · 40 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Undercuffler — 209 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · QBR 5.6 · -17 rush yds (3 car) · D. Jackson — 33 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 40 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Temple · 2&22 · Q2 · EPA +4.52DJ Irons pass complete to Daniel George for 50 yds to the TEM 25 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Eastern Michigan · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.32Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Daniel George for 46 yds to the EMU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kent State · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Daniel George for 14 yds for a TD (Owen Wiley KICK)
Week 10 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Daniel George for 39 yds to the KENT 30 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Eastern Michigan · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Daniel George for 15 yds to the EMU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Kentucky · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +2.67DJ Irons pass complete to Daniel George for 19 yds to the AKR 44 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Bowling Green · 3&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.24Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Daniel George for 17 yds to the AKR 37 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ohio · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Daniel George for 10 yds to the OHIO 25 Ohio Penalty, personal foul (Keye Thompson) to the OHIO 12
Week 10 · Kent State · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.03Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Daniel George for 13 yds to the AKR 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Central Michigan · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.00Tahj Bullock pass complete to Daniel George for 23 yds to the AKR 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24@ Temple	3	60	20.0	0	50
Wk 2	W 24-21vs Morgan State	3	40	13.3	0	15
Wk 3	L 3-35@ Kentucky	6	36	6.0	0	19
Wk 4	L 27-29@ Indiana	2	10	5.0	0	7
Wk 5	L 10-13vs Buffalo	4	21	5.3	0	7
Wk 6	L 14-55vs Northern Illinois	3	21	7.0	0	8
Wk 7	L 10-17@ Central Michigan	3	36	12.0	0	23
Wk 8	L 14-41@ Bowling Green	7	74	10.6	0	29
Wk 10	W 31-27vs Kent State	9	104	11.6	1	39	Season-high 104 yds
Wk 11	L 0-19@ Miami (OH)	3	23	7.7	0	11
Wk 12	L 27-30@ Eastern Michigan	5	83	16.6	0	46
Wk 13	L 14-25vs Ohio	4	21	5.3	0	10
Total		52	529	10.0	1	50

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Daniel George

2018

202211 games

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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