#18

Kenny Odom

Redshirt senior wide receiver for South Florida. 2025: 62 catches, 582 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · South Florida · R-Sr. · #18

5′10″ · 178 lb · Savannah, GA · Savannah County Day

CFB Index 57 · #152 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTransferred UTEP → South Florida for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs Delaware StateRaymond James Stadium

The numbers

582

receiving yards · 2025

62 catches · 6 TD · 9.4 per catch

Backed by 10 rec · 67 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% catches game.

The play that turned itSwung UTEP from 11% to 96% to win.New Mexico State at UTEP · 34-31

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for South Florida. 2025: 62 catches, 582 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed with Austin Peay in 2022.
Transferred from UTEP to South Florida in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

TD rate: 38th percentile.

The full scouting read

Kenny Odom

WR · South Florida · Sr · #18

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. UTEP to South Florida — the move that set up everything since. All-Conference USA in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. The receipt: 124 rec yds, 5 receptions against UT Martin — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Scotty Walden — 5-19 over that span.

2024UTEP3-9HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning

2025UTEP2-10HC: Scotty Walden · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

57Quality starter #152 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (91st percentile). Strength: long catch (88th percentile). Concern: epa / target (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#499 / 798 · 38th pct

1.1%

Explosive rate#657 / 798 · 17th pct

4.5%

Yards / catch#706 / 798 · 12th pct

7.6

Catch rate#714 / 798 · 10th pct

54.5%

EPA / target#758 / 798 · 5th pct

0.03

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#50 / 558 · 91st pct

Long catch#63 / 558 · 88th pct

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Rush yards#45 / 287 · 84th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Rec yards#163 / 558 · 71st pct

582

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#488 / 558 · 12th pct

9.4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

56th → 5th percentile

Explosive rate

89th → 17th percentile

Catch rate

47th → 10th percentile

TD rate

68th → 38th percentile

Yards / catch

85th → 12th 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

32%28 of his 88 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.8	52.0	11.5	0.4
Road6g	6.3	53.7	6.7	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.2	60.0	11.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	6.0	47.0	6.4	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

57 · #152 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #152 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	UTEP	62	582	9.4	6	--
2024	UTEP	47	761	16.2	8	--
Career		109	1,343	12.3	14	--

Season	Team
2025	UTEP	13	57	16	--	--
2024	UTEP	4	-10	123	--	--
Career		17	47	139	--	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · UT Martin · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +6.97Malachi Nelson pass complete to Kenny Odom for 74 yds for a TD (Carlos Arreola KICK)
Week 14 · Delaware · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +4.80No Huddle #9 S.Locklear pass complete deep left to #6 K.Odom caught at DEL13, for 49 yards to the DEL00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:51, 1ST DOWN #91 C.Arreola kick attempt good (H: #11 C.McConnell, LS: #39 J.Hancock)
Week 10 · Kennesaw State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.52No Huddle-Shotgun #9 S.Locklear pass complete short left to #6 K.Odom caught at KSU25, for 27 yards to the KSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:45, 1ST DOWN #91 C.Arreola kick attempt good (H: #11 C.McConnell, LS: #39 J.Hancock)
Week 1 · Utah State · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.18Kenny Odom 34 Yd pass from Malachi Nelson (Carlos Arrelola Kick)
Week 10 · Kennesaw State · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.77No Huddle-Shotgun #6 K.Odom rush left for 13 yards gain to the UTEP47 (#9 I.Paul), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · New Mexico State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76(01:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 S.Locklear pass complete deep left to #6 K.Odom caught at NMSU00, for 28 yards to the NMSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:56, 1ST DOWN #91 C.Arreola kick attempt good (H: #11 C.McConnell, LS: #39 J.Hancock)
Week 11 · Jacksonville State · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA -2.07(14:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 K.Odom rush right for 5 yards loss to the UTEP39 (#59 M.Sanders; #1 C.Nix)
Week 2 · UT Martin · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.98Malachi Nelson pass complete to Kenny Odom for 8 yds to the UTEP 39 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Delaware · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +1.90No Huddle-Shotgun #9 S.Locklear pass complete short left to #6 K.Odom caught at DEL41, for 27 yards to the DEL15 (#10 B.Matthews; #7 K.Seay), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Delaware · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -1.70No Huddle-Shotgun #6 K.Odom rush left for 4 yards loss to the UTEP34 (#10 B.Matthews; #32 M.Mulumba)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-28@ Utah State	9	97	10.8	1	34
Wk 2	W 42-17vs UT Martin	5	124	24.8	1	74	Season-high 124 yds
Wk 3	L 10-27@ Texas	5	15	3.0	0	5
Wk 5	L 11-30vs Louisiana Tech	4	11	2.8	0	6
Wk 7	L 8-19vs Liberty	3	53	17.7	0	44
Wk 8	W 35-17@ Sam Houston	10	67	6.7	1	26
Wk 10	L 20-33@ Kennesaw State	6	51	8.5	1	27
Wk 11	L 27-30vs Jacksonville State	4	24	6.0	0	11
Wk 12	L 24-38@ Missouri State	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 13	L 31-34vs New Mexico State	8	48	6.0	1	28
Wk 14	L 31-61@ Delaware	7	94	13.4	1	49
Total		62	582	8.9	6	74

