Ishmael Zamora

Wide receiver for Baylor. 2016: 63 catches, 809 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Baylor · #8

6′4″ · Houston, TX

Baylor 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 363 nationally · Signed with Baylor

Statement game12 rec · 155 yds · 1 TDvs Texas Tech (FBS) · L 35-54

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Baylor. 2016: 63 catches, 809 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Baylor, 941 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 175 yds vs Oklahoma State.Oklahoma State · W 35-242016

2014

Signed with Baylor3-star out of Alief Elsik

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#363 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2016

2 coaches

2015

Art Briles

Baylor

2016

Jim Grobe

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Art Briles → Jim Grobe. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Baylor10-3HC: Art Briles · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2016Baylor7-6HC: Jim Grobe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (94th percentile). Strength: rec tds (90th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#34 / 524 · 94th pct

Rec TDs#46 / 524 · 90th pct

Receptions#57 / 524 · 89th pct

Rec yards#82 / 524 · 84th pct

809

Rush yards#99 / 257 · 61st pct

Yards / catch#276 / 524 · 47th pct

12.8

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#182 / 216 · 9th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.6	74.4	11.0	1.0
Road5g	7.0	87.4	12.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	4.8	62.5	10.0	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	7.3	93.2	12.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Baylor	63	809	12.8	8	--
2015	Baylor	9	132	14.7	2	--
Career		72	941	13.1	10	--

Season	Team
2016	Baylor	5	27	--	--	--
2015	Baylor	--	--	142	--	--
Career		5	27	142	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016

W 35–24

vs Oklahoma State

8 rec · 175 yds · 2 TD

With S. Russell — 387 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 92.3 · 65 rush yds (10 car) · C. Platt — 3 rec · 114 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	W 35-24vs Oklahoma State	8	175	21.9	2	38	Season-high 175 yds
Wk 5	W 45-42@ Iowa State	5	48	9.6	0	14
Wk 7	W 49-7vs Kansas	1	4	4.0	1	4
Wk 9	L 34-35@ Texas	4	45	11.3	1	20
Wk 10	L 22-62vs TCU	7	121	17.3	1	81
Wk 11	L 24-45@ Oklahoma	6	87	14.5	0	28
Wk 12	L 21-42vs Kansas State	7	49	7.0	0	10
Wk 13	L 35-54@ Texas Tech	12	155	12.9	1	24	155-yard receiving day
Wk 14	L 21-24@ West Virginia	8	102	12.8	1	43
Bowl	W 31-12vs Boise State	5	23	4.6	1	14
Total		63	809	11.6	8	81

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