Isaiah Likely

Former tight end at Coastal Carolina. 2021: 59 catches, 912 receiving yards, 12 TD.

TE · Coastal Carolina · Sr. · #4

6′4″ · 240 lb · Malden, MA

CFB Index 88 · #3 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamBaltimore — drafted 2022, Rd 4, Pick 34, #139 overall

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 2539 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina

Statement game8 rec · 232 yds · 4 TDat Arkansas State (FBS) · W 52-20

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Likely should go in the first 3 rounds in the NFL draft. He literally blocked a man to the ground and then went into a route and caught a poorly thrown ball.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 7His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Coastal Carolina. 2021: 59 catches, 912 receiving yards, 12 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2018.
Drafted round 4 by the Baltimore in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Coastal Carolina, 2,050 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #139 overall by Baltimore.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20187 games

Signed with Coastal Carolina2-star out of Everett

20209 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

202112 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

2022

Drafted by Baltimoreround 4, pick 139

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2539 national

CFB

College

Coastal Carolina

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #139

Baltimore · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018

Joe Moglia

Coastal Carolina

2019–2021

Jamey Chadwell

Coastal Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Joe Moglia → Jamey Chadwell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 5th NFL season

#139Rd 4 · Pick 34

BaltimoreEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Joe Moglia · Run-heavy

2019Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2020Coastal Carolina11-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

88All-Conference level #3 of 119?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#16 / 655 · 98th pct

17.4%

Yards / catch#97 / 655 · 85th pct

16.0

Explosive rate#130 / 655 · 80th pct

18.8%

EPA / target#159 / 655 · 76th pct

0.86

Catch rate#300 / 655 · 54th pct

76.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#1 / 146 · 100th pct

Rec yards#2 / 146 · 99th pct

912

Rec TDs#2 / 146 · 99th pct

Receptions#6 / 146 · 96th pct

Yards / catch#13 / 146 · 91st pct

15.5

Fumbles lost#1 / 39 · 78th pct

Rush yards#14 / 33 · 59th pct

Rush TDs#10 / 33 · 36th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.0	71.7	15.0	0.7
Road5g	3.4	62.8	13.1	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	85.5	16.7	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	50.5	11.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Beard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 119 FBS tight ends by CFB Index Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #3 of 119 TEs

Two-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Coastal Carolina	59	912	15.5	12	--
2020	Coastal Carolina	30	601	20.0	5	--
2019	Coastal Carolina	32	431	13.5	5	--
2018	Coastal Carolina	12	106	8.8	5	--
Career		133	2,050	15.4	27	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 52–14

vs The Citadel

5 rec · 64 yds

Dominant 38-point win at home against The Citadel.

With G. McCall — 262 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.6 · 24 rush yds (2 car) · J. Heiligh — 6 rec · 133 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Arkansas State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +7.23Isaiah Likely 99 Yd pass from Grayson McCall (Massimo Biscardi Kick)
Week 6 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.15Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 64 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 11 · Georgia State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Bryce Carpenter pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 17 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 40 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 5 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 30 yds for a TD, (Liam Gray KICK)
Week 5 · UL Monroe · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 5 yds for a TD, (Liam Gray KICK)
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 27 yds for a TD (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 4 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Isaiah Likely 25 Yd pass from Grayson McCall (Kieran Colahan Kick)
Week 6 · Arkansas State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 4 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 12 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 21 yds for a TD (Massimo Biscardi KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-14vs The Citadel	5	64	12.8	0	20
Wk 2	W 49-22vs Kansas	5	40	8.0	0	19
Wk 3	W 28-25@ Buffalo	1	6	6.0	1	6
Wk 4	W 53-3vs Massachusetts	3	76	25.3	1	35
Wk 5	W 59-6vs UL Monroe	5	95	19.0	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 52-20@ Arkansas State	8	232	29.0	4	99	Season-high 232 yds
Wk 8	L 27-30@ App State	2	32	16.0	0	21
Wk 9	W 35-28vs Troy	5	64	12.8	0	36
Wk 10	W 28-8@ Georgia Southern	3	23	7.7	0	11
Wk 11	L 40-42vs Georgia State	7	101	14.4	1	28
Wk 12	W 35-21vs Texas State	5	62	12.4	1	21
Wk 13	W 27-21@ South Alabama	3	21	7.0	0	9
Total		52	816	14.2	10	99

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

Isaiah Likely

20187 games

20209 games

202112 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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