Israel Polk

Redshirt junior wide receiver for Oklahoma State. 2025: 33 catches, 525 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Oklahoma State · R-Jr. · #5

6′2″ · 177 lb · Richmond, CA · St. John Bosco

CFB Index 51 · #213 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTransferred Akron → Oklahoma State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs Murray StateBoone Pickens Stadium

The numbers

525

receiving yards · 2025

33 catches · 8 TD · 15.9 per catch

The play that turned itSwung Akron from 10% to 55% to win.Kent State at Akron · 42-35

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Oklahoma State. 2025: 33 catches, 525 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2023.
Transferred from Akron to Oklahoma State in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

TD rate: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

Israel Polk

WR · Oklahoma State · Jr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Israel Polk has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-MAC. The receipt: 99 rec yds, 4 receptions against UAB — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2025Akron5-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #213 of 485?

High confidenceAscending13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (90th percentile). Strength: rec tds (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#79 / 798 · 90th pct

6.7%

Yards / catch#220 / 798 · 72nd pct

13.6

Explosive rate#556 / 798 · 30th pct

6.7%

EPA / target#685 / 798 · 14th pct

0.14

Catch rate#786 / 798 · 2nd pct

45.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#23 / 558 · 95th pct

Long catch#43 / 558 · 91st pct

Yards / catch#93 / 558 · 83rd pct

15.9

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Rec yards#198 / 558 · 65th pct

525

Receptions#247 / 558 · 55th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#233 / 287 · 18th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

2nd → 14th percentile

Explosive rate

2nd → 30th percentile

Catch rate

2nd → 2nd percentile

TD rate

7th → 90th percentile

Yards / catch

15th → 72nd percentile

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

20%12 of his 60 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.7	30.3	12.1	0.5
Road6g	2.8	57.2	19.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	31.6	11.3	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	60.8	21.8	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #213 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #213 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Akron	33	525	15.9	8	--
2024	Akron	24	201	8.4	0	--
2023	Pittsburgh	1	14	14.0	0	--
Career		58	740	12.8	8	--

Season	Team
2025	Akron	1	--	--	--	--
2024	Akron	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Pittsburgh	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	--	--	--	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · UAB · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Ben Finley pass complete to Israel Polk for 75 yds for a TD (Owen Wiley KICK)
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08(03:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete deep right to #5 I.Polk caught at BGSU38, for 75 yards to the BGSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:42, 1ST DOWN #47 M.Schramm kick attempt good (H: #34 B.Johnson, LS: #30 J.Dennis)
Week 11 · Massachusetts · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.12(08:38) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete short right to #5 I.Polk caught at UMASS00, for 13 yards to the UMASS00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:32, 1ST DOWN #47 M.Schramm kick attempt good (H: #34 B.Johnson, LS: #30 J.Dennis)
Week 8 · Ball State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Israel Polk 19 Yd pass from Ben Finley (Michael Johnson Jr. Pass to Max Whisner for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 12 · Kent State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.84(02:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete short right to #5 I.Polk caught at KENT00, for 13 yards to the KENT00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:59, 1ST DOWN #2 M.Williams pass attempt Successful #10 B.Finley pass attempt Successful #10 B.Finley pass attempt Successful PENALTY
Week 3 · UAB · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Ben Finley pass complete to Israel Polk for 5 yds for a TD UAB Penalty, Defensive Offside (Yards) declined (Owen Wiley KICK)
Week 7 · Miami (OH) · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Ben Finley pass complete to Israel Polk for 5 yds for a TD (Matthew Schramm KICK)
Week 5 · Toledo · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.18Brayden Roggow pass complete to Israel Polk for 2 yds to the TOL 42 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Buffalo · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.15(12:25) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete short right to #5 I.Polk caught at BUFF40, for 15 yards to the BUFF38 (#3 O.Bridges), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.87(06:16) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete deep right to #5 I.Polk caught at BUFF20, for 46 yards to the BUFF08 (#1 M.Cooper), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-10vs Wyoming	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 2	L 0-68@ Nebraska	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	L 28-31@ UAB	4	99	24.8	2	75	Season-high 99 yds
Wk 4	W 51-7vs Duquesne	2	47	23.5	0	27
Wk 5	L 3-45@ Toledo	2	16	8.0	0	14
Wk 6	W 28-22vs Central Michigan	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 7	L 7-20vs Miami (OH)	5	28	5.6	1	8
Wk 8	L 28-42@ Ball State	5	72	14.4	2	25	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 24-16@ Buffalo	3	67	22.3	0	46
Wk 11	W 44-10vs Massachusetts	1	13	13.0	1	13
Wk 12	L 35-42vs Kent State	4	67	16.8	1	19
Wk 13	W 19-16@ Bowling Green	2	85	42.5	1	75
Total		33	525	15.7	8	75

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Javen Banks’s 2020 season.

Javen Banks

70%match

Texas State · 2020

Nic Trujillo

UL Monroe · 2025

66%

Dontae Fleming

Louisiana · 2022

61%

Chris Reed

Sam Houston · 2025

60%

Corey Smith

Tulsa · 2024

58%

Matches Javen on

Weight

Yards / reception

Differs from Javen on

Class year (lower)

Reception volume (higher)

TD rate (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to DeVontres Dukes’s path through South Florida.

DeVontres Dukes

99%match

South Florida · 2020

Joshua Harris

Furman · 2024

98%

Jalen McDonald

Merrimack · 2025

96%

Ben Skowronek

Notre Dame · 2020

NFL Rd 7

96%

Kobe Clark

Abilene Christian · 2022

94%

Matches DeVontres on

Yards per reception

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Nic Trujillo's junior season at UL Monroe (2025).

Nic Trujillo

70%match

UL Monroe · 2025

Jaedn Skeete

Boston College · 2025

57%

Darrell Gill Jr.

Syracuse · 2025

54%

Cole Turner

Clemson · 2024

All-Mountain WestNFL Rd 5

54%

Nick Devereaux

Eastern Michigan · 2025

All-MAC

53%

Matches Nic on

EPA / play (adj)

Reception volume

Differs from Nic on

TD rate (higher)

Yards / reception (higher)

Weight (lower)

Background

2025 All-MAC Second Team A 2026 addition from the transfer portal who has played at Pitt and Akron. 2025 (Sophomore at Akron): Named to the All-MAC second team ... Played in all 12 games started in the final 11 ... Led the team and ranked second in the MAC with eight receiving touchdowns ... Fini...

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The receiver room · Oklahoma State

#10Wyatt YoungWR · Jr.1,264 receiving yards · 2025
#1Miles ColemanWR · Jr.550 receiving yards · 2025
#2Chris BarnesWR · R-So.547 receiving yards · 2025
#5Israel PolkWR · R-Jr.525 receiving yards · 2025
#11Rodney Harris IIWR · R-Sr.419 receiving yards · 2025

11 more on the roster · Oklahoma State team page

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

Israel Polk

2023

202411 games

202512 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Possession Receiver

Background

The receiver room · Oklahoma State