Melquan Stovall

Former wide receiver at Arizona State. 2024: 24 catches, 287 receiving yards.

WR · Arizona State · Sr. · #5

5′11″ · 185 lb · Palmdale, CA

CFB Index 33 · #368 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceArizona State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1864 nationally · Signed with Nevada

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Arizona State. 2024: 24 catches, 287 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nevada in 2019.
Transferred from Colorado State to Arizona State in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Arizona State, 1,672 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

3 programs, one constant: he played.

The week the volume broke through — put up 155 yds vs New Mexico State.New Mexico State · W 55-282021

20199 games

Signed with Nevada3-star out of Junipero Serra

20223 games

The snaps went the other way.

Entered the portal

202310 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1864 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2022

Herm Edwards

Arizona State

2023–2024

Kenny Dillingham

Arizona State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Herm Edwards → Kenny Dillingham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Nevada7-6HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

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

2021Nevada8-5HC: Vai Taua · Pass-heavy

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

2023Arizona State3-9HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #368 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 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
Home7g	2.1	28.4	16.9	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

33 · #368 of 466 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 28–23

vs BYU

1 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With S. Leavitt — 247 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.4 · 8 rush yds (8 car) · C. Skattebo — 147 rush yds (28 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 15 · Iowa State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +5.34Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 63 yds to the ISU 3 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Kansas State · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 11 yds to the ASU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Texas · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.13Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 8 yds to the ASU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Wyoming · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.92Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Texas State · 2&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 · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.55Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 9 yds to the ASU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Iowa State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.32Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 22 yds to the ISU 22 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Arizona · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.26Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 23 yds to the ARIZ 3 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · BYU · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.07Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 25 yds to the BYU 9 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Texas · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA -0.87Sam Leavitt pass complete to Melquan Stovall for 1 yd to the ASU 41

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Kansas State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 28-23vs BYU	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 14	W 49-7@ Arizona	3	35	11.7	0	23
Wk 15	W 45-19vs Iowa State	4	91	22.8	0	63	Season-high 91 yds
Bowl	L 31-39vs Texas	7	34	4.9	0	10
Total		24	287	13.9	0	63

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