#23

Kyrese Rowan

Former wide receiver at Utah State. 2024: 44 catches, 526 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Utah State · Sr. · #23

5′10″ · 185 lb · Ogden, UT

CFB Index 53 · #179 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceUtah State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Utah State. 2024: 44 catches, 526 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Utah State, 534 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2023

Blake Anderson

Utah State

2024

Nate Dreiling

Utah State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Nate Dreiling. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2022Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2023Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2024Utah State4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

53Rotational starter #179 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (80th percentile). Strength: rush tds (87th percentile). Concern: rush yards (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#119 / 610 · 80th pct

97.4%

EPA / target#162 / 610 · 74th pct

1.07

TD rate#223 / 610 · 62nd pct

7.7%

Yards / catch#240 / 610 · 61st pct

12.7

Explosive rate#272 / 610 · 55th pct

15.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#22 / 299 · 87th pct

Receptions#153 / 541 · 72nd pct

Long catch#181 / 541 · 65th pct

Rec yards#189 / 541 · 65th pct

526

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#344 / 541 · 36th pct

12.0

Rush yards#210 / 299 · 28th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	51.4	19.3	0.4
Road6g	4.7	44.8	8.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	60.2	18.2	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	37.5	9.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

53 · #179 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Utah State	44	526	12.0	3	--
2023	Utah State	2	6	3.0	0	--
2022	Utah State	1	2	2.0	0	--
2021	Utah	--	--	--	--	--
Career		47	534	11.4	3	--

Season	Team
2024	Utah State	2	4	188	--	--
2023	Utah State	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Utah State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Utah	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	4	188	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 36–14

vs Robert Morris

3 rec · 131 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 22-point win at home against Robert Morris.

With B. Barnes — 198 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.9 · 88 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · S. Kotsanlee — 45 AVG · 67 LONG · 4 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Robert Morris · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +5.85Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 57 yds for a TD (Elliott Nimrod KICK)
Week 1 · Robert Morris · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.10Bryson Barnes pass complete to Kyrese White for 53 yds for a TD (Elliott Nimrod KICK)
Week 4 · Temple · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.66Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 30 yds to the TEM 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Boise State · 4&6 · Q2 · EPA -3.50Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 1 yd to the BOIS 14
Week 11 · Washington State · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.48Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 12 yds for a TD (Tanner Cragun KICK)
Week 11 · Washington State · 4&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 10 yds to the WSU 29 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Robert Morris · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.00Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 21 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Temple · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.83Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 12 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Wyoming · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.63Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 18 yds to the WYO 44 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · San Diego State · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Kyrese White 5 Yd Run (Tanner Cragun Kick) (Tanner Cragun KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 36-14vs Robert Morris	3	131	43.7	2	57	Season-high 131 yds
Wk 2	L 0-48@ USC	2	15	7.5	0	8
Wk 3	L 21-38vs Utah	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	L 29-45@ Temple	8	96	12.0	0	30
Wk 6	L 30-62@ Boise State	6	59	9.8	0	26
Wk 8	L 45-50vs New Mexico	6	44	7.3	0	16
Wk 9	W 27-25@ Wyoming	4	40	10.0	0	18
Wk 11	L 28-49@ Washington State	6	50	8.3	1	12
Wk 12	W 55-10vs Hawai'i	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 13	W 41-20vs San Diego State	6	67	11.2	0	45
Wk 14	L 37-42@ Colorado State	2	9	4.5	0	5
Total		44	526	12.9	3	57

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

Kyrese Rowan

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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