#12

Drake Stoops

Senior wide receiver for Oklahoma. 2023: 84 catches, 962 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Oklahoma · Sr. · #12

5′10″ · 189 lb · Norman, OK

CFB Index 83 · #28 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamOklahoma 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1540 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

Career night10 rec · 164 yds · 3 TDvs West Virginia (FBS) · W 59-20

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Stoops is def gonna be a Patriot lmaooor/CFB game thread · ▲ 27His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Oklahoma. 2023: 84 catches, 962 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Oklahoma, 1,876 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 164 yds vs West Virginia.West Virginia · W 59-202023

2018

Signed with Oklahoma3-star out of Norman North

202313 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12first

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1540 national

CFB

College

Oklahoma

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018–2020

Lincoln Riley

Oklahoma

2021

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

era →

2022–2023

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Lincoln Riley, Bob Stoops, and Brent Venables. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2019Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2020Oklahoma9-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #28 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rec tds (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#282 / 639 · 56th pct

14.5%

Catch rate#288 / 639 · 55th pct

84.3%

TD rate#356 / 639 · 44th pct

4.8%

EPA / target#363 / 639 · 43rd pct

0.69

Yards / catch#401 / 639 · 37th pct

11.1

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#19 / 566 · 97th pct

Rec TDs#16 / 566 · 96th pct

Rec yards#41 / 566 · 93rd pct

962

Long catch#151 / 566 · 73rd pct

Rush yards#162 / 294 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#384 / 566 · 32nd pct

11.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

45th → 43rd percentile

Explosive rate

23rd → 56th percentile

Catch rate

59th → 55th percentile

TD rate

50th → 44th percentile

Yards / catch

29th → 37th 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.6	76.6	11.1	1.0
Road6g	6.3	71.0	12.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.0	48.6	10.1	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	8.2	104	13.6	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #28 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #28 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Oklahoma	84	962	11.5	10	--
2022	Oklahoma	39	393	10.1	3	--
2021	Oklahoma	16	191	11.9	2	--
2020	Oklahoma	15	219	14.6	2	--
2019	Oklahoma	8	95	11.9	0	--
2018	Oklahoma	2	16	8.0	0	--
Career		164	1,876	11.4	17	--

Season	Team
2023	Oklahoma	4	8	--	--	--
2022	Oklahoma	8	48	--	--	--
2021	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Oklahoma	--	--	--	-1	--
2018	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
Career		12	56	--	-1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 34–30

at Texas

3 rush yds (1 car)

Edged out Texas on the road in a shootout.

With D. Gabriel — 285 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.8 · 113 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · J. Farooq — 13 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.76Drake Stoops 60 Yd pass from Dillon Gabriel (Zach Schmit Kick)
Week 13 · TCU · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.76Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Drake Stoops for 15 yds to the TCU 44 TCU Penalty, roughing passer (Tico Brown) to the TCU 41
Week 1 · Arizona · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.67Jackson Arnold pass complete to Drake Stoops for 31 yds to the ARIZ 24 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Oklahoma State · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Drake Stoops for 26 yds to the OKST 23 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · TCU · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.06Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Drake Stoops for 25 yds to the TCU 25 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · West Virginia · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Drake Stoops 9 Yd pass from Dillon Gabriel (Zach Schmit Kick)
Week 12 · BYU · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Drake Stoops for 24 yds to the BYU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · BYU · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Drake Stoops for 20 yds to the OU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Tulsa · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.64Drake Stoops 4 Yd pass from Dillon Gabriel (Zach Schmit Kick)
Week 1 · Arizona · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA +2.58Jackson Arnold pass complete to Drake Stoops for 16 yds to the ARIZ 44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 73-0vs Arkansas State	4	56	14.0	1	21
Wk 2	W 28-11vs SMU	2	17	8.5	0	10
Wk 3	W 66-17@ Tulsa	8	53	6.6	2	16	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 20-6@ Cincinnati	6	45	7.5	0	25
Wk 5	W 50-20vs Iowa State	5	32	6.4	1	15
Wk 6	W 34-30@ Texas	4	55	13.8	0	28
Wk 8	W 31-29vs UCF	7	60	8.6	1	14
Wk 9	L 33-38@ Kansas	4	76	19.0	0	39
Wk 10	L 24-27@ Oklahoma State	12	134	11.2	1	27	134-yard receiving day
Wk 11	W 59-20vs West Virginia	10	164	16.4	3	60	Season-high 164 yds
Wk 12	W 31-24@ BYU	4	63	15.8	0	24
Wk 13	W 69-45vs TCU	12	125	10.4	1	25
Bowl	L 24-38vs Arizona	6	82	13.7	0	31
Total		84	962	11.7	10	60

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

Drake Stoops

2018

202313 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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