Izaiah Gathings

Senior wide receiver for Middle Tennessee. 2022: 60 catches, 559 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #2

6′4″ · 222 lb · Statesville, NC

CFB Index 57 · #155 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceMiddle Tennessee 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Middle Tennessee. 2022: 60 catches, 559 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Middle Tennessee, 861 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 97 yds vs UTSA.UTSA · L 30-452022

202211 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Middle Tennessee

2021–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 15-11 over that span.

2021Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Middle Tennessee8-5HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

57Quality starter #155 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (83rd percentile). Strength: receptions (88th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#107 / 636 · 83rd pct

89.4%

EPA / target#330 / 636 · 48th pct

0.67

Explosive rate#404 / 636 · 37th pct

10.6%

TD rate#498 / 636 · 21st pct

3.0%

Yards / catch#538 / 636 · 15th pct

9.1

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#59 / 550 · 88th pct

Rec yards#180 / 550 · 67th pct

559

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#501 / 550 · 8th pct

9.3

Long catch#505 / 550 · 8th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

15th → 48th percentile

Explosive rate

32nd → 37th percentile

Catch rate

9th → 83rd percentile

TD rate

23rd → 21st percentile

Yards / catch

66th → 15th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	5.0	52.0	10.7	0.5
Road7g	5.7	50.1	9.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.8	52.6	9.5	0.1
Weeks 8+3g	4.7	46.0	9.9	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #155 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Middle Tennessee	60	559	9.3	2	--
2021	Middle Tennessee	24	302	12.6	1	--
Career		84	861	10.2	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 49–6

vs Tennessee State

3 rec · 30 yds

Dominant 43-point win at home against Tennessee State.

With C. Cunningham — 216 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 78.2 · 23 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · F. Peasant — 122 rush yds (13 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Western Kentucky · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Izaiah Gathings 11 Yd pass from Chase Cunningham (Zeke Rankin Kick)
Week 5 · UTSA · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Chase Cunningham pass complete to Izaiah Gathings for 12 yds to the TexSA 40 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Tennessee State · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Chase Cunningham pass complete to Izaiah Gathings for 21 yds to the TenSt 20 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Florida Atlantic · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Chase Cunningham pass complete to Izaiah Gathings for 5 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 6 · UAB · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +2.43Chase Cunningham pass complete to Izaiah Gathings for 20 yds to the MTnSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Florida International · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.27Chase Cunningham pass complete to Izaiah Gathings for 12 yds to the FlaIn 38 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.24Chase Cunningham pass complete to Izaiah Gathings for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Colorado State · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.19Chase Cunningham pass complete to Izaiah Gathings for 16 yds to the MTnSt 47 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UAB · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.10Chase Cunningham pass complete to Izaiah Gathings for 14 yds to the MTnSt 36 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San Diego State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.08Chase Cunningham pass complete to Izaiah Gathings for 11 yds to the MTnSt 39 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-44@ James Madison	6	34	5.7	0	11
Wk 2	W 34-19@ Colorado State	11	92	8.4	0	26
Wk 3	W 49-6vs Tennessee State	3	30	10.0	0	21
Wk 4	W 45-31@ Miami	4	19	4.8	0	7
Wk 5	L 30-45vs UTSA	9	97	10.8	0	24	Season-high 97 yds
Wk 6	L 14-41@ UAB	3	38	12.7	0	20
Wk 7	L 17-35vs Western Kentucky	3	42	14.0	1	25
Wk 9	W 24-13@ UTEP	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 12	W 49-21vs Florida Atlantic	5	39	7.8	1	13
Wk 13	W 33-28@ Florida International	7	77	11.0	0	22
Bowl	W 25-23@ San Diego State	7	69	9.9	0	22
Total		60	559	9.6	2	26

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