Dax Milne

Former wide receiver at BYU. 2020: 70 catches, 1,189 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · BYU · Jr. · #5

6′0″ · 190 lb · South Jordan, UT

Watch-list name (model)Washington — drafted 2021, Rd 7, Pick 31, #258 overall

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3303 nationally · Signed with BYU

Career night9 rec · 184 yds · 3 TDat Houston (FBS) · W 43-26

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

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The story

Former wide receiver at BYU. 2020: 70 catches, 1,189 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to BYU in 2018.
Drafted round 7 by the Washington in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at BYU, 1,549 receiving yards — drafted at #258 overall by Washington.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 184 yds at Houston.Houston · W 43-262020

20189 games

Signed with BYU2-star out of Bingham

2021

Drafted by Washingtonround 7, pick 258

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3303 national

CFB

College

BYU

2018–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #258

Washington · 2021

Coaching lineage · 2018–2020

1 coach

2018–2020

Kalani Sitake

BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 6th NFL season

#258Rd 7 · Pick 31

WashingtonEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 25-13 over that span.

2018BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2019BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2020BYU11-1HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (87th percentile). Strength: epa / target (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#9 / 65 · 87th pct

17.2

EPA / target#11 / 65 · 84th pct

0.85

Explosive rate#16 / 65 · 76th pct

18.3%

Catch rate#18 / 65 · 72nd pct

74.2%

TD rate#21 / 65 · 68th pct

8.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#4 / 421 · 99th pct

1189

Receptions#6 / 421 · 99th pct

Rec TDs#14 / 421 · 95th pct

Long catch#28 / 421 · 93rd pct

Rush yards#19 / 202 · 91st pct

Yards / catch#53 / 421 · 87th pct

17.0

Rush TDs#38 / 202 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#59 / 146 · 35th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.0	99.3	17.4	0.6
Road4g	5.2	106	20.7	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.6	110	15.9	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	94.8	20.8	0.7

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 · 2020

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	BYU	70	1,189	17.0	8	--
2019	BYU	21	285	13.6	2	--
2018	BYU	11	75	6.8	1	--
Career		102	1,549	15.2	11	--

Season	Team
2020	BYU	11	67	--	3	--
2019	BYU	4	16	32	57	--
2018	BYU	9	23	--	--	--
Career		24	106	32	60	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Troy · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +5.98Zach. Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 70 yds for a TD, (Jake Oldroyd KICK)
Week 15 · San Diego State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.95Zach Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 34 yds to the SDSt 37 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Boise State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.70Zach Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 38 yds to the BoiSt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · North Alabama · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Zach Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 58 yds to the NorAl 17 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Zach Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 45 yds for a TD (Jake Oldroyd KICK)
Week 14 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Zach Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 41 yds for a TD, (Jake Oldroyd KICK)
Week 10 · Boise State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.95Zach Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 39 yds to the BoiSt 33 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UTSA · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.90Zach Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 21 yds to the TexSA 28 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UCF · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +2.84Zach Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 15 yds to the BYU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · San Diego State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Zach Wilson pass complete to Dax Milne for 5 yds for a TD (Jake Oldroyd KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 55-3@ Navy	3	35	11.7	0	17
Wk 4	W 48-7vs Troy	7	140	20.0	1	70	140-yard receiving day
Wk 5	W 45-14vs Louisiana Tech	7	89	12.7	0	39
Wk 6	W 27-20vs UTSA	7	102	14.6	0	35
Wk 7	W 43-26@ Houston	9	184	20.4	3	78	Season-high 184 yds
Wk 8	W 52-14vs Texas State	4	89	22.3	1	45
Wk 9	W 41-10vs Western Kentucky	5	67	13.4	1	23
Wk 10	W 51-17@ Boise State	3	99	33.0	0	39
Wk 12	W 66-14vs North Alabama	4	101	25.3	0	58
Wk 14	L 17-22@ Coastal Carolina	6	106	17.7	1	41
Wk 15	W 28-14vs San Diego State	8	107	13.4	1	34
Total		63	1119	18.6	8	78

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