#10

Luke McCaffrey

Former wide receiver at Rice. 2023: 71 catches, 992 receiving yards, 13 TD.

WR · Rice · Jr. · #10

6′2″ · 195 lb · Highlands Ranch, CO

CFB Index 83 · #29 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamWashington — drafted 2024, Rd 3, Pick 37, #100 overall

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 269 nationally · Signed with Nebraska

Statement game9 rec · 199 ydsat South Florida (FBS) · L 29-42

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Rice. 2023: 71 catches, 992 receiving yards, 13 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Nebraska in 2019.
Transferred from Nebraska to Rice in 2021.
Drafted round 3 by the Washington in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Rice, 1,731 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #100 overall by Washington.

His career

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

20194 games

Signed with Nebraska4-star out of Valor Christian

20219 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202313 games

All-AACfirst

2024

Drafted by Washingtonround 3, pick 100

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#269 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #100

Washington · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

Played his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 3rd NFL season

#100Rd 3 · Pick 37

WashingtonEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Nebraska5-7HC: Scott Frost · Run-heavy

2020Nebraska3-5HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2021Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2022Rice5-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2023Rice6-7HC: Mike Bloomgren · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #29 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (88th percentile). Strength: rec tds (99th percentile). Concern: catch rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#79 / 639 · 88th pct

11.5%

Explosive rate#134 / 639 · 79th pct

19.5%

Yards / catch#158 / 639 · 75th pct

14.7

EPA / target#276 / 639 · 57th pct

0.81

Catch rate#502 / 639 · 21st pct

72.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#6 / 566 · 99th pct

Rush yards#11 / 294 · 96th pct

117

Rec yards#35 / 566 · 94th pct

992

Receptions#34 / 566 · 94th pct

Yards / catch#207 / 566 · 63rd pct

14.0

Long catch#239 / 566 · 57th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

85th → 57th percentile

Explosive rate

46th → 79th percentile

Catch rate

67th → 21st percentile

TD rate

72nd → 88th percentile

Yards / catch

56th → 75th 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	5.4	68.8	13.4	1.1
Road5g	5.6	88.4	14.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	77.6	15.8	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	6.3	74.8	11.4	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #29 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #29 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Rice	71	992	14.0	13	--
2022	Rice	58	722	12.4	6	--
2021	Rice	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Nebraska	1	5	5.0	0	--
2019	Nebraska	1	12	12.0	0	--
Career		131	1,731	13.2	19	--

Season	Team
2023	Rice	15	117	--	3	--
2022	Rice	12	148	--	32	--
2021	Rice	41	132	--	--	--
2020	Nebraska	62	357	--	--	--
2019	Nebraska	24	166	--	--	--
Career		154	920	--	35	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 59–7

vs Texas Southern

2 rec · 50 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 52-point win at home against Texas Southern.

With J. Daniels — 255 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.0 · K. Campbell — 1 rec · 70 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · South Florida · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +4.03JT Daniels pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 51 yds to the USF 40 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Charlotte · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.81AJ Padgett pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 20 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
Week 8 · Tulsa · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.60JT Daniels pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 29 yds to the TLSA 22 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Texas · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Luke McCaffrey 15 Yd pass from JT Daniels (Tim Horn Kick)
Week 3 · Texas Southern · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.51JT Daniels pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 36 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
Week 13 · Florida Atlantic · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA -3.50Quinton Jackson pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 1 yd to the FAU 22
Week 2 · Houston · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.48JT Daniels pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 32 yds for a TD
Week 5 · East Carolina · 2&20 · Q3 · EPA +3.24JT Daniels pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 33 yds to the ECU 4 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · UTSA · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.07AJ Padgett pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 27 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
Week 4 · South Florida · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.97JT Daniels pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 24 yds to the RICE 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week