#16

Hal Presley

Former wide receiver at Baylor. 2024: 31 catches, 429 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Baylor · Sr. · #16

6′3″ · 210 lb · Mansfield, TX

CFB Index 44 · #247 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceBaylor 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 377 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Baylor. 2024: 31 catches, 429 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2021.
Transferred from Auburn to Baylor in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Baylor, 1,048 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 82 yds vs BYU.BYU · L 28-342024

2021

Signed with Auburn4-star out of Mansfield Summit
Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#377 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Dave Aranda

Baylor

Played his entire career under Dave Aranda.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dave Aranda — 29-23 over that span.

2021Baylor12-2HC: Dave Aranda · Run-heavy

2022Baylor6-7HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

2023Baylor3-9HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

2024Baylor8-5HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #247 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#182 / 610 · 70th pct

13.5

Explosive rate#229 / 610 · 62nd pct

16.7%

EPA / target#311 / 610 · 49th pct

0.87

TD rate#322 / 610 · 47th pct

5.6%

Catch rate#461 / 610 · 24th pct

83.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#215 / 541 · 59th pct

Yards / catch#224 / 541 · 58th pct

13.8

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Rec yards#246 / 541 · 55th pct

429

Receptions#257 / 541 · 52nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

18th → 49th percentile

Explosive rate

40th → 62nd percentile

Catch rate

12th → 24th percentile

TD rate

8th → 47th percentile

Yards / catch

60th → 70th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	4.0	52.0	15.8	0.2
Road7g	2.1	31.6	16.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	48.0	14.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	31.5	17.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

44 · #247 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #247 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Baylor	31	429	13.8	3	--
2023	Baylor	17	222	13.1	0	--
2022	Baylor	32	382	11.9	4	--
2021	Baylor	1	15	15.0	0	--
Career		81	1,048	12.9	7	--

Season	Team
2024	Baylor	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Baylor	2	2	--	--	--
2022	Baylor	1	2	--	--	--
2021	Baylor	1	13	--	--	--
Career		4	17	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 37–34

vs TCU

3 rec · 29 yds

Edged out TCU at home in a shootout.

With S. Robertson — 242 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 28 rush yds (9 car) · B. Washington — 196 rush yds (26 car) · 4 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Oklahoma State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.28Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 53 yds to the OKST 29 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Texas Tech · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 35 yds for a TD (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 9 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 12 yds for a TD (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 6 · Iowa State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.48Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 31 yds to the BAY 47 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Kansas · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.34Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 16 yds to the KU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · BYU · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.27Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 24 yds to the BYU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · TCU · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.15Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 13 yds to the BAY 49 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · TCU · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.89Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 10 yds to the BAY 35 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · LSU · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.77Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 20 yds to the LSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · BYU · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.64Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Hal Presley for 11 yds to the BYU 17 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 12-23@ Utah	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 4	L 31-38@ Colorado	2	43	21.5	1	24
Wk 5	L 28-34vs BYU	8	82	10.3	0	24	Season-high 82 yds
Wk 6	L 21-43@ Iowa State	5	57	11.4	0	31
Wk 8	W 59-35@ Texas Tech	1	35	35.0	1	35
Wk 9	W 38-28vs Oklahoma State	2	65	32.5	1	53
Wk 10	W 37-34vs TCU	3	29	9.7	0	13
Wk 12	W 49-35@ West Virginia	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 13	W 20-10@ Houston	2	26	13.0	0	17
Wk 14	W 45-17vs Kansas	3	32	10.7	0	16
Bowl	L 31-44@ LSU	3	40	13.3	0	20
Total		31	429	16.1	3	53

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