Montorie Foster

Former wide receiver at Michigan State. 2024: 46 catches, 588 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Michigan State · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 186 lb · Cleveland, OH

CFB Index 55 · #167 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceMichigan State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1103 nationally · Signed with St. Edward

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Michigan State. 2024: 46 catches, 588 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to St. Edward in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Michigan State, 1,425 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 93 yds at Indiana.Indiana · W 24-212023

2020

Recruited3-star out of St. Edward

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1103 national

CFB

College

Michigan State

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Mel Tucker

Michigan State

2024

Jonathan Smith

Michigan State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mel Tucker → Jonathan Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Michigan State2-5HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning

2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2023Michigan State4-8HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2024Michigan State5-7HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

55Quality starter #167 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#199 / 610 · 67th pct

93.6%

EPA / target#204 / 610 · 67th pct

1.01

Yards / catch#210 / 610 · 66th pct

13.2

Explosive rate#223 / 610 · 63rd pct

17.0%

TD rate#392 / 610 · 35th pct

4.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#142 / 541 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#164 / 541 · 70th pct

588

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#280 / 541 · 48th pct

12.8

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rush yards#184 / 299 · 37th pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Long catch#376 / 541 · 29th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

89th → 67th percentile

Explosive rate

71st → 63rd percentile

Catch rate

84th → 67th percentile

TD rate

57th → 35th percentile

Yards / catch

65th → 66th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	45.2	11.2	0.3
Road5g	4.6	63.4	14.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	45.7	12.5	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	62.8	13.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

55 · #167 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #167 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Michigan State	46	588	12.8	3	--
2023	Michigan State	43	575	13.4	3	--
2022	Michigan State	7	98	14.0	1	--
2021	Michigan State	12	164	13.7	1	--
2020	Michigan State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		108	1,425	13.2	8	--

Season	Team
2024	Michigan State	2	7	--	48	--
2023	Michigan State	--	--	45	--	--
2022	Michigan State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Michigan State	--	--	77	--	--
2020	Michigan State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	7	122	48	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 32–20

vs Iowa

5 rec · 100 yds · 1 TD

With A. Chiles — 256 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.3 · 51 rush yds (11 car) · J. Kim — 55 LONG · 85 PCT · 20 PTS

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Michigan · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 30 yds to the MICH 46 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Illinois · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 10 yds to the ILL 42 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Maryland · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 9 yds for a TD (Jonathan Kim KICK)
Week 8 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 37 yds to the MSU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Boston College · 2&17 · Q2 · EPA +2.69Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 17 yds to the MSU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.59Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 18 yds for a TD (Jonathan Kim KICK)
Week 3 · Prairie View A&M · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 11 yds to the PV 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.43Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 35 yds to the ORE 30 for a 1ST down Oregon Penalty, Defensive Holding (Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Maryland · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 14 yds to the MSU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.30Aidan Chiles pass complete to Montorie Foster Jr. for 40 yds to the BC 1 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 16-10vs Florida Atlantic	3	23	7.7	0	16
Wk 2	W 27-24@ Maryland	6	53	8.8	1	14
Wk 3	W 40-0vs Prairie View A&M	4	37	9.3	0	11
Wk 4	L 19-23@ Boston College	4	87	21.8	0	40
Wk 5	L 7-38vs Ohio State	2	17	8.5	0	11
Wk 6	L 10-31@ Oregon	3	57	19.0	0	35
Wk 8	W 32-20vs Iowa	5	100	20.0	1	37	Season-high 100 yds
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Michigan	4	44	11.0	0	30
Wk 10	L 10-47vs Indiana	5	35	7.0	0	12
Wk 12	L 16-38@ Illinois	6	76	12.7	0	29
Wk 13	W 24-17vs Purdue	4	59	14.8	1	33
Total		46	588	12.8	3	40

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

Montorie Foster

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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