Former tight end at App State. 2024: 25 catches, 292 receiving yards, 5 TD.
6′3″ · 240 lb · Piedmont, SC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 2091 nationally · Signed with App State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at App State. 2024: 25 catches, 292 receiving yards, 5 TD.
Eli Wilson
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. This is his fifth year in the same receiving corps at App State. All-Sun Belt in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. The receipt: 57 rec yds, 5 receptions against Georgia Southern — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at App State, 771 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shawn Clark.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Shawn Clark — 39-24 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (97th percentile). Strength: rec tds (85th percentile). Concern: catch rate (9th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 29.3 | 9.6 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 40.8 | 13.2 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 38.0 | 13.8 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.7 | 34.0 | 8.6 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #57 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024
W 34–20
4 rec · 32 yds · 1 TD
With J. Aguilar — 216 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.7 · 4 rush yds (5 car) · M. Jackson — 5 rec · 162 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs East Tennessee State | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-66@ Clemson | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-19@ East Carolina | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-52@ Marshall | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-34@ Louisiana | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | 26 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-26vs Georgia State | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-20vs James Madison | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-29@ Georgia Southern | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 1 | 31 | Season-high 57 yds |
| Total | 25 | 292 | 11.9 | 5 | 34 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Henry Pearson’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kamari Morales's graduate season at Boston College (2024).
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Player DNA