Former wide receiver at Indiana. 2024: 27 catches, 324 receiving yards, 4 TD.
5′11″ · 210 lb · Bowie, MD
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
Former wide receiver at Indiana. 2024: 27 catches, 324 receiving yards, 4 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMiles Cross
Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Miles Cross has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2023: MAC Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 90 rec yds, 6 receptions against UCLA — Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Indiana, 1,601 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: epa / target (94th percentile). Strength: td rate (94th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (30th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 34.8 | 19.4 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 38.3 | 7.3 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 34.8 | 13.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 38.3 | 19.8 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Florida International | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-13@ UCLA | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 1 | 33 | Season-high 90 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 52-14vs Charlotte | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-28vs Maryland | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-24@ Northwestern | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-7vs Nebraska | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-17vs Washington | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 14 | W 66-0vs Purdue | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 1 | 34 | |
| Bowl | L 17-27@ Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 27 | 324 | 15.4 | 4 | 34 |
Play style
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Caleb Medford’s 2024 season.
Matches Caleb on
Differs from Caleb on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ian Duarte’s path through Idaho State.
Ryan Flournoy
Max Tomczak
Matches Ian on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Khafre Brown's senior season at South Florida (2023).
Matches Khafre on
Differs from Khafre on
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2024
Miles Cross finished 216th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.