#86

Emeka Emezie

Senior wide receiver for NC State. 2021: 60 catches, 802 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · NC State · Sr. · #86

6′3″ · 212 lb · Waxhaw, NC

CFB Index 67 · #80 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNC State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 527 nationally · Signed with NC State

Statement game14 rec · 116 yds · 1 TDvs Clemson (FBS) · W 27-21

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

What a catch. Emezie gonna be playing on Sundays soon.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 10His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for NC State. 2021: 60 catches, 802 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at NC State, 2,823 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 133 yds at Wake Forest.Wake Forest · L 42-452021

20179 games

Signed with NC State3-star out of Marvin Ridge

202112 games

All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#527 national

CFB

College

NC State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Dave Doeren, all balanced offenses — 39-23 over that span.

2017NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2018NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2019NC State4-8HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #80 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (88th percentile). Strength: rec yards (87th percentile). Concern: catch rate (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#226 / 655 · 66th pct

15.7%

Yards / catch#256 / 655 · 61st pct

13.4

TD rate#286 / 655 · 56th pct

6.7%

EPA / target#455 / 655 · 31st pct

0.51

Catch rate#498 / 655 · 24th pct

67.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#69 / 557 · 88th pct

Rec yards#72 / 557 · 87th pct

802

Rec TDs#71 / 557 · 84th pct

Long catch#130 / 557 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#263 / 557 · 52nd pct

13.4

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.3	69.6	13.5	0.6
Road5g	4.6	63.0	12.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	62.8	11.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	70.8	14.9	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #80 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #80 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	NC State	60	802	13.4	6	--
2020	NC State	47	738	15.7	5	--
2019	NC State	56	576	10.3	2	--
2018	NC State	46	544	11.8	4	--
2017	NC State	13	163	12.5	1	--
Career		222	2,823	12.7	18	--

Season	Team
2021	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
2020	NC State	1	5	--	--	--
2019	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
2018	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
2017	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 27–21

vs Clemson

14 rec · 116 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With T. Gill — 51 AVG · 57 LONG · 6 NO · D. Leary — 238 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · -22 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · North Carolina · 2&18 · Q4 · EPA +6.80Emeka Emezie 64 Yd pass from Devin Leary (Christopher Dunn Kick)
Week 8 · Miami · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.57Devin Leary pass complete to Emeka Emezie for 46 yds to the MiaFl 27 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Wake Forest · 2&16 · Q3 · EPA +3.39Devin Leary pass complete to Emeka Emezie for 27 yds to the WFrst 48 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Louisville · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.31Devin Leary pass complete to Emeka Emezie for 25 yds to the NCSTATE 39 for a 1ST down LOUISVILLE Penalty, Defensive Holding (Brock Travelstead) declined for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Miami · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Devin Leary pass complete to Emeka Emezie for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Wake Forest · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Devin Leary pass complete to Emeka Emezie for 13 yds for a TD (Devin Leary pass to Emeka Emezie for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 4 · Clemson · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Devin Leary pass complete to Emeka Emezie for 9 yds for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 11 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Devin Leary pass complete to Emeka Emezie for 28 yds for a TD (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 13 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.68Emeka Emezie 24 Yd pass from Devin Leary (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 9 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Devin Leary pass complete to Emeka Emezie for 19 yds for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-0vs South Florida	5	71	14.2	0	39
Wk 2	L 10-24@ Mississippi State	6	92	15.3	0	38
Wk 3	W 45-7vs Furman	3	23	7.7	0	10
Wk 4	W 27-21vs Clemson	14	116	8.3	1	17
Wk 5	W 34-27vs Louisiana Tech	4	67	16.8	0	34
Wk 7	W 33-7@ Boston College	2	8	4.0	0	12
Wk 8	L 30-31@ Miami	3	75	25.0	0	46
Wk 9	W 28-13vs Louisville	5	91	18.2	1	25
Wk 10	W 28-14@ Florida State	2	7	3.5	0	6
Wk 11	L 42-45@ Wake Forest	10	133	13.3	2	28	Season-high 133 yds
Wk 12	W 41-17vs Syracuse	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 13	W 34-30vs North Carolina	5	112	22.4	2	64	2 TD catches
Total		60	802	13.0	6	64

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