Darius Lassiter

Former wide receiver at BYU. 2024: 45 catches, 703 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · BYU · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 210 lb · Chandler, AZ

CFB Index 61 · #134 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceBYU 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 203 nationally · Joined Eastern Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at BYU. 2024: 45 catches, 703 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Eastern Michigan in 2022.
Transferred from Eastern Michigan to BYU in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at BYU, 1,545 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

202211 games

Signed with Eastern Michigan2-star out of Butler C.C.

20238 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#203 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Kalani Sitake

BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #134 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#119 / 610 · 81st pct

15.1

Explosive rate#253 / 610 · 59th pct

16.1%

EPA / target#389 / 610 · 36th pct

0.74

TD rate#450 / 610 · 26th pct

3.2%

Catch rate#594 / 610 · 3rd pct

69.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#113 / 541 · 79th pct

703

Yards / catch#132 / 541 · 75th pct

15.6

Receptions#147 / 541 · 72nd pct

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Long catch#181 / 541 · 65th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rush yards#260 / 299 · 12th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

19th → 36th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 59th percentile

Catch rate

5th → 3rd percentile

TD rate

67th → 26th percentile

Yards / catch

51st → 81st 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	4.2	66.8	14.0	0.5
Road7g	4.0	62.3	16.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	57.5	15.5	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	71.6	15.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #134 of 466 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #134 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	BYU	45	703	15.6	4	--
2023	BYU	29	365	12.6	4	--
2022	Eastern Michigan	41	477	11.6	4	--
Career		115	1,545	13.4	12	--

Season	Team
2024	BYU	1	--	--	--	--
2023	BYU	1	5	--	--	--
2022	Eastern Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 18–15

at SMU

2 rec · 62 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With J. Retzlaff — 202 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 29.6 · 35 rush yds (10 car) · S. Vander Haar — 42 AVG · 46 LONG · 3 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · SMU · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.30Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 57 yds to the SMU 26 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.66Darius Lassiter 35 Yd pass from Jake Retzlaff (Will Ferrin Kick)
Week 5 · Baylor · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 44 yds for a TD (Will Ferrin KICK)
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.38Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 50 yds to the OKST 25 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Baylor · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 24 yds to the BAY 46 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Wyoming · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA +3.12Darius Lassiter 20 Yd pass from Jake Retzlaff (Will Ferrin Kick)
Week 7 · Arizona · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.03Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 38 yds to the ARIZ 37 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +2.91Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 17 yds to the OKST 25 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Arizona State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.86Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 24 yds to the BYU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Utah · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.36Jake Retzlaff pass complete to Darius Lassiter for 27 yds to the UTAH 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 18-15@ SMU	2	62	31.0	0	57
Wk 3	W 34-14@ Wyoming	3	27	9.0	1	20
Wk 4	W 38-9vs Kansas State	3	26	8.7	1	13
Wk 5	W 34-28@ Baylor	8	120	15.0	1	44
Wk 7	W 41-19vs Arizona	5	86	17.2	0	38
Wk 8	W 38-35vs Oklahoma State	6	129	21.5	1	50	Season-high 129 yds
Wk 9	W 37-24@ UCF	4	54	13.5	0	20
Wk 11	W 22-21@ Utah	4	46	11.5	0	27
Wk 12	L 13-17vs Kansas	3	26	8.7	0	13
Wk 13	L 23-28@ Arizona State	5	103	20.6	0	36
Bowl	W 36-14@ Colorado	2	24	12.0	0	14
Total		45	703	15.3	4	57

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

Darius Lassiter

202211 games

20238 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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