Senior wide receiver for Northern Illinois. 2022: 9 catches, 81 receiving yards, 1 TD.
5′10″ · 187 lb · Chicago, IL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 wide receiver for Northern Illinois. 2022: 9 catches, 81 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 3390 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonMessiah Travis
Beats you over the top. 2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at Northern Illinois since. One game to point at: 47 rec yds, 6 receptions against Toledo — Week 6, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northern Illinois, 304 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Thomas Hammock.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 12-20 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 20.2 | 10.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.5 | 30.0 | 10.4 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.7 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 165 | 12.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 27 | 304 | 11.3 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 1 | -7 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | 81 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | -7 | 81 | -- | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 28-38vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 6 | L 32-52vs Toledo | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 1 | 12 | Season-high 47 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24@ Ohio | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 22-35vs Central Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-29vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 9 | 81 | 10.4 | 1 | 13 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to De'Vion Warren’s 2021 season.
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Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ma'jon Wright’s path through Arizona.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to De'Vion Warren's sophomore season at Arkansas (2021).
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Player DNA