#22

Eli Heidenreich

Former wide receiver at Navy. 2025: 51 catches, 941 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Navy · Sr. · #22

6′0″ · 206 lb · Pittsburgh, PA

CFB Index 84 · #20 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Pittsburgh — Rd 7, Pick 14, #230 overall

How he plays

Beats you over the top.

Yards / catch: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

499

rushing yards · 2025

3 TD · 6.5 per carry · 51 catches

Statement game8 rec · 243 yds · 3 TDvs Air Force (FBS) · W 34-31

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Navy. 2025: 51 catches, 941 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed with Navy in 2022.
Drafted round 7 by the Pittsburgh in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Three seasons at Navy, 1,994 receiving yards — drafted at #230 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2022

Signed with Navyout of Mt. Lebanon

202513 games

All-AACsecond

2026

Drafted by Pittsburghround 7, pick 230

Career arc

Recruit

—

2022 class

CFB

College

Navy

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #230

Pittsburgh · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Brian Newberry

Navy

Played his entire career under Brian Newberry.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Pittsburgh2026 NFL rookie season

#230Rd 7 · Pick 14

Pittsburgh2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

84All-Conference level #20 of 485?

High confidenceSustained Ascent12 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.4	87.6	18.0	0.7
Road6g	3.3	54.7	18.3	0.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

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

84 · #20 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #20 at the position.

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 41–38

vs South Florida

39 rush yds (6 car)

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With B. Woodson — 39 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9 · 103 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · B. Horvath — 147 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 59.7 · 60 rush yds (21 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Air Force · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +6.89Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 80 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Week 12 · South Florida · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +5.23(00:35) No Huddle #11 B.Horvath pass complete deep middle to #22 E.Heidenreich caught at Navy48, for 82 yards to the USF04 (#2 T.Ward), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Air Force · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.76Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 60 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Week 14 · Memphis · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.35(06:37) Shotgun #11 B.Horvath pass complete deep right to #22 E.Heidenreich caught at MEM30, for 46 yards to the MEM26 (#31 D.Ward), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY MEM Pass Interference declined
Week 1 · VMI · 3&18 · Q2 · EPA +3.97Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 18 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Week 7 · Temple · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.67Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 35 yds to the TEM 17 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Air Force · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.61Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 27 yds to the AF 47 for a 1ST down Air Force Penalty, (15 Yards) to the AF 32 for a 1ST down
Week 16 · Army · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.30(06:37) Shotgun #11 B.Horvath pass complete short middle to #22 E.Heidenreich caught at Army00, for 8 yards to the Army00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:32 #17 N.Kirkwood kick attempt good (H: #15 J.Carlson, LS: #92 R.Fry)
Week 6 · Air Force · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 19 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Week 5 · Rice · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.21Eli Heidenreich run for a loss of 2 yards to the RICE 29

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Notre Dame	2	20	10.0	0	17
Wk 12	W 41-38vs 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 35-13@ Cincinnati	5	64	12.8	1	26
Total		51	941	18.2	6	82

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