#82

Drew Wolitarsky

Wide receiver for Minnesota. 2016: 66 catches, 860 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Minnesota · #82

6′3″ · Santa Clarita, CA

Minnesota 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1059 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Minnesota. 2016: 66 catches, 860 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Minnesota, 1,490 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 125 yds vs Indiana State.Indiana State · W 58-282016

2013

Signed with Minnesota3-star out of Canyon

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1059 national

CFB

College

Minnesota

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014–2015

Jerry Kill

Minnesota

2016

Tracy Claeys

Minnesota

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jerry Kill → Tracy Claeys. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Minnesota8-5HC: Jerry Kill · Run-heavy

2015Minnesota6-7HC: Jerry Kill · Balanced

2016Minnesota9-4HC: Tracy Claeys · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (90th percentile). Strength: rec yards (88th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#50 / 524 · 90th pct

Rec yards#65 / 524 · 88th pct

860

Rec TDs#108 / 524 · 75th pct

Yards / catch#260 / 524 · 50th pct

13.0

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Rush yards#176 / 257 · 30th pct

Long catch#401 / 524 · 23rd pct

Fumbles lost#182 / 216 · 9th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.1	66.7	12.7	0.4
Road6g	5.0	65.5	13.8	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	67.6	12.4	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	64.5	14.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Minnesota	66	860	13.0	5	--
2015	Minnesota	39	524	13.4	3	--
2014	Minnesota	10	106	10.6	0	--
Career		115	1,490	13.0	8	--

Season	Team
2016	Minnesota	3	6	--	28	--
2015	Minnesota	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Minnesota	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	6	--	28	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2016

W 58–28

vs Indiana State

8 rec · 125 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 30-point win at home against Indiana State.

With M. Leidner — 295 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.7 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · K. McCrary — 176 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-23vs Oregon State	4	53	13.3	0	19
Wk 2	W 58-28vs Indiana State	8	125	15.6	2	21	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 4	W 31-24vs Colorado State	5	74	14.8	0	32
Wk 5	L 26-29@ Penn State	7	69	9.9	1	19
Wk 6	L 7-14vs Iowa	5	58	11.6	0	16
Wk 7	W 31-10@ Maryland	3	21	7.0	0	10
Wk 8	W 34-32vs Rutgers	5	50	10.0	0	15
Wk 9	W 40-17@ Illinois	3	64	21.3	0	35
Wk 10	W 44-31vs Purdue	5	65	13.0	0	24
Wk 11	L 17-24@ Nebraska	8	90	11.3	0	29
Wk 12	W 29-12vs Northwestern	4	42	10.5	1	17
Wk 13	L 17-31@ Wisconsin	4	76	19.0	1	35
Bowl	W 17-12@ Washington State	5	73	14.6	0	20
Total		66	860	13.2	5	35

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