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

Catch rate says one thing, EPA says another

checked · no story

6/293rd-down conversions

0.453rd-down EPA/target

-0.06Other-downs EPA/target

12 of 29 caught on third down (41.4%) — EPA/target 0.45 vs -0.06 elsewhere (6 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 Javin Whatley’s 2025 season.

Javin Whatley

70%match

Arizona · 2025

Tyler Walton

Ohio · 2021

69%

Zion Booker

Tulsa · 2025

69%

Drayden Dickmann

Rice · 2025

69%

Travell Harris

Washington State · 2021

68%

Matches Javin on

Total EPA (college ability)

TD rate

Differs from Javin on

Reception volume (higher)

Class year (lower)

Yards / reception (lower)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to T.J. Vasher’s path through Texas Tech.

T.J. Vasher

100%match

Texas Tech · 2020

Amon-Ra St. Brown

USC · 2020

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 4

99%

Christian Richmond

Central Arkansas · 2023

99%

Squirrel White

Tennessee · 2024

98%

Max Tomczak

Youngstown State · 2025

98%

Matches T.J. on

Yards per reception

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Drayden Dickmann's junior season at Rice (2025).

Drayden Dickmann

69%match

Rice · 2025

Eric Singleton Jr.

Auburn · 2025

All-SEC

69%

Jaylen Bonelli

Arkansas State · 2025

64%

Anthony Woods

UCLA · 2025

64%

Mikey Matthews

UCLA · 2025

62%

Matches Drayden on

Total EPA (college ability)

Height

Weight

Differs from Drayden on

Class year (higher)

Reception volume (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Kenny Odom

Raphael Williams

Pittsburgh · 2025

79%

Dezmen Roebuck

Washington · 2025

78%

Isaiah Bond

Texas · 2024

75%

Chrishon Mccray

Kent State · 2024

72%

Kyan Mason

Akron · 2025

64%

Background

2025 All-Conference USA Second Team 2024 All-Conference USA Second Team A transfer wide receiver who joined the Bulls in January of 2026 after two all-conference seasons at UTEP and two seasons at Austin Peay...posted 108 catches for 1,323 yards and 14 touchdowns at UTEP...came to Tampa having pl...

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The receiver room · South Florida

#18Kenny OdomWR · R-Sr.582 receiving yards · 2025
#6Mudia ReubenWR · Gr.495 receiving yards · 2025
#9Armani WinfieldWR · R-Sr.276 receiving yards · 2025
#4Arhmad BranchWR · R-Jr.212 receiving yards · 2025
Cameron SeldonWR · Sr.165 receiving yards · 2025

9 more on the roster · South Florida team page

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

Kenny Odom

2022

202412 games

202511 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Slot Technician

Players who play like Kenny Odom

Background

The receiver room · South Florida