Elijah Kothe

#96 · WR · Sr. · San Diego State6′4″ · 210 lb · Las Vegas, NV · Faith Lutheran

Elijah Kothe: WR · San Diego State · #96.

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Elijah Kothe

WR · San Diego State · Sr · #96

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at San Diego State. On tape: 105 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Fresno State, Week 9, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

San Diego State in the news

Nevada snaps 16-game losing streakNevada Sports Net Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	San Diego State	31	418	13.5	1	39
2020	San Diego State	7	111	15.9	1	33
2019	San Diego State	17	179	10.5	0	29
2018	San Diego State	7	78	11.1	0	24
Career		62	786	12.7	2	39

Season	Team
2021	San Diego State	20
2020	San Diego State	--
2019	San Diego State	--
2018	San Diego State	--
Career		20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 3	W 33-31vs Utah	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 4	W 48-21vs Towson	1	16	16.0	1	16
Wk 6	W 31-7vs New Mexico	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 7	W 19-13@ San José State	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 8	W 20-14@ Air Force	3	25	8.3	0	13
Wk 9	L 20-30vs Fresno State	4	105	26.3	0	39	Season-high 105 yds
Wk 10	W 17-10@ Hawai'i	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 11	W 23-21vs Nevada	6	71	11.8	0	28
Wk 12	W 28-20@ UNLV	5	84	16.8	0	37
Wk 13	W 27-16vs Boise State	2	21	10.5	0	16
Wk 14	L 13-46vs Utah State	2	32	16.0	0	25
Total		28	387	13.8	1	39

Signature game

Week 9 · 2021

L 20-30

vs Fresno State

4 rec · 105 yds

With L. Johnson — 220 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 34.6 · 60 rush yds (8 car) · M. Araiza — 38.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 5 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Fresno State · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.70Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 39 yds to the FrsSt 46 for a
Week 11 · Nevada · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 19 yds to the Nevad 39 for a
Week 4 · Towson · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 16 yds for a TD, (Matt Araiza KICK)
Week 12 · UNLV · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 14 yds to the SDSt 44 for a
Week 9 · Fresno State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.36Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 31 yds to the FrsSt 35 for a
Week 14 · Utah State · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.29Jordon Brookshire pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 25 yds to the UthSt 42 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · Fresno State · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.19Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 19 yds to the FrsSt 40 for a
Week 12 · UNLV · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.11Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 11 yds to the UNLV 48 for a
Week 11 · Nevada · 2nd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +1.92Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 28 yds to the Nevad 43 for a
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.85Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 6 yds to the SDSt 44 for a

Teams and coaches

2018San Diego State7-6HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2019San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-leaning

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 43 (#256 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

43Rotational starter #256 of 468 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (90th percentile). Strength: epa / target (81st percentile). Concern: td rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#64 / 655 · 90th pct

88.6%

EPA / target#122 / 655 · 81st pct

0.92

Yards / catch#245 / 655 · 63rd pct

13.5

Explosive rate#282 / 655 · 56th pct

14.3%

TD rate#527 / 655 · 20th pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#250 / 557 · 54th pct

Rec yards#255 / 557 · 54th pct

418

Yards / catch#254 / 557 · 54th pct

13.5

Long catch#389 / 557 · 29th pct

Rec TDs#370 / 557 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.4	36.6	13.1	0.1
Road4g	2.8	32.8	9.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.0	8.2	8.2	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	3.4	50.6	14.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Brady Hoke

Pass share

39.0%

358 pass / 560 run

Plays / game

70.6

13 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

371 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

31 catches in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

43 · #256 of 468 WRs · 2021

Two-star recruit. Now #256 at the position.

Elijah Kothe

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Style of play

Fans

San Diego State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

31 catches in 11 games

Four seasons at San Diego State

2018 6 games