Michael Pittman Jr.

Former wide receiver at USC. 2019: 101 catches, 1,275 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · USC · Sr. · #6

6′4″ · 220 lb · Woodland Hills, CA

Indianapolis — drafted 2020, Rd 2, Pick 2, #34 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 59 nationally · Signed with USC

Statement game13 rec · 146 ydsat Arizona State (FBS) · W 31-26

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at USC. 2019: 101 catches, 1,275 receiving yards, 11 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to USC in 2016.
Drafted round 2 by the Indianapolis in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at USC, 2,504 receiving yards — drafted at #34 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 232 yds vs Utah.Utah · W 30-232019

20169 games

Signed with USC4-star out of Oaks Christian

2020

Drafted by Indianapolisround 2, pick 34

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#59 national

CFB

College

USC

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #34

Indianapolis · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Clay Helton

USC

Played his entire career under Clay Helton.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 7th NFL season

#34Rd 2 · Pick 2

IndianapolisEntering 7th NFL season

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2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Clay Helton — 34-18 over that span.

2016USC10-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2017USC11-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2018USC5-7HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2019USC8-5HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#4 / 556 · 99th pct

101

Rec yards#10 / 556 · 98th pct

1275

Rec TDs#19 / 556 · 96th pct

Long catch#45 / 556 · 92nd pct

Yards / catch#315 / 556 · 43rd pct

12.6

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.8	92.0	11.9	0.8
Road7g	7.7	103	13.2	0.9

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.4	83.3	12.0	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	9.3	115	13.3	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	USC	101	1,275	12.6	11	--
2018	USC	40	743	18.6	6	--
2017	USC	23	404	17.6	2	--
2016	USC	6	82	13.7	0	--
Career		170	2,504	14.7	19	--

Season	Team
2019	USC	--	--	--	--	--
2018	USC	2	20	--	4	--
2017	USC	--	--	--	89	1
2016	USC	--	--	31	63	--
Career		2	20	31	156	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019

W 30–23

vs Utah

10 rec · 232 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With M. Fink — 351 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.4 · -6 rush yds (2 car) · B. Griffiths — 42 AVG · 50 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-23vs Fresno State	6	28	4.7	0	9
Wk 2	W 45-20vs Stanford	6	82	13.7	0	31
Wk 3	L 27-30@ BYU	9	95	10.6	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 30-23vs Utah	10	232	23.2	1	77	Season-high 232 yds
Wk 5	L 14-28@ Washington	4	64	16.0	1	44
Wk 7	L 27-30@ Notre Dame	4	29	7.3	0	11
Wk 8	W 41-14vs Arizona	4	69	17.3	1	54
Wk 9	W 35-31@ Colorado	7	156	22.3	2	44	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 24-56vs Oregon	8	37	4.6	1	13
Wk 11	W 31-26@ Arizona State	13	146	11.2	0	28	146-yard receiving day
Wk 12	W 41-17@ California	11	180	16.4	1	45	180-yard receiving day
Wk 13	W 52-35vs UCLA	13	104	8.0	2	13	2 TD catches
Bowl	L 24-49@ Iowa	6	53	8.8	0	22
Total		101	1275	12.6	11	77

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