Kobe Hudson

Former wide receiver at UCF. 2024: 47 catches, 770 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · UCF · Sr. · #2

6′1″ · 200 lb · Pine Mountain, GA

CFB Index 65 · #110 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceUCF 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 111 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at UCF. 2024: 47 catches, 770 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2020.
Transferred from Auburn to UCF in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UCF, 2,961 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 145 yds at TCU.TCU · W 35-342024

20204 games

Signed with Auburn4-star out of Troup County

202210 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#111 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Josh Heupel

UCF

2021–2024

Gus Malzahn

UCF

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Auburn6-5HC: Kevin Steele · Balanced

2021Auburn6-7HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023UCF6-7HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2024UCF4-8HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #110 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (88th percentile). Concern: catch rate (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#40 / 610 · 94th pct

28.1%

Yards / catch#72 / 610 · 88th pct

16.4

EPA / target#210 / 610 · 66th pct

1.00

TD rate#270 / 610 · 56th pct

7.0%

Catch rate#477 / 610 · 22nd pct

82.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#88 / 541 · 84th pct

770

Yards / catch#97 / 541 · 82nd pct

16.4

Receptions#134 / 541 · 75th pct

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Long catch#215 / 541 · 59th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

98th → 66th percentile

Explosive rate

97th → 94th percentile

Catch rate

65th → 22nd percentile

TD rate

95th → 56th percentile

Yards / catch

99th → 88th 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.0	65.9	17.0	0.1
Road5g	3.8	61.8	17.8	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	79.5	20.9	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	48.8	13.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #110 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #110 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UCF	47	770	16.4	4	--
2023	UCF	44	900	20.5	8	--
2022	UCF	39	641	16.4	7	--
2021	Auburn	44	580	13.2	4	--
2020	Auburn	7	70	10.0	0	--
Career		181	2,961	16.4	23	--

Season	Team
2024	UCF	--	--	--	--	--
2023	UCF	1	-8	--	--	--
2022	UCF	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Auburn	1	-10	--	--	--
2020	Auburn	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	-18	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024

W 35–34

at TCU

6 rec · 145 yds · 2 TD

Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.

With K. Jefferson — 230 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.6 · 46 rush yds (9 car) · R. Harvey — 180 rush yds (29 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Sam Houston · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.14KJ Jefferson pass complete to Kobe Hudson for 53 yds to the SHSU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · TCU · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.63K.Jefferson pass complete. Catch made by K.Hudson for 45 yards. Tackled by J.Broughton at TCU 27.
Week 13 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Dylan Rizk pass complete to Kobe Hudson for 45 yds for a TD (Grant Reddick KICK)
Week 14 · Utah · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.08Dylan Rizk pass complete to Kobe Hudson for 30 yds to the UTAH 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · New Hampshire · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.87KJ Jefferson pass complete to Kobe Hudson for 46 yds to the UNH 26 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · TCU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74K.Jefferson pass complete. Catch made by K.Hudson for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN.
Week 3 · TCU · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.66K.Jefferson pass complete. Catch made by K.Hudson for 15 yards. Tackled by J.Johnson at TCU 29.
Week 3 · TCU · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.62K.Jefferson pass complete. Catch made by K.Hudson for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN.
Week 7 · Cincinnati · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Jacurri Brown pass complete to Kobe Hudson for 15 yds for a TD (Grant Reddick KICK)
Week 3 · TCU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53K.Jefferson pass complete. Catch made by K.Hudson for 29 yards. Tackled by J.Broughton at TCU 46.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 57-3vs New Hampshire	2	61	30.5	0	46
Wk 2	W 45-14vs Sam Houston	5	104	20.8	0	53
Wk 3	W 35-34@ TCU	6	145	24.2	2	45	Season-high 145 yds
Wk 5	L 21-48vs Colorado	2	39	19.5	0	23
Wk 6	L 13-24@ Florida	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 7	L 13-19vs Cincinnati	7	114	16.3	1	29
Wk 8	L 35-38@ Iowa State	3	26	8.7	0	12
Wk 9	L 24-37vs BYU	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 10	W 56-12vs Arizona	4	58	14.5	0	36
Wk 11	L 31-35@ Arizona State	7	56	8.0	0	23
Wk 13	L 21-31@ West Virginia	2	68	34.0	1	45
Wk 14	L 14-28vs Utah	7	79	11.3	0	30
Total		47	770	17.3	4	53

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