Isaiah Likely

#4 · TE · Sr. · Coastal Carolina6′4″ · 240 lb · Malden, MA · Everett

Isaiah Likely: TE · Coastal Carolina · #4.

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Isaiah Likely

TE · Coastal Carolina · Sr · #4

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Played for two head coaches at Coastal Carolina: Joe Moglia and Jamey Chadwell. That makes three straight seasons on the honors list: All-Sun Belt again in 2021. A game that shows it: 232 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Arkansas State — Week 6, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Coastal Carolina	59	912	15.5	12	99
2020	Coastal Carolina	30	601	20.0	5	75
2019	Coastal Carolina	32	431	13.5	5	51
2018	Coastal Carolina	12	106	8.8	5	31
Career		133	2,050	15.4	27	99

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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	15.7	10	99

Signature game

Week 6 · 2021

W 52-20

at Arkansas State

8 rec · 232 yds · 4 TD

Dominant 32-point win on the road against Arkansas State.

With G. McCall — 365 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.6 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · B. Carpenter — 79 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · 18 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.6

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Arkansas State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +7.23McCall to Likely: a 99-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Arkansas State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +5.15Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 64 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 11 · Georgia State · 3rd and 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 · 1st and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 30 yds for a TD, (Liam Gray KICK)
Week 5 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 5 yds for a TD, (Liam Gray KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 27 yds for a TD (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 4 · Massachusetts · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.70McCall to Likely: a 25-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Arkansas State · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 4 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 12 · Texas State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Grayson McCall pass complete to Isaiah Likely for 21 yds for a TD (Massimo Biscardi KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 88 (#3 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

88All-Conference level #3 of 119 · 2021?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2021. 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

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

2021 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Pass share

39.0%

321 pass / 503 run

Plays / game

68.7

12 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

334 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

88 · #3 of 119 TEs · 2021

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

Isaiah Likely

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Style of play

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Coastal Carolina, drafted

2018 7 games

2019 12 games

2020 9 games

2021 12 games

2022