Isaiah Esdale

#6 · WR · Sr. · Rice6′0″ · 201 lb · Elkton, MD

Isaiah Esdale: WR · Rice · #6.

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Isaiah Esdale

WR · Rice · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 83 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Southern Miss — Bowl, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Rice in the news

Rashee Rice out for Week 6Draftsharks Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Rice	42	544	13.0	2	39
2021	West Virginia	29	362	12.5	1	55
2020	West Virginia	12	115	9.6	0	28
2019	West Virginia	15	171	11.4	1	36
Career		98	1,192	12.2	4	55

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-66@ No. 14 USC	4	38	9.5	0	16	2 TD catches
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 24-38vs Southern Miss	3	83	27.7	2	32
Total		42	544	13.0	2	39

Signature game

Bowl · 2022

L 24-38

vs Southern Miss · neutral site

3 rec · 83 yds · 2 TD

With C. Hunt — 38.7 yards per punt · 7 punts · 1 inside the 20 · A. Padgett — 295 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Louisiana · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +4.29TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 39 yds to the LaLaf 29 for a
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +3.11AJ Padgett pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 25 yds to the SoMis 43 for a
Week 1 · USC · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.09TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 16 yds to the USC 38 for a
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Padgett to Esdale: a 32-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +2.82TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 17 yds to the Rice 45 for a
Week 10 · UTEP · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.74TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 20 yds to the UTEP 27 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Southern Miss · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Padgett to Esdale: a 26-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · UTEP · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +1.95TJ McMahon pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 10 yds to the Rice 41 for a
Week 13 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.93AJ Padgett pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 21 yds to the NoTex 49 for a
Week 12 · UTSA · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Shawqi Itraish pass complete to Isaiah Esdale for 13 yds to the Rice 40 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 52 (#190 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

52Rotational starter #190 of 488 · 2022?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

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
Road4g	4.2	52.8	12.4	0.0

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

2022 season

Head Coach

Mike Bloomgren

Pass share

46.7%

402 pass / 458 run

Plays / game

66.2

13 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

421 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

42 catches and 2 carries in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

52 · #190 of 488 WRs · 2022

Isaiah Esdale

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

42 catches and 2 carries in 11 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2022 11 games