E.J. Bibbs

#11 · TE · Iowa State6′3″ · Chicago, IL

E.J. Bibbs: TE · Iowa State · #11.

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E.J. Bibbs

TE · Iowa State · #11

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The first career honor came in 2014: All-Big 12. A game that shows it: 73 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Texas — Week 8, 2014.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Iowa State in the news

Jimmy Rogers names starting QBFOX61 Oct 28
Iowa State hires Jared Benko as athletics directorThe Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona players out for Iowa State gameArizona Daily Star Oct 22
Jared Benko named ADWide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	Iowa State	45	382	8.5	8	33
Career		45	382	8.5	8	33

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-34vs North Dakota State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 2	L 28-32vs No. 20 Kansas State	4	31	7.8	0	18
Wk 3	W 20-17@ Iowa	3	32	10.7	1	22
Wk 5	L 28-49vs No. 7 Baylor	3	17	5.7	0	12
Wk 6	L 20-37@ No. 21 Oklahoma State	6	69	11.5	2	17	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 37-30vs Toledo	5	33	6.6	1	13
Wk 8	L 45-48@ Texas	10	73	7.3	2	18	Season-high 73 yds
Wk 10	L 14-59vs No. 19 Oklahoma	2	39	19.5	0	33
Wk 11	L 14-34@ Kansas	6	37	6.2	1	27
Wk 13	L 31-34vs Texas Tech	5	43	8.6	1	18
Total		45	382	8.5	8	33

Signature game

Week 8 · 2014

L 45-48

at Texas

10 rec · 73 yds · 2 TD

With S. B. Richardson — 345 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 65.6 · 36 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · C. Downing — 41 yards per punt · 6 punts · 50 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Sam B. Richardson pass complete to E.J. Bibbs for 17 yds for a TD, (Cole Netten KICK)
Week 11 · Kansas · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Grant Rohach pass complete to E.J. Bibbs for 27 yds to the IowSt 49 for a
Week 10 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Sam B. Richardson pass complete to E.J. Bibbs for 33 yds to the Okla 13 for a
Week 6 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.88Sam B. Richardson pass complete to E.J. Bibbs for 7 yds for a TD, (Cole Netten KICK)
Week 3 · Iowa · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Sam B. Richardson pass complete to E.J. Bibbs for 1 yd for a TD, (Cole Netten KICK)
Week 8 · Texas · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Sam B. Richardson pass complete to E.J. Bibbs for 11 yds for a TD, (Cole Netten KICK)

4 more plays

Week 2 · Kansas State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.63Sam E. Richardson pass complete to E.J. Bibbs for 18 yds to the KanSt 44 for a
Week 11 · Kansas · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Grant Rohach pass complete to E.J. Bibbs for 3 yds for a TD, (Cole Netten KICK)
Week 8 · Texas · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Sam B. Richardson pass complete to E.J. Bibbs for 18 yds to the Texas 49 for a
Week 13 · Texas Tech · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.54E.J. Bibbs 13 Yd pass from Sam B. Richardson

Teams and coaches

2014Iowa State2-10HC: Paul Rhoads · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2014 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (88th percentile). Strength: rec tds (99th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#84 / 713 · 88th pct

9.8%

Catch rate#278 / 713 · 61st pct

70.5%

EPA / target#326 / 713 · 54th pct

0.51

Explosive rate#586 / 713 · 18th pct

4.9%

Yards / catch#608 / 713 · 15th pct

8.5

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#1 / 108 · 99th pct

Receptions#6 / 108 · 94th pct

Rec yards#30 / 108 · 73rd pct

382

Long catch#50 / 108 · 53rd pct

Yards / catch#97 / 108 · 11th pct

8.5

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 in 2014. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	28.5	9.4	0.3
Road4g	6.2	52.8	8.9	1.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	31.7	8.4	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	5.8	48.0	10.4	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

Paul Rhoads

Pass share

60.8%

508 pass / 328 run

Plays / game

69.7

12 games

Team sack rate

5.6%

556 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

E.J. Bibbs

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Style of play

Fans

Iowa State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Two seasons at Iowa State

Moves

2013

2014 10 games