#96

Elijah Kothe

Senior wide receiver for San Diego State. 2021: 31 catches, 418 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · San Diego State · Sr. · #96

6′4″ · 210 lb · Las Vegas, NV

CFB Index 43 · #256 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceSan Diego State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for San Diego State. 2021: 31 catches, 418 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to San Diego State in 2018.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2437 nationally · Signed with San Diego State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at San Diego State, 786 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 105 yds vs Fresno State.Fresno State · L 20-302021

20186 games

Signed with San Diego State2-star out of Faith Lutheran

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2437 national

CFB

College

San Diego State

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2019

Rocky Long

San Diego State

2020–2021

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #256 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #256 of 468 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 33–31

vs Utah

1 rec · 4 yds

Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.

With M. Araiza — 1 SOLO · 2 TOT · 51 LONG · J. Byrd — 1 rec · 4 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Fresno State · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.70Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 39 yds to the FrsSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Nevada · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 19 yds to the Nevad 39 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Towson · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 16 yds for a TD, (Matt Araiza KICK)
Week 12 · UNLV · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 14 yds to the SDSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Fresno State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.36Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 31 yds to the FrsSt 35 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Utah State · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.29Jordon Brookshire pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 25 yds to the UthSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Fresno State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.19Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 19 yds to the FrsSt 40 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UNLV · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.11Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 11 yds to the UNLV 48 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Nevada · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.92Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 28 yds to the Nevad 43 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.85Lucas Johnson pass complete to Elijah Kothe for 6 yds to the SDSt 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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	11.9	1	39

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

Elijah Kothe

20186 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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