#17

Isaiah Hodgins

Former wide receiver at Oregon State. 2019: 86 catches, 1,171 receiving yards, 13 TD.

WR · Oregon State · Jr. · #17

6′4″ · 209 lb · Oakley, CA

Buffalo — drafted 2020, Rd 6, Pick 28, #207 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 273 nationally · Signed with Oregon State

Statement game14 rec · 200 yds · 2 TDat Nevada (FBS) · L 35-37

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Oregon State. 2019: 86 catches, 1,171 receiving yards, 13 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oregon State in 2017.
Drafted round 6 by the Buffalo in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oregon State, 2,322 receiving yards — drafted at #207 overall by Buffalo.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 200 yds at Nevada.Nevada · L 35-372018

201711 games

Signed with Oregon State4-star out of Berean Christian

2020

Drafted by Buffaloround 6, pick 207

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#273 national

CFB

College

Oregon State

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #207

Buffalo · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

2 coaches

2017

Cory Hall

Oregon State

2018–2019

Jonathan Smith

Oregon State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Cory Hall → Jonathan Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 7th NFL season

#207Rd 6 · Pick 28

BuffaloEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Oregon State1-11HC: Cory Hall · Run-leaning

2018Oregon State2-10HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Oregon State5-7HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#7 / 556 · 98th pct

Receptions#12 / 556 · 98th pct

Rec yards#18 / 556 · 97th pct

1171

Yards / catch#240 / 556 · 56th pct

13.6

Long catch#354 / 556 · 36th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.3	103	13.3	1.0
Road6g	7.0	92.5	13.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.5	118	13.7	1.5
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	77.0	12.7	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

JaMarcus Shephard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Oregon State	86	1,171	13.6	13	--
2018	Oregon State	59	876	14.8	5	--
2017	Oregon State	31	275	8.9	2	--
Career		176	2,322	13.2	20	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2019

W 35–34

vs Arizona State

6 rec · 93 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Arizona State at home in a shootout.

With D. Rodriguez — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 49 LONG · J. Luton — 288 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · -13 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 36-52vs Oklahoma State	9	170	18.9	2	42	Season-high 170 yds
Wk 2	L 28-31@ Hawai'i	7	96	13.7	1	28
Wk 3	W 45-7vs Cal Poly	7	81	11.6	2	20	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 28-31vs Stanford	10	162	16.2	1	25	162-yard receiving day
Wk 6	W 48-31@ UCLA	10	123	12.3	3	24	3 TD catches
Wk 7	L 7-52vs Utah	8	77	9.6	0	17
Wk 8	W 21-17@ California	5	36	7.2	1	13
Wk 10	W 56-38@ Arizona	7	150	21.4	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 11	L 7-19vs Washington	4	33	8.3	0	21
Wk 12	W 35-34vs Arizona State	6	93	15.5	1	40
Wk 13	L 53-54@ Washington State	5	65	13.0	0	34
Wk 14	L 10-24@ Oregon	8	85	10.6	0	18
Total		86	1171	13.2	13	42

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