Elijhah Badger

Former wide receiver at Florida. 2024: 39 catches, 806 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Florida · Sr. · #6

6′1″ · 192 lb · Sacramento, CA

CFB Index 64 · #117 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceFlorida 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 141 nationally · Signed with Arizona State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Florida. 2024: 39 catches, 806 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arizona State in 2020.
Transferred from Arizona State to Florida in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida, 2,446 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 148 yds vs Kentucky.Kentucky · W 48-202024

2020

Signed with Arizona State4-star out of Folsom

202412 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#141 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Dan Mullen

Florida

2022–2024

Billy Napier

Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Arizona State2-2HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Arizona State8-5HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy

2022Arizona State3-9HC: Herm Edwards · Balanced

2023Arizona State3-9HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced

2024Florida8-5HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

64Quality starter #117 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (97th percentile). Concern: catch rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#10 / 610 · 98th pct

20.3

Explosive rate#134 / 610 · 78th pct

21.1%

EPA / target#327 / 610 · 46th pct

0.85

TD rate#434 / 610 · 29th pct

3.5%

Catch rate#601 / 610 · 1st pct

66.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#16 / 541 · 97th pct

20.7

Long catch#31 / 541 · 94th pct

Rec yards#76 / 541 · 86th pct

806

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Receptions#183 / 541 · 65th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

20th → 46th percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 78th percentile

Catch rate

14th → 1st percentile

TD rate

20th → 29th percentile

Yards / catch

43rd → 98th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.8	85.5	23.1	0.5
Road4g	2.2	30.5	13.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	56.1	18.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	82.6	22.4	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #117 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #117 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida	39	806	20.7	4	--
2023	Arizona State	65	713	11.0	3	--
2022	Arizona State	70	866	12.4	7	--
2021	Arizona State	7	61	8.7	0	--
2020	Arizona State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		181	2,446	13.5	14	--

Season	Team
2024	Florida	--	--	22	--	--
2023	Arizona State	11	51	578	--	--
2022	Arizona State	4	23	--	--	--
2021	Arizona State	3	37	--	--	--
2020	Arizona State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		18	111	600	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 24–17

vs Ole Miss

5 rec · 87 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Crawshaw — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 62 LONG · D. Lagway — 180 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.5 · -9 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Samford · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +4.96DJ Lagway pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 77 yds to the SAM 3 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kentucky · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.72DJ Lagway pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 40 yds to the UK 17 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Miami · 4&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Graham Mertz pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 12 yds to the MIA 33 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kentucky · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24DJ Lagway pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 58 yds to the UK 13 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ole Miss · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +3.11DJ Lagway pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 27 yds to the MISS 40 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Texas A&M · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Graham Mertz pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 14 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 2 · Samford · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +2.97DJ Lagway pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 24 yds to the SAM 31 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ole Miss · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.95DJ Lagway pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 8 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 10 · Georgia · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Aidan Warner pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 10 yds to the UGA 40 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · LSU · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Elijhah Badger 23 Yd pass from DJ Lagway (Trey Smack Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-41vs Miami	3	43	14.3	0	19
Wk 2	W 45-7vs Samford	3	123	41.0	0	77
Wk 3	L 20-33vs Texas A&M	5	94	18.8	1	38
Wk 4	W 45-28@ Mississippi State	3	45	15.0	0	27
Wk 6	W 24-13vs UCF	3	41	13.7	1	18
Wk 7	L 17-23@ Tennessee	2	30	15.0	0	18
Wk 8	W 48-20vs Kentucky	3	148	49.3	0	58	Season-high 148 yds
Wk 10	L 20-34@ Georgia	2	36	18.0	0	26
Wk 12	W 27-16vs LSU	6	131	21.8	1	36	131-yard receiving day
Wk 13	W 24-17vs Ole Miss	5	87	17.4	1	27
Wk 14	W 31-11@ Florida State	2	11	5.5	0	7
Bowl	W 33-8vs Tulane	2	17	8.5	0	10
Total		39	806	19.9	4	77

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

Elijhah Badger

2020

202412 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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