#85

Isaiah Spencer

Senior wide receiver for Ole Miss. 2025: 14 catches, 194 receiving yards.

WR · Ole Miss · Sr. · #85

6′2″ · 205 lb · Flora, MS · Madison Central

CFB Index 27 · #450 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceTransferred Virginia Tech → Ole Miss for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ETvs LSUVaught-Hemingway StadiumLSU by 3

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 76th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

194

receiving yards · 2025

14 catches · 13.9 per catch

Best game: 2 rec, 49 yds, vs Miami

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ole Miss. 2025: 14 catches, 194 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Jackson State in 2023.
Transferred from Virginia Tech to Ole Miss in 2026.

His career, year by year

Isaiah Spencer

WR · Ole Miss · Sr · #85

Moves the chains on third down. He got to Ole Miss by way of Virginia Tech. The receipt: 49 rec yds, 2 receptions against Miami — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Virginia Tech3-9HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

27Below cohort / limited sample #450 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#193 / 798 · 76th pct

0.59

Yards / catch#198 / 798 · 75th pct

13.9

Explosive rate#416 / 798 · 47th pct

9.5%

Catch rate#425 / 798 · 45th pct

66.7%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#209 / 558 · 62nd pct

13.9

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Long catch#404 / 558 · 27th pct

Rush yards#212 / 287 · 25th pct

Rec yards#471 / 558 · 16th pct

194

Receptions#496 / 558 · 10th pct

Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

33%7 of his 21 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.4	18.2	11.3	0.0
Road5g	1.4	20.6	15.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	19.0	11.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.0	20.0	18.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #450 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #450 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Virginia Tech	14	194	13.9	0	--
Career		14	194	13.9	0	--

Season	Team
2025	Virginia Tech	1	3	29	88	--
Career		1	3	29	88	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Miami · 2&20 · Q4 · EPA +4.20(02:51) Shotgun #5 W.Watson III pass complete short middle to #11 I.Spencer caught at VT 31, for 38 yards to the MIA33 (#13 B.Fitzgerald), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · NC State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Kyron Drones pass complete to Isaiah Spencer for 19 yds to the VT 45 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Virginia · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.81(12:29) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Drones pass complete short right to #11 I.Spencer caught at VAT31, for 13 yards to the VAT39 (#19 E.Karnley), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · South Carolina · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.75Kyron Drones pass complete to Isaiah Spencer for 28 yds to the SC 30 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.61(09:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Drones pass complete short right to #11 I.Spencer caught at VT38, for 18 yards to the VT43 (#19 J.Wilson), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · NC State · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.46Kyron Drones pass complete to Isaiah Spencer for 14 yds to the NCSU 21 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.91Kyron Drones pass complete to Isaiah Spencer for 8 yds to the VT 33
Week 13 · Miami · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +0.73(07:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Drones pass complete short middle to #11 I.Spencer caught at VT 13, for 11 yards to the VT 20 (#22 C.Pruitt), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.49Kyron Drones pass complete to Isaiah Spencer for 7 yds to the VT 25
Week 3 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.49Kyron Drones pass complete to Isaiah Spencer for 17 yds to the ODU 22 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 11-24@ South Carolina	1	28	28.0	0	28
Wk 2	L 20-44vs Vanderbilt	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 3	L 26-45vs Old Dominion	3	32	10.7	0	17
Wk 5	W 23-21@ NC State	3	38	12.7	0	19
Wk 6	L 23-30vs Wake Forest	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 7	L 20-35@ Georgia Tech	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 9	W 42-34vs California	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 12	L 14-34@ Florida State	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 13	L 17-34vs Miami	2	49	24.5	0	38	Season-high 49 yds
Wk 14	L 7-27@ Virginia	1	13	13.0	0	13
Total		14	194	13.7	0	38

The receiver room · Ole Miss

#1Deuce AlexanderWR · Jr.684 receiving yards · 2025
Johntay Cook IIWR · Sr.559 receiving yards · 2025
#15Darrell Gill Jr.WR · Sr.506 receiving yards · 2025
#85Isaiah SpencerWR · Sr.194 receiving yards · 2025
#22Cameron MillerWR · So.141 receiving yards · 2025

13 more on the roster · Ole Miss team page

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

Isaiah Spencer

2023

202510 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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Background

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