Milton Wright

Senior wide receiver for Purdue. 2021: 57 catches, 732 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Purdue · Sr.

6′3″ · 195 lb · Louisville, KY

CFB Index 67 · #77 of 468 WRsHigh confidencePurdue 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 208 nationally · Signed with Purdue

Statement game8 rec · 213 yds · 3 TDvs Northwestern (FBS) · W 32-14

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Goddamn, Milton Wright is balling.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 11His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Purdue. 2021: 57 catches, 732 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Purdue in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Purdue, 1,304 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 213 yds at Northwestern.Northwestern · W 32-142021

201910 games

Signed with Purdue4-star out of Christian Academy Of Louisville

2023

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#208 national

CFB

College

Purdue

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

Played his entire career under Jeff Brohm.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 15-16 over that span.

2019Purdue4-8HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2020Purdue2-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-heavy

2021Purdue9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #77 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (89th percentile). Strength: receptions (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#205 / 655 · 69th pct

8.5%

EPA / target#261 / 655 · 60th pct

0.74

Catch rate#285 / 655 · 57th pct

77.5%

Yards / catch#311 / 655 · 53rd pct

12.8

Explosive rate#440 / 655 · 33rd pct

9.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#51 / 557 · 89th pct

Receptions#77 / 557 · 86th pct

Rec yards#89 / 557 · 84th pct

732

Long catch#233 / 557 · 58th pct

Rush yards#152 / 273 · 44th pct

Yards / catch#305 / 557 · 44th pct

12.8

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.2	61.0	11.3	0.2
Road6g	5.2	71.2	12.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.4	51.0	10.7	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	79.5	12.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #77 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #77 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Purdue	57	732	12.8	7	--
2020	Purdue	23	284	12.3	2	--
2019	Purdue	18	288	16.0	1	--
Career		98	1,304	13.3	10	--

Season	Team
2021	Purdue	3	11	--	--	--
2020	Purdue	2	3	16	--	--
2019	Purdue	1	2	--	--	--
Career		6	16	16	--	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Northwestern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.10Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Milton Wright for 53 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 12 · Northwestern · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Milton Wright for 45 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 12 · Northwestern · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +3.42Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Milton Wright for 50 yds to the Nwest 4 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Northwestern · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Milton Wright for 17 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 11 · Ohio State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Milton Wright for 16 yds to the OhSt 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Illinois · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Milton Wright for 17 yds to the Illin 44 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Ohio State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Milton Wright for 29 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 3 · Notre Dame · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -2.63Milton Wright run for no gain to the NDame 34
Week 5 · Minnesota · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Milton Wright for 7 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 5 · Minnesota · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.27Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Milton Wright for 13 yds to the Prdue 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 49-0@ UConn	2	21	10.5	0	13
Wk 3	L 13-27@ Notre Dame	3	17	5.7	1	12
Wk 4	W 13-9vs Illinois	7	88	12.6	0	27
Wk 5	L 13-20vs Minnesota	6	91	15.2	1	27
Wk 7	W 24-7@ Iowa	4	38	9.5	0	12
Wk 8	L 13-30vs Wisconsin	3	20	6.7	0	11
Wk 9	W 28-23@ Nebraska	7	40	5.7	1	10
Wk 10	W 40-29vs Michigan State	4	53	13.3	0	16
Wk 11	L 31-59@ Ohio State	7	98	14.0	1	29
Wk 12	W 32-14@ Northwestern	8	213	26.6	3	53	Season-high 213 yds
Wk 13	W 44-7vs Indiana	6	53	8.8	0	19
Total		57	732	11.7	7	53

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