Eli Pancol

Former wide receiver at Duke. 2024: 60 catches, 798 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Duke · Sr. · #4

6′3″ · 205 lb · Pendleton, IN

CFB Index 73 · #59 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDuke 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 589 nationally · Signed with Pendleton Heights

Statement game5 rec · 188 yds · 3 TDvs Virginia Tech (FBS) · W 31-28

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Duke. 2024: 60 catches, 798 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pendleton Heights in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Duke, 1,710 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 188 yds vs Virginia Tech.Virginia Tech · W 31-282024

20196 games

Recruited3-star out of Pendleton Heights

202413 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#589 national

CFB

College

Duke

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019–2021

David Cutcliffe

Duke

2022

Mike Elko

Duke

era →

2024

Manny Diaz

Duke

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, and Manny Diaz. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Duke5-7HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning

2020Duke2-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

73Quality starter #59 of 466?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (98th percentile). Strength: rec tds (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#156 / 610 · 75th pct

9.2%

Yards / catch#194 / 610 · 68th pct

13.4

EPA / target#213 / 610 · 65th pct

1.00

Catch rate#372 / 610 · 39th pct

87.7%

Explosive rate#383 / 610 · 37th pct

12.3%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#9 / 541 · 98th pct

Rec TDs#19 / 541 · 95th pct

Receptions#58 / 541 · 89th pct

Rec yards#81 / 541 · 85th pct

798

Yards / catch#250 / 541 · 53rd pct

13.3

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

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 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.3	87.3	16.3	1.0
Road7g	4.0	39.1	10.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	50.1	12.6	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	74.5	13.2	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #59 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #59 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Duke	60	798	13.3	9	--
2022	Duke	23	347	15.1	0	--
2021	Duke	17	233	13.7	1	--
2020	Duke	24	241	10.0	1	--
2019	Duke	6	91	15.2	3	--
Career		130	1,710	13.2	14	--

Season	Team
2024	Duke	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Duke	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Duke	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Duke	4	20	--	--	--
2019	Duke	3	20	--	--	--
Career		7	40	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 31–28

vs Virginia Tech

5 rec · 188 yds · 3 TD

Edged out Virginia Tech at home in a shootout.

With M. Murphy — 332 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · QBR 66.7 · K. Reynoldson — 34 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 43 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Virginia Tech · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +7.06Maalik Murphy pass complete to Eli Pancol for 77 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 13 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.66Maalik Murphy pass complete to Eli Pancol for 86 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 3 · UConn · 2&19 · Q2 · EPA +4.72Maalik Murphy pass complete to Eli Pancol for 36 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 1 · Ole Miss · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.36Henry Belin IV pass complete to Eli Pancol for 15 yds to the MISS 33 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Georgia Tech · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Maalik Murphy pass complete to Eli Pancol for 26 yds to the GT 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Elon · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.88Eli Pancol 7 Yd pass from Maalik Murphy (Todd Pelino Kick)
Week 9 · SMU · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Maalik Murphy pass complete to Eli Pancol for 10 yds to the SMU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northwestern · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Maalik Murphy pass complete to Eli Pancol for 16 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 1 · Elon · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.73Maalik Murphy pass complete to Eli Pancol for 55 yds to the ELON 7 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · SMU · 1&10 · Q5 · EPA +2.70Eli Pancol 25 Yd pass from Maalik Murphy (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 26-3vs Elon	7	81	11.6	1	55
Wk 2	W 26-20@ Northwestern	2	19	9.5	2	16	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 26-21vs UConn	4	61	15.3	1	36
Wk 4	W 45-17@ Middle Tennessee	2	28	14.0	0	19
Wk 5	W 21-20vs North Carolina	3	42	14.0	0	27
Wk 6	L 14-24@ Georgia Tech	5	63	12.6	1	26
Wk 8	W 23-16vs Florida State	2	14	7.0	0	10
Wk 9	L 27-28vs SMU	11	138	12.5	1	25	138-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 31-53@ Miami	5	36	7.2	0	10
Wk 11	W 29-19@ NC State	5	51	10.2	0	17
Wk 13	W 31-28vs Virginia Tech	5	188	37.6	3	86	Season-high 188 yds
Wk 14	W 23-17@ Wake Forest	4	20	5.0	0	6
Bowl	L 20-52@ Ole Miss	5	57	11.4	0	18
Total		60	798	12.9	9	86

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

Eli Pancol

20196 games

202413 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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