#80

Ontaria Wilson

Senior wide receiver for Florida State. 2022: 30 catches, 495 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Florida State · Sr. · #80

6′0″ · 171 lb · Ashburn, GA

CFB Index 46 · #249 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceFlorida State 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Florida State. 2022: 30 catches, 495 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida State, 1,530 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 117 yds at NC State.NC State · L 22-382020

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Florida State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2019

Willie Taggart

Florida State

2020–2022

Mike Norvell

Florida State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Mike Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida State5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2019Florida State6-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2020Florida State3-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Florida State10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #249 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (94th percentile). Strength: long catch (86th percentile). Concern: catch rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#41 / 636 · 94th pct

17.3

Explosive rate#151 / 636 · 76th pct

18.6%

TD rate#177 / 636 · 72nd pct

9.3%

EPA / target#335 / 636 · 47th pct

0.66

Catch rate#556 / 636 · 13th pct

65.1%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#75 / 550 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#78 / 550 · 86th pct

16.5

Rec TDs#155 / 550 · 66th pct

Rec yards#218 / 550 · 60th pct

495

Receptions#281 / 550 · 48th pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

65th → 47th percentile

Explosive rate

83rd → 76th percentile

Catch rate

16th → 13th percentile

TD rate

92nd → 72nd percentile

Yards / catch

88th → 94th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.6	42.4	16.0	0.4
Road4g	2.2	39.0	22.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	52.9	13.9	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	1.2	25.0	24.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #249 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Florida State	30	495	16.5	4	--
2021	Florida State	23	382	16.6	5	--
2020	Florida State	31	391	12.6	2	--
2019	Florida State	21	227	10.8	1	--
2018	Florida State	4	35	8.8	0	--
Career		109	1,530	14.0	12	--

Season	Team
2022	Florida State	--	--	--	51	--
2021	Florida State	1	10	27	28	--
2020	Florida State	4	32	--	--	--
2019	Florida State	2	15	--	--	--
2018	Florida State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		7	57	27	79	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 24–23

vs LSU

7 rec · 102 yds · 2 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With J. Travis — 260 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 31 rush yds (8 car) · A. Mastromanno — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · LSU · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +6.77Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 27 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 1 · LSU · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +6.18Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 39 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 4 · Boston College · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +4.58Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 72 yds to the BC 19 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · NC State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.57Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 37 yds to the NCSt 30 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Georgia Tech · 3&16 · Q3 · EPA +3.41Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 24 yds to the GTech 19 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Miami · 1&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.36Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 56 yds for a TD, (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 3 · Louisville · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.21Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 26 yds to the Lvile 26 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Oklahoma · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 16 yds for a TD (Wyatt Rector pass to Brian Courtney for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 4 · Boston College · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +1.55Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 5 yds to the FlaSt 48 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Clemson · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.43Jordan Travis pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for a loss of 2 yards to the Clem 40

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-23vs LSU	7	102	14.6	2	39	Season-high 102 yds
Wk 3	W 35-31@ Louisville	2	38	19.0	0	26
Wk 4	W 44-14vs Boston College	3	85	28.3	0	72
Wk 5	L 21-31vs Wake Forest	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 6	L 17-19@ NC State	4	57	14.3	0	37
Wk 7	L 28-34vs Clemson	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
Wk 9	W 41-16vs Georgia Tech	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 10	W 45-3@ Miami	1	56	56.0	1	56
Wk 11	W 38-3@ Syracuse	2	5	2.5	0	3
Wk 12	W 49-17vs Louisiana	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 45-38vs Florida	1	29	29.0	0	29
Bowl	W 35-32vs Oklahoma	5	74	14.8	1	19
Total		30	495	18.3	4	72

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

Ontaria Wilson

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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