Iverson Hooks

Senior wide receiver for UAB. 2025: 72 catches, 927 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · UAB · Sr. · #2

5′10″ · 175 lb · Pike Road, AL

CFB Index 80 · #38 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTransferred UAB for 2026

Next upFri Sep 18 · 10:30 pm ETvs Portland StateAutzen Stadium

The numbers

927

receiving yards · 2025

72 catches · 7 TD · 12.9 per catch

Career night11 rec · 172 yds · 3 TDvs Memphis (FBS) · W 31-24

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for UAB. 2025: 72 catches, 927 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UAB in 2022.
Transferred from UAB to Oregon in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

TD rate: 78th percentile.

The full scouting read

Iverson Hooks

WR · UAB · So

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Four seasons at UAB, three different head coaches: Bryant Vincent, Trent Dilfer and Alex Mortensen. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-AAC. One game to point at: 172 rec yds, 11 receptions against Memphis — Week 8, 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

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

2024UAB3-9HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

2025UAB4-8HC: Alex Mortensen · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

80All-Conference level #38 of 485?

High confidenceBreakout13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rec yards (94th percentile). Concern: rush yards (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#168 / 798 · 78th pct

4.8%

EPA / target#236 / 798 · 70th pct

0.55

Yards / catch#301 / 798 · 62nd pct

12.6

Explosive rate#336 / 798 · 58th pct

11.4%

Catch rate#456 / 798 · 43rd pct

65.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#15 / 558 · 97th pct

Rec yards#34 / 558 · 94th pct

927

Rec TDs#37 / 558 · 92nd pct

Long catch#230 / 558 · 58th pct

Yards / catch#280 / 558 · 49th pct

12.9

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Rush yards#233 / 287 · 18th 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

25%26 of his 105 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	7.2	101	14.2	0.7
Road6g	4.8	53.8	11.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	64.7	13.4	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	7.0	89.8	11.8	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

80 · #38 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #38 at the position.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	UAB	72	927	12.9	7	--
2024	UAB	14	179	12.8	1	--
2023	UAB	10	106	10.6	2	--
2022	UAB	1	13	13.0	0	--
Career		97	1,225	12.6	10	--

Season	Team
2025	UAB	1	--	1	110	--
2024	UAB	--	--	--	--	--
2023	UAB	1	7	--	--	--
2022	UAB	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	7	1	110	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 52–42

vs Alabama State

7 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Alabama State at home in a shootout.

With J. Kitna — 247 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.0 · 14 rush yds (2 car) · S. Beebe — 51 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Navy · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +5.16Jalen Kitna pass complete to Iverson Hooks for 51 yds for a TD (Jonah Delange KICK)
Week 6 · Army · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +4.04Jalen Kitna pass complete to Iverson Hooks for 47 yds to the ARMY 15 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Tennessee · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.64Jalen Kitna pass complete to Iverson Hooks for 22 yds to the TENN 45 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Akron · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.25Jalen Kitna pass complete to Iverson Hooks for 48 yds to the AKR 48 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Memphis · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.11Ryder Burton pass complete to Iverson Hooks for 20 yds for a TD (Jonah Delange KICK)
Week 7 · Florida Atlantic · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.08Jalen Kitna pass complete to Iverson Hooks for 17 yds to the FAU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Alabama State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Jalen Kitna pass complete to Iverson Hooks for 33 yds to the ALST 33 for a 1ST down UAB Penalty, Illegal Block (Brandon Hawkins Jr.) to the ALST 43 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · North Texas · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.93(00:57) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 J.Kitna pass complete short middle to #0 I.Hooks caught at UNT46, for 8 yards to the UNT46 (#14 Q.Hammonds), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · South Florida · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.89(03:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 J.Kitna pass complete short left to #0 I.Hooks caught at UAB35, for 24 yards to the USF40 (#25 Z.Hamilton), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Memphis · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.88Ryder Burton pass complete to Iverson Hooks for 23 yds to the MEM 25 for a 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	W 52-42vs Alabama State	7	73	10.4	1	33
Wk 2	L 24-38@ Navy	4	72	18.0	1	51
Wk 3	W 31-28vs Akron	5	84	16.8	0	48
Wk 4	L 24-56@ Tennessee	5	38	7.6	0	22
Wk 6	L 13-31vs Army	4	71	17.8	0	47
Wk 7	L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic	5	50	10.0	0	17
Wk 8	W 31-24vs Memphis	11	172	15.6	3	31	Season-high 172 yds
Wk 10	L 19-38@ UConn	4	28	7.0	0	14
Wk 11	L 17-24@ Rice	6	89	14.8	1	26
Wk 12	L 24-53vs North Texas	6	58	9.7	0	16
Wk 13	L 18-48vs South Florida	10	146	14.6	0	24	146-yard receiving day
Wk 14	W 31-24@ Tulsa	5	46	9.2	1	18
Total		72	927	12.6	7	51

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

17/263rd-down conversions

1.523rd-down EPA/target

0.29Other-downs EPA/target

21 of 26 caught on third down (80.8%) — EPA/target 1.52 vs 0.29 elsewhere (17 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

DNA match

Player DNA

Slot Technician

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Robert Lewis’s 2023 season.

Robert Lewis

80%match

Georgia State · 2023

All-Sun Belt

Drake Stoops

Oklahoma · 2023

All-Big 12

76%

Jaylin Lane

Middle Tennessee · 2022

All-Conference USANFL Rd 4

76%

Will Pauling

Wisconsin · 2023

All-Big Ten

76%

Dante Wright

Temple · 2024

All-AAC

74%

Matches Robert on

Total EPA (college ability)

Reception volume

EPA / play (adj)

Differs from Robert on

Class year (lower)

Weight (lower)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jalen McDonald’s path through Merrimack.

Jalen McDonald

98%match

Merrimack · 2025

Money Parks

Utah · 2024

97%

Joshua Harris

Furman · 2024

97%

DeVontres Dukes

South Florida · 2020

96%

Ashtyn Hawkins

Baylor · 2025

96%

Matches Jalen on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Parker Kingston's senior season at BYU (2025).

Parker Kingston

63%match

BYU · 2025

All-Big 12

Victor Snow

Buffalo · 2025

All-MAC

60%

Isaiah Sategna

Oklahoma · 2025

59%

Isaiah Williams

Illinois · 2023

All-Big Ten

58%

Jordan Dwyer

TCU · 2025

54%

Matches Parker on

Yards / reception

Height

Weight

Differs from Parker on

Class year (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Iverson Hooks

Jaylen Lloyd

Nebraska · 2024

73%

Danny Scudero

San José State · 2025

71%

The receiver room · Oregon

#2Iverson HooksWR · 5th927 receiving yards · 2025
#3Jeremiah McClellanWR · Jr.557 receiving yards · 2025
#1Dakorien MooreWR · So.497 receiving yards · 2025
#2Gary Bryant Jr.WR · Sr.306 receiving yards · 2025
#89Brady BidwellWR · Jr.no box-score line yet

12 more on the roster · Oregon team page

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

Iverson Hooks

2022

20233 games

202512 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Slot Technician

Players who play like Iverson Hooks

The receiver room · Oregon