#12

Denzel Boston

Former wide receiver at Washington. 2025: 62 catches, 881 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · Washington · Jr. · #12

6′4″ · 209 lb · South Hill, WA

CFB Index 81 · #30 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Cleveland — Rd 2, Pick 7, #39 overall

How he plays

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line.

TD rate: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

881

receiving yards · 2025

62 catches · 11 TD · 14.2 per catch

Backed by 10 rec · 153 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% catches game.

Swing playSwung Washington from 9% to 39% to win.Oregon at Washington · 26-14

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Washington. 2025: 62 catches, 881 receiving yards, 11 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington in 2022.
Drafted round 2 by the Cleveland in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington, 1,781 receiving yards — drafted at #39 overall by Cleveland.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 153 yds vs Illinois.Illinois · W 42-252025

2022

Signed with Washington3-star out of Emerald Ridge

202511 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenthird

2026

Drafted by Clevelandround 2, pick 39

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#896 national

CFB

College

Washington

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #39

Cleveland · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches

2022–2023

Kalen DeBoer

Washington

2024–2025

Jedd Fisch

Washington

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kalen DeBoer → Jedd Fisch. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Cleveland2026 NFL rookie season

#39Rd 2 · Pick 7

Cleveland2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Washington11-2HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

2023Washington14-1HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

2024Washington6-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

2025Washington9-4HC: Jedd Fisch · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

81All-Conference level #30 of 485?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (91st percentile). Strength: rec tds (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#72 / 798 · 91st pct

7.1%

EPA / target#189 / 798 · 76th pct

0.59

Yards / catch#223 / 798 · 72nd pct

13.6

Explosive rate#258 / 798 · 68th pct

12.9%

Catch rate#395 / 798 · 51st pct

68.2%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#9 / 558 · 98th pct

Long catch#29 / 558 · 94th pct

Rec yards#43 / 558 · 92nd pct

881

Receptions#50 / 558 · 91st pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#186 / 558 · 66th pct

14.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

88th → 76th percentile

Explosive rate

40th → 68th percentile

Catch rate

79th → 51st percentile

TD rate

89th → 91st percentile

Yards / catch

57th → 72nd 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

25%21 of his 85 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	81.4	14.2	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

81 · #30 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Washington	62	881	14.2	11	--
2024	Washington	63	834	13.2	9	--
2023	Washington	5	51	10.2	0	--
2022	Washington	2	15	7.5	0	--
Career		132	1,781	13.5	20	--

Season	Team
2025	Washington	--	--	--	104	1
2024	Washington	--	--	--	80	--
2023	Washington	--	--	--	28	--
2022	Washington	1	2	--	--	--
Career		1	2	--	212	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025

W 42–25

vs Illinois

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 — 9 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Boise State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +6.57Denzel Boston 78 Yd pass from Demond Williams Jr. (Grady Gross Kick)
Week 1 · Colorado State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.74Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Denzel Boston for 39 yds to the CSU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oregon · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.54(09:01) Shotgun #2 D.Williams Jr. pass complete short right to #12 D.Boston caught at ORE00, for 13 yards to the ORE00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:54, 1ST DOWN #95 G.Gross kick attempt good (H: #45 L.Dunne, LS: #33 R.Kean)
Week 4 · Washington State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.40Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Denzel Boston for 18 yds to the WSU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.09Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Denzel Boston for 38 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 7 · Rutgers · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Denzel Boston for 23 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 4 · Washington State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.88Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Denzel Boston for 7 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 8 · Michigan · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Denzel Boston for 48 yds to the MICH 19 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Denzel Boston for 29 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 4 · Washington State · 2&18 · Q1 · EPA +2.69Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Denzel Boston for 25 yds to the WASH 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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 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 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	14.0	11	78

How he plays

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

14/223rd-down conversions

1.023rd-down EPA/target

0.54Other-downs EPA/target

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.

DNA match

Player DNA

Jump-Ball Target

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Eli Pancol’s 2024 season.

Eli Pancol

79%match

Duke · 2024

All-ACC

Michael Jefferson

Louisiana · 2022

All-Sun Belt

78%

Denzel Boston

Washington · 2024

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 7

77%

Will Sheppard

Vanderbilt · 2023

75%

Jahmal Banks

Wake Forest · 2022

75%

Matches Eli on

Height

Weight

TD rate

Differs from Eli on

EPA / play (adj) (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jalen Kelsey’s path through Campbell.

Jalen Kelsey

97%match

Campbell · 2022

Jermaine Jackson

Idaho · 2023

96%

Dai'Jean Dixon

Nicholls · 2021

95%

Lujuan Winningham

Central Arkansas · 2021

95%

Dalevon Campbell

South Carolina · 2024

94%

Matches Jalen on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah Horton's senior season at Alabama (2025).

Isaiah Horton

78%match

Alabama · 2025

Alex Perry

Florida International · 2025

All-Conference USA

72%

Chris Brazzell II

Tennessee · 2025

All-SECNFL Rd 3 · Pk 19

71%

Christian Fitzpatrick

Marshall · 2024

62%

Devaughn Vele

Utah · 2023

NFL Rd 7

62%

Matches Isaiah on

TD rate

Yards / reception

Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Isaiah on

Reception volume (higher)

EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Denzel Boston

Denzel Boston

Washington · 2025

77%

Isaiah Horton

Alabama · 2025

73%

Jaden Smith

Nevada · 2024

65%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #142

Final rank

#145

Avg #160.0

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #142 this season.

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