Denzel Boston: WR · Washington · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Share of the team's total this season.
Denzel Boston
Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Played for two head coaches at Washington: Kalen DeBoer and Jedd Fisch. First career honor, 2025: All-Big Ten. On tape: 153 receiving yards and 12 passing yards against Illinois, Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
Money down · 3rd-down role
Money down
16 of 22 caught on third down (72.7%) — EPA/target 1.02 vs 0.54 elsewhere (14 conversions).
Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 62 | 881 | 14.2 | 11 | 78 |
| 2024 | Washington | 63 | 834 | 13.2 | 9 | 51 |
| 2023 | Washington | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2022 | Washington | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Career | 132 | 1,781 | 13.5 | 20 | 78 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | -- | -- | 104 | 1 |
| 2024 | Washington | -- | -- | 80 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington | -- | -- | 28 | -- |
| 2022 | Washington | 1 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 2 | 212 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21vs Colorado State | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 1 | 39 | |
| Wk 2 | W 70-10vs UC Davis | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-24@ Washington State | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 2 | 29 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 5 | L 6-24vs No. 1 Ohio State | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-20@ Maryland | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 1 | 26 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-19vs Rutgers | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 2 | 38 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 8 | L 7-24@ Michigan | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 48 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-25vs No. 23 Illinois | 10 | 153 | 15.3 | 1 | 28 | Season-high 153 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 10-13@ Wisconsin | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-26vs No. 5 Oregon | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 2 | 13 | 2 TD catches |
 Bowl | W 38-10vs Boise State | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 1 | 78 | |
| Total | 62 | 881 | 14.2 | 11 | 78 |
Week 9 · 2025
W 42-25
vs Illinois
10 rec · 153 yds · 1 TD · 12 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0
With D. Williams Jr. — 280 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.5 · 66 rush yds (10 car) · A. Mohammed — 2 rec · 19 yds · 9 rush yds (3 car)
The plays that mattered most
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
8628% of team targetsCatch rate
65%56 of 86 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
65% catch rate on 86 targets · 28% of the team's targets.
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.3 | 74.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 6.0 | 77.8 | 13.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 81.4 | 15.3 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.5 | 77.8 | 11.8 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Pass share
44.9%
370 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
63.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Washington, 1,781 receiving yards — drafted at #39 overall by the Cleveland Browns.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kalen DeBoer → Jedd Fisch. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Cleveland Browns2026 NFL rookie season
Cleveland Browns2026 NFL rookie season
