#13

Erik Ezukanma

Former wide receiver at Texas Tech. 2021: 48 catches, 705 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Texas Tech · So. · #13

6′3″ · 220 lb · Fort Worth, TX

CFB Index 64 · #94 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceMiami — drafted 2022, Rd 4, Pick 20, #125 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Texas Tech. 2021: 48 catches, 705 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Drafted round 4 by the Miami in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas Tech, 2,156 receiving yards — drafted at #125 overall by Miami.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 179 yds at Houston.Houston · W 38-212021

202111 games

All-Big 12second

2022

Drafted by Miamiround 4, pick 125

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Texas Tech

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #125

Miami · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

2019–2021

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kliff Kingsbury → Matt Wells. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 5th NFL season

#125Rd 4 · Pick 20

MiamiEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2020Texas Tech4-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2021Texas Tech7-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

64Quality starter #94 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (98th percentile). Strength: rush yards (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#244 / 655 · 63rd pct

79.2%

EPA / target#251 / 655 · 62nd pct

0.74

Yards / catch#252 / 655 · 62nd pct

13.4

Explosive rate#330 / 655 · 50th pct

13.2%

TD rate#341 / 655 · 48th pct

5.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#5 / 273 · 98th pct

Rush yards#10 / 273 · 97th pct

138

Long catch#41 / 557 · 90th pct

Rec yards#95 / 557 · 83rd pct

705

Receptions#112 / 557 · 80th pct

Rec TDs#145 / 557 · 70th pct

Yards / catch#177 / 557 · 68th pct

14.7

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
Home6g	3.2	42.8	10.1	0.5
Road5g	5.8	89.6	14.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.2	84.2	14.9	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	40.0	8.4	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

64 · #94 of 468 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Texas Tech	48	705	14.7	4	--
2020	Texas Tech	45	739	16.4	6	--
2019	Texas Tech	42	664	15.8	4	--
2018	Texas Tech	2	48	24.0	1	--
Career		137	2,156	15.7	15	--

Season	Team
2021	Texas Tech	10	138	--	--	--
2020	Texas Tech	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Texas Tech	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Texas Tech	--	--	--	--	--
Career		10	138	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 41–38

vs Iowa State

32 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.

With D. Smith — 322 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.9 · 50 rush yds (14 car) · M. Price — 9 rec · 175 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Stephen F. Austin · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +7.06T.Shough pass complete to TT 25. Catch made by E.Ezukanma at TT 25. Gain of 75 yards. E.Ezukanma for 75 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 2 · Stephen F. Austin · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +4.33T.Shough pass complete to TT 37. Catch made by E.Ezukanma at TT 37. Gain of 55 yards. Tackled by SAU at SAU 8.
Week 8 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Erik Ezukanma run for 45 yds for a TD (Jonathan Garibay KICK)
Week 1 · Houston · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.39Tyler Shough pass complete to Erik Ezukanma for 39 yds to the Houst 2 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Kansas · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Henry Colombi pass complete to Erik Ezukanma for 13 yds to the Kans 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Houston · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.11Tyler Shough pass complete to Erik Ezukanma for 50 yds to the Houst 16 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Oklahoma · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Donovan Smith pass complete to Erik Ezukanma for 15 yds to the Okla 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Kansas · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Erik Ezukanma run for 9 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Garibay KICK)
Week 11 · Iowa State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.73Erik Ezukanma run for 32 yds to the IowSt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Iowa State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Donovan Smith pass complete to Erik Ezukanma for 18 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Garibay KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-21@ Houston	7	179	25.6	0	50	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 2	W 28-22vs Stephen F. Austin	6	143	23.8	1	75	143-yard receiving day
Wk 3	W 54-21vs Florida International	3	28	9.3	0	12
Wk 4	L 35-70@ Texas	7	56	8.0	0	18
Wk 6	L 31-52vs TCU	3	23	7.7	0	9
Wk 7	W 41-14@ Kansas	5	76	15.2	0	47
Wk 8	L 24-25vs Kansas State	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 9	L 21-52@ Oklahoma	8	123	15.4	1	23
Wk 11	W 41-38vs Iowa State	4	54	13.5	2	21	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 0-23vs Oklahoma State	2	6	3.0	0	6
Wk 13	L 24-27@ Baylor	2	14	7.0	0	8
Total		48	705	12.0	4	75

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

Erik Ezukanma

202111 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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