Evan Engram

#17 · TE · Ole Miss6′3″ · Powder Springs, GA · Hillgrove

Evan Engram: TE · Ole Miss · #17.

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Evan Engram

TE · Ole Miss · #17

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Third year in the Ole Miss receiving corps. That makes three straight seasons on the honors list: All-SEC again in 2016. A game that shows it: 138 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Alabama — Week 3, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Ole Miss in the news

Texas LT Trevor Goosby out for seasonYahoo Sports Oct 25
Four-star TE commits to Ole MissOct 19

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Ole Miss	65	926	14.2	8	63
2015	Ole Miss	38	464	12.2	2	36
2014	Ole Miss	38	662	17.4	2	83
Career		141	2,052	14.6	12	83

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 34-45vs No. 4 Florida State	9	121	13.4	1	42
Wk 2	W 38-13vs Wofford	2	43	21.5	0	33
Wk 3	L 43-48vs No. 1 Alabama	9	138	15.3	1	63	Season-high 138 yds
Wk 4	W 45-14vs No. 12 Georgia	6	95	15.8	1	37
Wk 5	W 48-28vs Memphis	4	82	20.5	1	39
Wk 7	L 30-34@ No. 22 Arkansas	7	111	15.9	1	35
Wk 8	L 21-38@ No. 25 LSU	3	15	5.0	0	6
Wk 9	L 29-40vs No. 15 Auburn	9	95	10.6	1	28
Wk 10	W 37-27vs Georgia Southern	4	75	18.8	1	38
Wk 11	W 29-28@ No. 10 Texas A&M	6	49	8.2	0	17
Wk 12	L 17-38@ Vanderbilt	6	102	17.0	1	38
Total		65	926	14.2	8	63

Signature game

Week 3 · 2016

L 43-48

vs Alabama

9 rec · 138 yds · 1 TD

With C. Kelly — 421 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.3 · 43 rush yds (14 car) · G. Wunderlich — 54.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 68 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.05Chad Kelly pass complete to Evan Engram for 63 yds for a TD, (Gary Wunderlich KICK)
Week 12 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.87Shea Patterson pass complete to Evan Engram for 38 yds for a TD, (Gary Wunderlich KICK)
Week 1 · Florida State · 3rd and 17 · Q2 · EPA +4.11Kelly to Engram: a 21-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Memphis · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.93Chad Kelly pass complete to Evan Engram for 39 yds to the Memph 19 for a
Week 3 · Alabama · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.55Chad Kelly pass complete to Evan Engram for 25 yds to the Alab 38 for a
Week 1 · Florida State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Chad Kelly pass complete to Evan Engram for 42 yds to the FlaSt 33 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Chad Kelly pass complete to Evan Engram for 38 yds for a TD, (Gary Wunderlich KICK)
Week 4 · Georgia · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Markell Pack pass complete to Evan Engram for 37 yds to the Geo 21 for a
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Shea Patterson pass complete to Evan Engram for 5 yds to the Miss 30 for a TEXAS A&M Penalty, Personal Foul (15 Yards) to the Miss 45 for a
Week 7 · Arkansas · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Chad Kelly pass complete to Evan Engram for 13 yds for a TD, (Gary Wunderlich PAT MISSED)

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Hugh Freeze, all balanced offenses — 24-14 over that span.

2014Ole Miss9-4HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2015Ole Miss10-3HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2016Ole Miss5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (81st percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#126 / 674 · 81st pct

17.2%

EPA / target#178 / 674 · 74th pct

0.67

Yards / catch#192 / 674 · 72nd pct

14.2

Catch rate#235 / 674 · 65th pct

71.3%

TD rate#235 / 674 · 65th pct

5.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#1 / 96 · 99th pct

926

Receptions#2 / 96 · 98th pct

Rec TDs#2 / 96 · 96th pct

Long catch#17 / 96 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#22 / 96 · 77th pct

14.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 74th percentile

Explosive rate

71st → 81st percentile

Catch rate

57th → 65th percentile

TD rate

41st → 65th percentile

Yards / catch

50th → 72nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.7	88.0	17.1	0.8
Road4g	5.5	69.2	11.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	98.3	17.1	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	67.2	11.9	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Hugh Freeze

Pass share

53.8%

483 pass / 415 run

Plays / game

74.8

12 games

Team sack rate

4.6%

519 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Evan Engram

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Career stats

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Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Ole Miss, drafted

2013

2014 10 games

2015 12 games

2016 11 games

2017

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