Elijah Arroyo

Former tight end at Miami. 2024: 35 catches, 590 receiving yards, 7 TD.

TE · Miami · Jr. · #8

6′4″ · 245 lb · Frisco, TX

CFB Index 67 · #15 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceSeattle — drafted 2025, Rd 2, Pick 18, #50 overall

Recruiting

4★

TE recruit

No. 201 nationally · Signed with Miami

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Miami. 2024: 35 catches, 590 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Miami in 2021.
Drafted round 2 by the Seattle in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Miami, 753 receiving yards — drafted at #50 overall by Seattle.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 89 yds at Florida.Florida · W 41-172024

20215 games

Signed with Miami4-star out of Frisco Independence

202412 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCsecond

2025

Drafted by Seattleround 2, pick 50

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#201 national

CFB

College

Miami

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #50

Seattle · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Jess Simpson

Miami

2022–2024

Mario Cristobal

Miami

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jess Simpson → Mario Cristobal. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 2nd NFL season

#50Rd 2 · Pick 18

SeattleEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Miami7-5HC: Jess Simpson · Balanced

2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #15 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#34 / 610 · 95th pct

29.7%

Yards / catch#57 / 610 · 91st pct

16.8

TD rate#58 / 610 · 90th pct

13.5%

EPA / target#103 / 610 · 83rd pct

1.20

Catch rate#325 / 610 · 47th pct

89.2%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#2 / 168 · 99th pct

16.9

Long catch#4 / 168 · 98th pct

Rec TDs#5 / 168 · 95th pct

Rec yards#14 / 168 · 92nd pct

590

Receptions#34 / 168 · 79th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.6	48.0	20.0	0.6
Road5g	3.4	50.8	15.1	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	50.0	20.4	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	48.0	14.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

67 · #15 of 135 TEs

Former four-star. Now #15 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Miami	35	590	16.9	7	--
2023	Miami	1	11	11.0	0	--
2022	Miami	5	66	13.2	0	--
2021	Miami	5	86	17.2	1	--
Career		46	753	16.4	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–17

at Florida

4 rec · 89 yds

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Florida.

With C. Ward — 385 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.7 · 33 rush yds (3 car) · D. Joyce — 48 AVG · 53 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Georgia Tech · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +6.67Cam Ward pass complete to Elijah Arroyo for 74 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 5 · Virginia Tech · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +4.05Cam Ward pass complete to Elijah Arroyo for 43 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 1 · Iowa State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Cam Ward pass complete to Elijah Arroyo for 24 yds to the ISU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Iowa State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Elijah Arroyo 33 Yd pass from Cam Ward (Andres Borregales Kick)
Week 3 · Ball State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Cam Ward pass complete to Elijah Arroyo for 21 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 14 · Syracuse · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Elijah Arroyo 3 Yd pass from Cam Ward (Andres Borregales Kick)
Week 9 · Florida State · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Elijah Arroyo pass complete to Cam Ward for 7 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 2 · Florida A&M · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.58Cam Ward pass complete to Elijah Arroyo for 17 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 13 · Wake Forest · 1&15 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Cam Ward pass complete to Elijah Arroyo for 31 yds to the WAKE 27 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Cam Ward pass complete to Elijah Arroyo for 45 yds to the VT 18 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-17@ Florida	4	89	22.3	0	29	Season-high 89 yds
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Florida A&M	1	17	17.0	1	17
Wk 3	W 62-0vs Ball State	2	53	26.5	1	32
Wk 4	W 50-15@ South Florida	2	25	12.5	0	14
Wk 5	W 38-34vs Virginia Tech	2	88	44.0	1	45
Wk 6	W 39-38@ California	3	14	4.7	1	8
Wk 9	W 36-14vs Florida State	2	24	12.0	0	13
Wk 10	W 53-31vs Duke	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 11	L 23-28@ Georgia Tech	3	82	27.3	1	74
Wk 13	W 42-14vs Wake Forest	6	79	13.2	0	31
Wk 14	L 38-42@ Syracuse	5	44	8.8	1	27
Bowl	L 41-42vs Iowa State	4	64	16.0	1	33
Total		35	590	17.9	7	74

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

Elijah Arroyo

20215 games

202412 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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