Keric Wheatfall

Senior wide receiver for Fresno State. 2021: 38 catches, 616 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Fresno State · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 175 lb · Cypress, TX

CFB Index 56 · #134 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceFresno State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Fresno State. 2021: 38 catches, 616 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Cy Ranch in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2852 nationally · Signed with Cy Ranch

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Fresno State, 1,286 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 113 yds at Nevada.Nevada · L 26-372020

2017

Recruited2-star out of Cy Ranch

20199 games

Signed with Fresno State3-star out of Blinn College

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2852 national

CFB

College

Fresno State

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

3 coaches

2019

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State

2020

Kalen DeBoer

Fresno State

era →

2021

Lee Marks

Fresno State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer, and Lee Marks. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Fresno State4-8HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #134 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (94th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (87th percentile). Concern: rush yards (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#39 / 655 · 94th pct

1.16

Yards / catch#85 / 655 · 87th pct

16.3

Explosive rate#167 / 655 · 75th pct

17.8%

Catch rate#220 / 655 · 65th pct

80.0%

TD rate#287 / 655 · 56th pct

6.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#102 / 557 · 82nd pct

16.2

Rec yards#138 / 557 · 75th pct

616

Rec TDs#145 / 557 · 70th pct

Receptions#184 / 557 · 66th pct

Long catch#207 / 557 · 61st pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Rush yards#210 / 273 · 21st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.5	62.0	22.1	0.5
Road5g	3.0	42.0	14.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	54.2	21.4	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	51.4	14.9	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #134 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #134 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Fresno State	38	616	16.2	4	--
2020	Fresno State	23	363	15.8	1	--
2019	Fresno State	17	307	18.1	1	--
Career		78	1,286	16.5	6	--

Season	Team
2021	Fresno State	2	2	--	--	--
2020	Fresno State	1	-5	--	--	--
2019	Fresno State	--	--	35	--	--
Career		3	-3	35	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 40–37

at UCLA

2 rec · 33 yds

Edged out UCLA on the road in a shootout.

With J. Haener — 455 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.2 · -27 rush yds (13 car) · R. Rivers — 136 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Cal Poly · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +4.96Jake Haener pass complete to Keric Wheatfall for 53 yds for a TD (Abraham Montano KICK)
Week 1 · Oregon · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.93Jake Haener pass complete to Keric Wheatfall for 39 yds to the Oregn 21 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Boise State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.74Jake Haener pass complete to Keric Wheatfall for 36 yds to the BoiSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · UNLV · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Jake Haener pass complete to Keric Wheatfall for 55 yds to the UNLV 25 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Boise State · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA -3.24Keric Wheatfall run for a loss of 1 yard to the BoiSt 26
Week 1 · UTEP · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Jake Haener pass complete to Keric Wheatfall for 15 yds to the UTEP 47 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Boise State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Jake Haener pass complete to Keric Wheatfall for 10 yds for a TD (Cesar Silva KICK)
Week 9 · San Diego State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Jake Haener pass complete to Keric Wheatfall for 16 yds to the FrsSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Nevada · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.50Jake Haener pass complete to Keric Wheatfall for 42 yds to the Nevad 22 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UCLA · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +2.10Jake Haener pass complete to Keric Wheatfall for 14 yds to the UCLA 36

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-0vs UConn	3	19	6.3	0	11
Wk 1	L 24-31@ Oregon	5	76	15.2	0	39
Wk 2	W 63-10vs Cal Poly	1	53	53.0	1	53
Wk 3	W 40-37@ UCLA	2	33	16.5	0	19
Wk 4	W 38-30vs UNLV	5	115	23.0	0	55	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Hawai'i	2	29	14.5	0	20
Wk 8	W 34-32vs Nevada	5	84	16.8	1	42
Wk 9	W 30-20@ San Diego State	4	47	11.8	1	16
Wk 10	L 14-40vs Boise State	6	81	13.5	1	36
Wk 11	W 34-7vs New Mexico	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 13	W 40-9@ San José State	2	25	12.5	0	22
Total		36	582	18.5	4	55

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

Keric Wheatfall

2017

20199 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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