Melquan Stovall

#5 · WR · Sr. · Arizona State5′11″ · 185 lb · Palmdale, CA · Junipero Serra

Melquan Stovall: WR · Arizona State · #5.

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Melquan Stovall

WR · Arizona State · Sr · #5

Beats you over the top. Played for three head coaches at three programs in six seasons: Jay Norvell, Vai Taua and Kenny Dillingham. On tape: 91 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Iowa State, Week 15, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Arizona State in the news

Big 12 admits replay errorNov 2

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Arizona State	24	287	12.0	0	63
2023	Arizona State	18	207	11.5	0	34
2022	Colorado State	13	106	8.2	0	22
2021	Nevada	56	643	11.5	1	65
2020	Nevada	34	258	7.6	0	36
2019	Nevada	19	171	9.0	0	23
Career		164	1,672	10.2	1	65

Season	Team
2024	Arizona State	3	13	17	103
2023	Arizona State	3	21	98	85
2022	Colorado State	--	--	--	10
2021	Nevada	1	−6	--	--
2020	Nevada	2	5	--	--
2019	Nevada	--	--	81	--
Career		9	33	196	198

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-7vs Wyoming	1	28	28.0	0	28
Wk 2	W 30-23vs Mississippi State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 3	W 31-28@ Texas State	2	15	7.5	0	14
Wk 4	L 22-30@ Texas Tech	2	13	6.5	0	10
Wk 6	W 35-31vs Kansas	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	W 42-21@ Oklahoma State	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 11	W 35-31vs UCF	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 12	W 24-14@ No. 20 Kansas State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 28-23vs No. 14 BYU	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 14	W 49-7@ Arizona	3	35	11.7	0	23
Wk 15	W 45-19vs No. 16 Iowa State	4	91	22.8	0	63	Season-high 91 yds
Bowl	L 31-39vs No. 4 Texas	7	34	4.9	0	10
Total		24	287	12.0	0	63

Signature game

Week 15 · 2024

W 45-19

vs Iowa State · neutral site

4 rec · 91 yds

Dominant 26-point win at a neutral site against Iowa State.

With S. Leavitt — 219 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.1 · 33 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Skattebo — 170 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 38 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 15 · Iowa State · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA +5.34Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 63 yds to the ISU 3 for a
Week 12 · Kansas State · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 11 yds to the ASU 47 for a
Week 1 · Texas · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.13Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 8 yds to the ASU 43 for a
Week 1 · Wyoming · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.92Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for a
Week 3 · Texas State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.82S.Leavitt pass complete. Catch made by M.Stovall for 14 yards. Tackled by K.Culp; M.Harris at TXST 34.
Week 2 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.55Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 9 yds to the ASU 49 for a

4 more plays

Week 15 · Iowa State · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.32Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 22 yds to the ISU 22 for a
Week 14 · Arizona · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.26Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 23 yds to the ARIZ 3 for a
Week 13 · BYU · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +1.07Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 25 yds to the BYU 9 for a
Week 1 · Texas · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA −0.87Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 1 yd to the ASU 41

Teams and coaches

2019Nevada7-6HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2020Nevada7-2HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Nevada8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-heavy

2022Colorado State3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Arizona State3-9HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced

2024Arizona State11-3HC: Kenny Dillingham · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 33 (#368 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

33Below cohort / limited sample #368 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#245 / 610 · 59th pct

92.0%

Explosive rate#256 / 610 · 58th pct

16.0%

Yards / catch#332 / 610 · 46th pct

11.6

EPA / target#384 / 610 · 37th pct

0.75

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Long catch#131 / 541 · 75th pct

Rush yards#143 / 299 · 51st pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Receptions#340 / 541 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#344 / 541 · 36th pct

12.0

Rec yards#376 / 541 · 31st pct

287

Rec TDs#469 / 541 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

6th → 37th percentile

Explosive rate

63rd → 58th percentile

Catch rate

12th → 59th percentile

TD rate

8th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

54th → 46th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	0.8	14.8	18.5	0.0
Road5g	1.8	17.6	10.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	16.5	11.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	31.3	16.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

Pass share

40.1%

382 pass / 570 run

Plays / game

68.0

14 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

389 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

24 catches and 3 carries in 12 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

33 · #368 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #368 at the position.

Melquan Stovall

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Style of play

Fans

Arizona State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

24 catches and 3 carries in 12 games

Six seasons, three schools

Moves

2019 9 games

2022 3 games

2023 10 games