Markeith Ambles

#21 · WR · Houston6′2″ · McDonough, GA

Markeith Ambles: WR · Houston · #21.

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Markeith Ambles

WR · Houston · #21

Moves the chains on third down. On tape: 99 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Cincinnati, Week 15, 2014.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Houston in the news

Nebraska coach blasts fanHouston Chronicle Nov 2
Yormark leaving Big XIIOct 30

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	Houston	32	539	16.8	4	89
Career		32	539	16.8	4	89

Season	Team
2014	Houston	39
Career		39

Sacks without a box score

There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.

2014: 1 sack

How we counted this

Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-27vs UTSA	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 2	W 47-0vs Grambling	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 3	L 25-33@ No. 25 BYU	3	32	10.7	0	16
Wk 4	W 47-14vs UNLV	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 6	L 12-17vs UCF	3	26	8.7	0	13
Wk 7	W 28-24@ Memphis	2	40	20.0	1	25
Wk 8	W 31-10vs Temple	6	96	16.0	0	30
Wk 10	W 27-3@ South Florida	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 11	L 24-31vs Tulane	4	48	12.0	1	19
Wk 13	W 38-28vs Tulsa	2	34	17.0	1	25
Wk 14	W 35-9@ SMU	3	41	13.7	0	17
Wk 15	L 31-38@ Cincinnati	2	99	49.5	1	89	Season-high 99 yds
Bowl	W 35-34vs Pittsburgh	3	68	22.7	0	32
Total		32	539	16.8	4	89

Signature game

Week 15 · 2014

L 31-38

at Cincinnati

2 rec · 99 yds · 1 TD

With G. Ward Jr. — 360 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.1 · 84 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · K. Farrow — 138 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 15 · Cincinnati · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +7.16Greg Ward Jr. pass complete to Markeith Ambles for 89 yds for a TD, (Kyle Bullard KICK)
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 1st and 20 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Greg Ward Jr. pass complete to Markeith Ambles for 23 yds to the Pitt 39 for a
Week 11 · Tulane · 3rd and 19 · Q3 · EPA +3.02Greg Ward Jr. pass complete to Markeith Ambles for 14 yds to the Tulan 20 for a TULANE Penalty, Personal Foul (Nico Marley) to the Tulan 10 for a
Week 7 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Greg Ward Jr. pass complete to Markeith Ambles for 25 yds for a TD MEMPHIS Penalty, Defensive holding ( Yards) declined, (Kyle Bullard KICK)
Week 13 · Tulsa · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Greg Ward Jr. pass complete to Markeith Ambles for 25 yds for a TD, (Kyle Bullard KICK)
Week 8 · Temple · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.64Greg Ward Jr. pass complete to Markeith Ambles for 11 yds to the Temp 49 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Tulane · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Ward Jr. to Ambles: a 19-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · UNLV · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.87John O'Korn pass complete to Markeith Ambles for 21 yds to the Houst 45 for a
Week 14 · SMU · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.71Greg Ward Jr. pass complete to Markeith Ambles for 14 yds to the SMU 44 for a
Week 10 · South Florida · 4th and 2 · Q1 · EPA +1.60Greg Ward Jr. pass complete to Markeith Ambles for 16 yds to the SFla 14 for a

Teams and coaches

2014Houston8-5HC: Tony Levine · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2014 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (91st percentile). Strength: epa / target (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#65 / 713 · 91st pct

16.8

EPA / target#98 / 713 · 86th pct

0.77

Explosive rate#140 / 713 · 80th pct

15.9%

TD rate#190 / 713 · 73rd pct

6.8%

Catch rate#279 / 713 · 61st pct

70.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#8 / 556 · 98th pct

Yards / catch#68 / 556 · 88th pct

16.8

Rec TDs#145 / 556 · 68th pct

Rec yards#177 / 556 · 68th pct

539

Receptions#248 / 556 · 55th 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 in 2014. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.6	34.7	13.2	0.3
Road5g	2.2	45.6	22.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.0	29.3	14.4	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	55.7	20.7	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

Tony Levine

Pass share

47.8%

446 pass / 487 run

Plays / game

71.8

13 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

486 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

32 catches in 13 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Markeith Ambles

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Style of play

Fans

Houston in the news

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Career stats

Sacks without a box score

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

32 catches in 13 games

Three seasons, two schools

Moves

2013