Isaiah Esdale

Senior wide receiver for Rice. 2022: 42 catches, 544 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Rice · Sr. · #6

6′0″ · 201 lb · Elkton, MD

CFB Index 52 · #190 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceRice 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Rice. 2022: 42 catches, 544 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Transferred from West Virginia to Rice in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Rice, 1,192 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 113 yds vs Texas Tech.Texas Tech · L 20-232021

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

Played his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Pass-leaning

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022Rice5-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #190 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#238 / 636 · 63rd pct

13.0

EPA / target#290 / 636 · 54th pct

0.72

Explosive rate#320 / 636 · 50th pct

13.0%

Catch rate#334 / 636 · 47th pct

77.8%

TD rate#445 / 636 · 29th pct

3.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#172 / 550 · 68th pct

Rec yards#190 / 550 · 65th pct

544

Yards / catch#263 / 550 · 52nd pct

13.0

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Long catch#388 / 550 · 28th pct

Rush yards#192 / 275 · 28th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

89th → 54th percentile

Explosive rate

62nd → 50th percentile

Catch rate

80th → 47th percentile

TD rate

21st → 29th percentile

Yards / catch

56th → 63rd 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.7	41.7	11.1	0.0
Road5g	4.0	58.8	15.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	53.7	14.9	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	44.4	10.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #190 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Rice	42	544	13.0	2	--
2021	West Virginia	29	362	12.5	1	--
2020	West Virginia	12	115	9.6	0	--
2019	West Virginia	15	171	11.4	1	--
Career		98	1,192	12.2	4	--

Season	Team
2022	Rice	2	3	18	--	--
2021	West Virginia	1	-7	--	57	--
2020	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2019	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	-4	18	57	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 52–10

vs McNeese

4 rec · 53 yds

Dominant 42-point win at home against McNeese.

With T. McMahon — 274 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 26 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · B. Rozner — 3 rec · 101 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Louisiana · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +4.29TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 39 yds to the LaLaf 29 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.11AJ Padgett pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 25 yds to the SoMis 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · USC · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.09TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 16 yds to the USC 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Isaiah Esdale 32 Yd pass from AJ Padgett (Christian VanSickle Kick)
Week 11 · Western Kentucky · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.82TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 17 yds to the Rice 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UTEP · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.74TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 20 yds to the UTEP 27 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Isaiah Esdale 26 Yd pass from AJ Padgett (Christian VanSickle Kick)
Week 10 · UTEP · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.95TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 10 yds to the Rice 41 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.93AJ Padgett pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 21 yds to the NoTex 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UTSA · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Shawqi Itraish pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 13 yds to the Rice 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-66@ USC	4	38	9.5	0	16	Season-high 83 yds
Wk 2	W 52-10vs McNeese	4	53	13.3	0	30
Wk 3	W 33-21vs Louisiana	4	64	16.0	0	39
Wk 4	L 27-34@ Houston	5	64	12.8	0	16
Wk 5	W 28-24vs UAB	2	20	10.0	0	11
Wk 9	L 23-56vs Charlotte	2	16	8.0	0	9
Wk 10	W 37-30vs UTEP	5	58	11.6	0	20
Wk 11	L 10-45@ Western Kentucky	3	40	13.3	0	17
Wk 12	L 7-41vs UTSA	5	39	7.8	0	13
Wk 13	L 17-21@ North Texas	5	69	13.8	0	21
Bowl	L 24-38@ Southern Miss	3	83	27.7	2	32
Total		42	544	13.1	2	39

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