Eli Wilson

#87 · TE · Sr. · App State6′3″ · 240 lb · Piedmont, SC · Wren

Eli Wilson: TE · App State · #87.

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Eli Wilson

TE · App State · Sr · #87

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Fifth year in the same receiving corps at App State. All-Sun Belt in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 57 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Georgia Southern — Week 14, 2024.

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.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	App State	25	292	11.7	5	34
2023	App State	33	347	10.5	5	32
2022	App State	10	82	8.2	1	27
2021	App State	8	48	6.0	1	14
2020	App State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Career		77	771	10.0	12	34

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 25 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	11.7	5	34

Signature game

Week 13 · 2024

W 34-20

vs James Madison

4 rec · 32 yds · 1 TD

With J. Aguilar — 216 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.7 · M. Jackson — 5 rec · 162 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · East Tennessee State · 4th and 5 · Q3 · EPA +4.91Aguilar to Wilson: a 34-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Louisiana · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.54Joey Aguilar pass complete to Eli Wilson for 24 yds to the UL 32 for a
Week 14 · Georgia Southern · 4th and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.27Joey Aguilar pass complete to Eli Wilson for 31 yds to the GASO 6 for a
Week 14 · Georgia Southern · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Joey Aguilar pass complete to Eli Wilson for 9 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 7 · Louisiana · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.72Joey Aguilar pass complete to Eli Wilson for 26 yds for a TD (Jackson Moore KICK)
Week 13 · James Madison · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Joey Aguilar pass complete to Eli Wilson for 4 yds for a TD (Michael Hughes KICK)

4 more plays

Week 3 · East Carolina · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Joey Aguilar pass complete to Eli Wilson for 6 yds for a TD (Joey Aguilar pass to Eli Wilson for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 3 · East Carolina · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.22Joey Aguilar pass complete to Eli Wilson for 14 yds to the APP 38 for a
Week 6 · Marshall · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.02Joey Aguilar pass complete to Eli Wilson for 15 yds to the APP 40 for a
Week 3 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.01Joey Aguilar pass complete to Eli Wilson for 22 yds to the 50 yard line for a

Teams and coaches

5 seasons under Shawn Clark — 39-24 over that span.

2020App State9-3HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022App State6-6HC: Shawn Clark · Run-leaning

2023App State9-5HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2024App State5-6HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 49 (#57 of 135). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

49Rotational starter #57 of 135 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (97th percentile). Strength: rec tds (85th percentile). Concern: catch rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#21 / 610 · 97th pct

16.0%

EPA / target#179 / 610 · 71st pct

1.04

Explosive rate#256 / 610 · 58th pct

16.0%

Yards / catch#322 / 610 · 47th pct

11.7

Catch rate#556 / 610 · 9th pct

76.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#22 / 168 · 85th pct

Rec yards#63 / 168 · 63rd pct

292

Yards / catch#63 / 168 · 63rd pct

11.7

Receptions#66 / 168 · 60th pct

Long catch#79 / 168 · 51st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

53rd → 71st percentile

Explosive rate

34th → 58th percentile

Catch rate

38th → 9th percentile

TD rate

83rd → 97th percentile

Yards / catch

32nd → 47th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

2024 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2024 season

Head Coach

Shawn Clark

Pass share

51.1%

392 pass / 375 run

Plays / game

69.7

11 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

414 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

49 · #57 of 135 TEs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #57 at the position.

Eli Wilson

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Style of play

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons at App State

2020

2023 12 games

2024 8 games