#13

Elijah Sarratt

Former wide receiver at Indiana. 2025: 64 catches, 806 receiving yards, 15 TD.

WR · Indiana · Sr. · #13

6′2″ · 209 lb · Stafford, VA

CFB Index 81 · #31 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Baltimore — Rd 4, Pick 15, #115 overall

How he plays

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line.

TD rate: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

806

receiving yards · 2025

64 catches · 15 TD · 12.6 per catch

Backed by 13 rec · 160 yds -- top 0.1% catches game.

Swing playSwung Indiana from 35% to 62% to win.Indiana at Ohio State · 13-10

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Indiana. 2025: 64 catches, 806 receiving yards, 15 TD.

Transferred from James Madison to Indiana in 2024.
Drafted round 4 by the Baltimore in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Three seasons at Indiana, 2,954 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #115 overall by Baltimore.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 165 yds vs Purdue.Purdue · W 66-02024

202313 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

202413 games

Entered the portal
All-Big Tenthird

202513 games

All-Big Tensecond

2026

Drafted by Baltimoreround 4, pick 115

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #115

Baltimore · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches

2023

Tom Allen

Indiana

2024–2025

Curt Cignetti

Indiana

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

#115Rd 4 · Pick 15

Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced

2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

2025Indiana16-0HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

81All-Conference level #31 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: epa / target (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#13 / 798 · 98th pct

10.8%

EPA / target#123 / 798 · 85th pct

0.66

Explosive rate#189 / 798 · 76th pct

14.5%

Yards / catch#306 / 798 · 62nd pct

12.5

Catch rate#340 / 798 · 57th pct

69.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#1 / 558 · 100th pct

Receptions#41 / 558 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#68 / 558 · 88th pct

806

Long catch#248 / 558 · 55th pct

Yards / catch#297 / 558 · 46th pct

12.6

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

95th → 85th percentile

Explosive rate

97th → 76th percentile

Catch rate

56th → 57th percentile

TD rate

88th → 98th percentile

Yards / catch

95th → 62nd percentile

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

25%21 of his 83 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	4.9	52.8	10.4	1.2
Road4g	5.0	82.8	15.8	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	5.8	72.4	12.3	1.1
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	38.5	11.6	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

81 · #31 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #31 at the position.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Indiana	64	806	12.6	15	--
2024	Indiana	53	957	18.1	8	--
2023	James Madison	82	1,191	14.5	8	--
Career		199	2,954	14.8	31	--

Season	Team
2025	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--
2024	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--
2023	James Madison	1	1	--	--	--
Career		1	1	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 13–10

at Ohio State

3 rec · 37 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With F. Mendoza — 222 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.2 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · C. Becker — 6 rec · 126 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Iowa · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.90Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 49 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Week 15 · Ohio State · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.20(08:07) Shotgun #15 F.Mendoza pass complete short left to #13 E.Sarratt caught at OSU00, for 17 yards to the OSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:02, 1ST DOWN #15 N.Radicic kick attempt good (H: #44 M.McCarthy, LS: #47 M.Langston)
Week 5 · Iowa · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 29 yds to the IOWA 34 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Oregon · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.07(06:02) Shotgun #15 F.Mendoza pass complete deep left to #13 E.Sarratt caught at Ore47, for 23 yards to the Ore46 (#31 D.Thieneman; #7 I.Obidegwu), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Iowa · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +3.00Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 25 yds to the IOWA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Oregon · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.95Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 8 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Week 1 · Alabama · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.88(07:52) Shotgun #15 F.Mendoza pass complete deep left to #13 E.Sarratt caught at ALA00, for 24 yards to the ALA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:46, 1ST DOWN #15 N.Radicic kick attempt good (H: #44 M.McCarthy, LS: #47 M.Langston)
Week 4 · Illinois · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 11 yds to the ILL 46 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 27 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Week 14 · Purdue · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.68(07:42) Shotgun #15 F.Mendoza pass complete short right to #13 E.Sarratt caught at PUR19, for 17 yards to the PUR00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:37, 1ST DOWN #15 N.Radicic kick attempt good (H: #44 M.McCarthy, LS: #47 M.Langston)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-14vs Old Dominion	3	44	14.7	0	22	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Kennesaw State	9	97	10.8	3	27	3 TD catches
Wk 3	W 73-0vs Indiana State	3	23	7.7	0	15
Wk 4	W 63-10vs Illinois	9	92	10.2	2	21	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 20-15@ Iowa	6	132	22.0	1	49	Season-high 132 yds
Wk 7	W 30-20@ Oregon	8	121	15.1	1	29
Wk 8	W 38-13vs Michigan State	4	70	17.5	2	27	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 56-6vs UCLA	2	6	3.0	1	5
Wk 14	W 56-3@ Purdue	3	41	13.7	1	18
Wk 15	W 13-10@ Ohio State	3	37	12.3	1	17
Bowl	W 38-3vs Alabama	4	40	10.0	1	24
Bowl	W 56-22vs Oregon	7	75	10.7	2	23
Bowl	W 27-21vs Miami	3	28	9.3	0	12
Total		64	806	12.1	15	49

How he plays

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

13/243rd-down conversions

1.203rd-down EPA/target

0.57Other-downs EPA/target

14 of 24 caught on third down (58.3%) — EPA/target 1.20 vs 0.57 elsewhere (13 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.