Nelson Agholor

#15 · WR · USC6′1″ · Tampa, FL · Berkeley Prep

Nelson Agholor: WR · USC · #15.

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Nelson Agholor

WR · USC · #15

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. First career honor, 2014: All-Pac-12. On tape: 220 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Washington State, Week 10, 2014.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

USC in the news

Simeon Jones Jr. commits to USC247Sports Nov 2
USC fans storm field after upset winUSA Today Nov 1
Top-150 recruit commits to USCOn3 Oct 21
$70M buyout talk for RileyYahoo Sports Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	USC	104	1,313	12.6	12	87
Career		104	1,313	12.6	12	87

Season	Team
2014	USC	4	3	147	197	2
Career		4	3	147	197	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-13vs Fresno State	5	57	11.4	2	34	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 13-10@ No. 13 Stanford	9	91	10.1	0	29
Wk 3	L 31-37@ Boston College	9	64	7.1	1	19
Wk 5	W 35-10vs Oregon State	3	27	9.0	0	15
Wk 6	L 34-38vs Arizona State	9	85	9.4	0	24
Wk 7	W 28-26@ No. 10 Arizona	7	81	11.6	1	25
Wk 8	W 56-28vs Colorado	6	128	21.3	3	75	3 TD catches
Wk 9	L 21-24@ No. 19 Utah	10	110	11.0	0	28
Wk 10	W 44-17@ Washington State	8	220	27.5	1	87	Season-high 220 yds
Wk 12	W 38-30vs California	16	216	13.5	2	36	2 TD catches
Wk 13	L 20-38@ No. 11 UCLA	3	24	8.0	0	11
Wk 14	W 49-14vs Notre Dame	12	120	10.0	1	14
Bowl	W 45-42vs No. 25 Nebraska	7	90	12.9	1	18
Total		104	1313	12.6	12	87

Signature game

Week 12 · 2014

W 38-30

vs California

16 rec · 216 yds · 2 TD

Edged out California at home in a shootout.

With C. Kessler — 371 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 93.7 · K. Albarado — 36.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 43 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Washington State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +7.10Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 87 yds for a TD, (Andre Heidari KICK)
Week 8 · Colorado · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +6.53Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 75 yds for a TD, (Alex Wood KICK)
Week 12 · California · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.69Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 28 yds to the Cal 25 for a
Week 1 · Fresno State · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.45Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 34 yds to the FrsSt 42 for a
Week 9 · Utah · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.44Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 28 yds to the Utah 47 for a
Week 2 · Stanford · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.42Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 29 yds to the Stanf 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · Utah · 3rd and 14 · Q1 · EPA +3.37Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 15 yds to the Utah 46 for a
Week 8 · Colorado · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.13Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 17 yds to the Colo 43 for a
Week 1 · Nebraska · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 13 yds to the Neb 49 for a
Week 6 · Arizona State · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Cody Kessler pass complete to Nelson Agholor for 24 yds to the ArzSt 33 for a

Teams and coaches

2014USC9-4HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2014 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (87th percentile). Strength: catch rate (86th percentile). Concern: rush yards (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#94 / 713 · 87th pct

0.78

Catch rate#103 / 713 · 86th pct

77.9%

TD rate#189 / 713 · 74th pct

6.9%

Yards / catch#318 / 713 · 55th pct

12.5

Explosive rate#434 / 713 · 39th pct

9.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#7 / 556 · 99th pct

104

Rec yards#8 / 556 · 99th pct

1313

Rec TDs#6 / 556 · 99th pct

Long catch#14 / 556 · 97th pct

Yards / catch#283 / 556 · 48th pct

12.6

Rush TDs#60 / 270 · 39th pct

Rush yards#206 / 270 · 22nd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2014. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	8.5	106	12.4	1.3
Road6g	7.7	98.3	12.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.0	70.7	10.2	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	9.2	136	15.2	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Pass share

47.2%

460 pass / 514 run

Plays / game

74.9

13 games

Team sack rate

6.4%

497 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Nelson Agholor

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Style of play

Fans

USC in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Three seasons at USC, drafted

2012

2014 13 games

2015