Luke Floriea

Former wide receiver at Kent State. 2024: 44 catches, 688 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Kent State · Sr.

5′10″ · 173 lb · Mentor, OH

CFB Index 64 · #116 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceKent State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1681 nationally · Signed with Kent State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Kent State. 2024: 44 catches, 688 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kent State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kent State, 1,304 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td at Eastern Michigan.Eastern Michigan · L 14-282023

2020

Signed with Kent State3-star out of Mentor

202311 games

The role got bigger.

All-MACthird

202412 games

All-MACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1681 national

CFB

College

Kent State

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC

All-MAC mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Sean Lewis

Kent State

2023–2024

Kenni Burns

Kent State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Sean Lewis → Kenni Burns. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Kent State3-1HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Kent State7-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Kent State5-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

2023Kent State1-11HC: Kenni Burns · Run-leaning

2024Kent State0-12HC: Kenni Burns · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

64Quality starter #116 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (86th percentile). Strength: td rate (84th percentile). Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#84 / 610 · 86th pct

16.0

TD rate#99 / 610 · 84th pct

11.3%

EPA / target#120 / 610 · 80th pct

1.16

Explosive rate#180 / 610 · 70th pct

18.9%

Catch rate#524 / 610 · 14th pct

79.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#23 / 541 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#49 / 541 · 90th pct

Rec yards#119 / 541 · 78th pct

688

Yards / catch#132 / 541 · 75th pct

15.6

Receptions#153 / 541 · 72nd pct

Rush yards#122 / 299 · 59th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

19th → 80th percentile

Explosive rate

11th → 70th percentile

Catch rate

4th → 14th percentile

TD rate

56th → 84th percentile

Yards / catch

33rd → 86th 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
Home5g	4.2	83.6	20.5	0.8
Road7g	3.3	38.6	10.8	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	70.2	14.9	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	44.5	14.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mark Carney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #116 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #116 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kent State	44	688	15.6	7	--
2023	Kent State	39	414	10.6	4	--
2022	Kent State	4	51	12.8	0	--
2021	Kent State	10	120	12.0	1	--
2020	Kent State	2	31	15.5	0	--
Career		99	1,304	13.2	12	--

Season	Team
2024	Kent State	1	17	107	45	--
2023	Kent State	1	13	-3	89	--
2022	Kent State	1	-4	--	26	--
2021	Kent State	1	-3	--	--	--
2020	Kent State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	23	104	160	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Akron · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +7.07Tommy Ulatowski pass complete to Luke Floriea for 80 yds for a TD (Will Hryszko KICK)
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 4&7 · Q1 · EPA +5.35Devin Kargman pass complete to Luke Floriea for 36 yds for a TD (Andrew Glass KICK)
Week 7 · Ball State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.11Tommy Ulatowski pass complete to Luke Floriea for 53 yds to the BALL 21 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.84Devin Kargman pass complete to Luke Floriea for 41 yds to the PITT 34 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Tommy Ulatowski pass complete to Luke Floriea for 43 yds for a TD (Will Hryszko KICK)
Week 2 · Saint Francis · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.31Devin Kargman pass complete to Luke Floriea for 23 yds for a TD (Andrew Glass KICK)
Week 7 · Ball State · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.22Tommy Ulatowski pass complete to Luke Floriea for 10 yds to the KENT 33 for a 1ST down Ball State Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Scott Hudson) to the KENT 48 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Ball State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.94Tommy Ulatowski pass complete to Luke Floriea for 18 yds for a TD (Will Hryszko KICK)
Week 2 · Saint Francis · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Devin Kargman pass complete to Luke Floriea for 12 yds to the SFPA 35 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Ball State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Tommy Ulatowski pass complete to Luke Floriea for 27 yds to the BALL 27 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-55@ Pittsburgh	6	104	17.3	1	41
Wk 2	L 17-23vs Saint Francis	6	92	15.3	1	26
Wk 3	L 0-71@ Tennessee	3	13	4.3	0	8
Wk 4	L 0-56@ Penn State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 5	L 33-52vs Eastern Michigan	3	77	25.7	1	43
Wk 7	L 35-37vs Ball State	6	130	21.7	1	53	Season-high 130 yds
Wk 8	L 6-27@ Bowling Green	2	35	17.5	0	20
Wk 9	L 21-52@ Western Michigan	3	43	14.3	1	19
Wk 11	L 0-41vs Ohio	3	16	5.3	0	16
Wk 12	L 7-34@ Miami (OH)	4	32	8.0	0	17
Wk 13	L 17-38vs Akron	3	103	34.3	1	80
Wk 14	L 7-43@ Buffalo	4	38	9.5	1	27
Total		44	688	14.8	7	80

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

Luke Floriea

2020

202311 games

202412 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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