Eli Heidenreich

#22 · WR · Sr. · Navy6′0″ · 206 lb · Pittsburgh, PA · Mt. Lebanon

Eli Heidenreich: WR · Navy · #22.

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Eli Heidenreich

WR · Navy · Sr · #22

Beats you over the top. Three seasons in the Navy receiving corps to date. The first one came in 2025: All-AAC. A game that shows it: 243 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Air Force — Week 6, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Navy in the news

Navy coach arrested in stingWfla Oct 29

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Navy	51	941	18.5	6	82
2024	Navy	39	671	17.2	6	74
2023	Navy	19	382	20.1	4	69
Career		109	1,994	18.3	16	82

Season	Team
2025	Navy	77	499	--
2024	Navy	65	444	54
2023	Navy	27	214	--
Career		169	1,157	54

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-7vs VMI	6	65	10.8	1	35
Wk 2	W 38-24vs UAB	2	21	10.5	0	13
Wk 3	W 42-23@ Tulsa	2	40	20.0	0	35
Wk 5	W 21-13vs Rice	2	44	22.0	0	29
Wk 6	W 34-31vs Air Force	8	243	30.4	3	80	Season-high 243 yds
Wk 7	W 32-31@ Temple	3	72	24.0	0	35
Wk 9	W 42-32vs Florida Atlantic	2	22	11.0	0	19
Wk 10	L 17-31@ North Texas	6	68	11.3	0	29
Wk 11	L 10-49@ No. 10 Notre Dame	2	20	10.0	0	17
Wk 12	W 41-38vs No. 25 South Florida	5	146	29.2	0	82	146-yard receiving day
Wk 14	W 28-17@ Memphis	2	64	32.0	0	46
Wk 16	W 17-16vs Army	6	72	12.0	1	21
Bowl	W 35-13vs Cincinnati	5	64	12.8	1	26
Total		51	941	18.5	6	82

Signature game

Week 6 · 2025

W 34-31

vs Air Force

8 rec · 243 yds · 3 TD

Edged out Air Force at home in a shootout.

With B. Horvath — 339 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.2 · 130 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · J. Carlson — 42.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Air Force · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +6.89Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 80 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Week 12 · South Florida · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +5.23Horvath to Heidenreich: an 82-yard pass.
Week 6 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.76Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 60 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Week 14 · Memphis · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.35Horvath to Heidenreich: a 46-yard pass.
Week 1 · VMI · 3rd and 18 · Q2 · EPA +3.97Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 18 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Week 7 · Temple · 4th and 3 · Q3 · EPA +3.67Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 35 yds to the TEM 17 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · Air Force · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.61Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 27 yds to the AF 47 for a Air Force Penalty, (15 Yards) to the AF 32 for a
Week 16 · Army · 4th and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Horvath to Heidenreich: an 8-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Air Force · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 19 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Week 5 · Rice · 4th and 1 · Q2 · EPA −3.21Eli Heidenreich run for a loss of 2 yards to the RICE 29

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

33%25 of his 76 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Brian Newberry — 26-12 over that span.

2023Navy5-7HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Navy10-3HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Navy11-2HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 84 (#20 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

84All-Conference level #20 of 485 · 2025?

Sustained Ascent12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (98th percentile). Strength: epa / target (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#17 / 798 · 98th pct

18.9

EPA / target#45 / 798 · 94th pct

0.84

Explosive rate#58 / 798 · 93rd pct

19.7%

TD rate#132 / 798 · 83rd pct

5.3%

Catch rate#501 / 798 · 37th pct

64.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#2 / 287 · 99th pct

499

Rush TDs#2 / 287 · 99th pct

Long catch#19 / 558 · 96th pct

Yards / catch#21 / 558 · 96th pct

18.5

Rec yards#31 / 558 · 95th pct

941

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Receptions#114 / 558 · 79th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

70th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

95th → 93rd percentile

Catch rate

42nd → 37th percentile

TD rate

86th → 83rd percentile

Yards / catch

85th → 98th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.2	90.2	19.0	0.7
Road5g	3.0	52.8	19.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	78.4	18.6	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	65.3	17.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

Pass share

22.5%

182 pass / 626 run

Plays / game

62.2

13 games

Team sack rate

5.5%

182 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

84 · #20 of 485 WRs · 2025

Unranked recruit. Now #20 at the position.

Eli Heidenreich

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Navy in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at Navy, drafted

2022

2025 13 games

2026