Darren Andrews

#7 · WR · UCLA5′10″ · 195 lb · Phillips Ranch, CA · Bishop Amat

Darren Andrews: WR · UCLA · #7.

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Darren Andrews

WR · UCLA · #7

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Three seasons in the UCLA receiving corps to date. On tape: 175 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Memphis, Week 3, 2017.

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.

UCLA in the news

UCLA stadium deal fundedOct 30
Nico Iamaleava out for seasonUSA Today Oct 29
Top 50 QB Josiah Boyd commits to UCLAOn3 Oct 24
UCLA QB Nico Lamaleava out for seasonYahoo Sports Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	UCLA	60	773	12.9	10	65
2016	UCLA	55	709	12.9	4	39
2015	UCLA	43	443	10.3	1	70
Career		158	1,925	12.2	15	70

Season	Team
2017	UCLA	4	49	10
2016	UCLA	2	27	--
2015	UCLA	1	--	--
Career		7	76	10

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-44vs Texas A&M	12	142	11.8	2	42	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 56-23vs Hawai'i	4	92	23.0	3	34	3 TD catches
Wk 3	L 45-48@ Memphis	10	175	17.5	1	65	Season-high 175 yds
Wk 4	L 34-58@ Stanford	6	48	8.0	1	15
Wk 5	W 27-23vs Colorado	8	96	12.0	0	19
Wk 7	L 30-47@ Arizona	4	37	9.3	0	14
Wk 8	W 31-14vs Oregon	5	44	8.8	1	17
Wk 9	L 23-44@ No. 12 Washington	8	73	9.1	1	21
Wk 10	L 17-48@ Utah	3	66	22.0	1	42
Total		60	773	12.9	10	65

Signature game

Week 1 · 2017

W 45-44

vs Texas A&M

12 rec · 142 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With J. Rosen — 491 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.8 · S. Flintoft — 46.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 63 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Memphis · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +6.36Josh Rosen pass complete to Darren Andrews for 65 yds for a TD, (JJ Molson KICK)
Week 1 · Texas A&M · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.29Josh Rosen pass complete to Darren Andrews for 42 yds for a TD, (JJ Molson KICK)
Week 2 · Hawai'i · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Josh Rosen pass complete to Darren Andrews for 9 yds for a TD, (JJ Molson KICK)
Week 2 · Hawai'i · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.94Josh Rosen pass complete to Darren Andrews for 34 yds for a TD, (JJ Molson KICK)
Week 3 · Memphis · 3rd and 17 · Q1 · EPA +2.89Josh Rosen pass complete to Darren Andrews for 19 yds to the Memph 2 for a
Week 9 · Washington · 2nd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +2.88Devon Modster pass complete to Darren Andrews for 21 yds to the UCLA 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · Hawai'i · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Josh Rosen pass complete to Darren Andrews for 25 yds for a TD, (JJ Molson KICK)
Week 4 · Stanford · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.83Josh Rosen pass complete to Darren Andrews for 12 yds for a TD, (JJ Molson KICK)
Week 1 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Josh Rosen pass complete to Darren Andrews for 9 yds for a TD, (JJ Molson KICK)
Week 10 · Utah · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.73Devon Modster pass complete to Darren Andrews for 42 yds to the Utah 25 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Jim Mora — 18-20 over that span.

2015UCLA8-5HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2016UCLA4-8HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2017UCLA6-7HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (94th percentile). Strength: rec tds (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#43 / 709 · 94th pct

11.2%

EPA / target#186 / 709 · 74th pct

0.65

Yards / catch#325 / 709 · 54th pct

12.9

Catch rate#353 / 709 · 50th pct

67.4%

Explosive rate#361 / 709 · 49th pct

11.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#14 / 539 · 97th pct

Receptions#58 / 539 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 86th pct

Rec yards#77 / 539 · 86th pct

773

Rush yards#63 / 283 · 78th pct

Long catch#137 / 539 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#298 / 539 · 44th pct

12.9

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

61st → 74th percentile

Explosive rate

62nd → 49th percentile

Catch rate

71st → 50th percentile

TD rate

46th → 94th percentile

Yards / catch

46th → 54th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	7.2	93.5	13.9	1.5
Road5g	6.2	79.8	13.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.3	98.3	13.6	1.2
Weeks 8+3g	5.3	61.0	13.3	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

Pass share

57.8%

535 pass / 391 run

Plays / game

71.2

13 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

569 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

60 catches and 4 carries in 9 games

More catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Darren Andrews

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Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

60 catches and 4 carries in 9 games

Five seasons at UCLA

2013