Pofele Ashlock

Senior wide receiver for Hawai'i. 2025: 76 catches, 827 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Hawai'i · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 180 lb · Euless, TX

CFB Index 79 · #43 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Hawai'i for 2026

Next upSat Sep 26 · 3 pm ETat WyomingWar Memorial Stadium

The numbers

827

receiving yards · 2025

76 catches · 8 TD · 10.9 per catch

Backed by 14 rec · 123 yds · 2 TD -- top 0.1% catches game.

The play that turned itSwung Hawai'i from 28% to 70% to win.California at Hawai'i · 35-31

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Hawai'i. 2025: 76 catches, 827 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed with Hawai'i in 2022.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

TD rate: 78th percentile.

The full scouting read

Pofele Ashlock

WR · Hawai'i · Sr · #5

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. This is his third year in the same receiving corps at Hawai'i. 2025 added another: All-Mountain West. The receipt on tape: 125 rec yds, 7 receptions against Sam Houston, Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Timmy Chang — 19-19 over that span.

2023Hawai'i5-8HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-heavy

2024Hawai'i5-7HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

2025Hawai'i9-4HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #43 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (98th percentile). Strength: rec tds (95th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#180 / 798 · 78th pct

4.6%

EPA / target#242 / 798 · 70th pct

0.54

Catch rate#408 / 798 · 49th pct

67.6%

Explosive rate#434 / 798 · 46th pct

9.3%

Yards / catch#445 / 798 · 44th pct

11.1

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#12 / 558 · 98th pct

Rec TDs#23 / 558 · 95th pct

Rec yards#60 / 558 · 89th pct

827

Long catch#277 / 558 · 50th pct

Yards / catch#417 / 558 · 25th pct

10.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

75th → 70th percentile

Explosive rate

34th → 46th percentile

Catch rate

91st → 49th percentile

TD rate

67th → 78th percentile

Yards / catch

28th → 44th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

31%33 of his 108 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	7.1	77.6	11.3	1.0
Road4g	4.8	51.5	11.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.5	73.9	9.8	1.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.0	59.0	14.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Timmy Chang

Pass share

63.7%

142 pass / 81 run

Plays / game

74.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

155 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #43 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #43 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #3 of 41 Mountain West WRs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Hawai'i	76	827	10.9	8	--
2024	Hawai'i	61	629	10.3	6	--
2023	Hawai'i	83	832	10.0	9	--
Career		220	2,288	10.4	23	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2025

W 38–6

vs San Diego State

3 rec · 35 yds

Dominant 32-point win at home against San Diego State.

With C. Barfield — 69 rush yds (11 car) · M. Alejado — 256 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.6 · -10 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Fresno State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.06Micah Alejado pass complete to Pofele Ashlock for 38 yds to the FRES 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Wyoming · 3&15 · Q3 · EPA +3.83(12:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 M.Alejado pass complete deep left to #5 P.Ashlock caught at Wyo41, for 24 yards to the Wyo41, out of bounds at Wyo41, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · California · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.65(09:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 M.Alejado pass complete deep left to #5 P.Ashlock caught at Cal45, for 30 yards to the Cal45 (#24 Q.Shemwell), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Sam Houston · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.43Luke Weaver pass complete to Pofele Ashlock for 47 yds to the SHSU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Stanford · 2&16 · Q4 · EPA +3.23Micah Alejado pass complete to Pofele Ashlock for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Sam Houston · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Luke Weaver pass complete to Pofele Ashlock for 15 yds for a TD (Kansei Matsuzawa KICK)
Week 7 · Utah State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Micah Alejado pass complete to Pofele Ashlock for 7 yds for a TD (Kansei Matsuzawa KICK)
Week 7 · Utah State · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Micah Alejado pass complete to Pofele Ashlock for 18 yds for a TD
Week 2 · Sam Houston · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.72Luke Weaver pass complete to Pofele Ashlock for 6 yds for a TD (Kansei Matsuzawa KICK)
Week 8 · Colorado State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.71Micah Alejado pass complete to Pofele Ashlock for 19 yds to the CSU 37 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-20vs Stanford	9	69	7.7	1	25	2 TD catches
Wk 1	L 6-40@ Arizona	6	24	4.0	0	8	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 37-20vs Sam Houston	7	125	17.9	2	47	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 3	W 23-3vs Portland State	4	17	4.3	0	5
Wk 4	L 21-23vs Fresno State	8	68	8.5	0	38
Wk 5	W 44-35@ Air Force	4	52	13.0	0	18
Wk 7	W 44-26vs Utah State	8	113	14.1	3	31	3 TD catches
Wk 8	W 31-19@ Colorado State	2	26	13.0	0	19
Wk 10	L 38-45@ San José State	7	104	14.9	0	20
Wk 11	W 38-6vs San Diego State	3	35	11.7	0	16
Wk 14	W 27-7vs Wyoming	4	71	17.8	0	24
Bowl	W 35-31vs California	14	123	8.8	2	30
Total		76	827	11.3	8	47

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

20/333rd-down conversions

1.133rd-down EPA/target

0.32Other-downs EPA/target

22 of 33 caught on third down (66.7%) — EPA/target 1.13 vs 0.32 elsewhere (20 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Hawai'i

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Hawai'i

Returning around him

64% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
Transfer portal: +7 net (16 in / 9 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Hawai'i · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #115 · 2026 recruiting class #124

DNA match

Player DNA

Slot Technician

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Joshua Cephus’s 2022 season.

Joshua Cephus

80%match

UTSA · 2022

All-Conference USA

Tai Felton

Maryland · 2024

All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 38

77%

Josh Kelly

Texas Tech · 2024

All-Big 12

73%

Griffin Wilde

Northwestern · 2025

All-Big Ten

72%

Ricky White

UNLV · 2024

72%

Matches Joshua on

Weight

Height

Reception volume

Differs from Joshua on

TD rate (higher)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Taco Dowler’s path through Montana State.

Taco Dowler

98%match

Montana State · 2025

Miequle Brock

Nicholls · 2025

98%

Landon Ruggieri

Bryant · 2023

96%

Noah Gray

Duke · 2020

NFL Rd 5

96%

Nate Stewart

Akron · 2020

95%

Matches Taco on

Yards per reception

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Elijhah Badger's junior season at Arizona State (2022).

Elijhah Badger

75%match

Arizona State · 2022

Jordyn Tyson

Arizona State · 2025

All-Big 12NFL Rd 1 · Pk 8

74%

Nicholas Cenacle

Hawai'i · 2024

74%

Luke McCaffrey

Rice · 2022

All-AACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 37

73%

Jaylen Hall

Western Kentucky · 2022

All-MAC

70%

Matches Elijhah on

Weight

Height

Yards / reception

Differs from Elijhah on

Class year (lower)

Player DNA

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80%

The receiver room · Hawai'i

#5Pofele AshlockWR · Sr.827 receiving yards · 2025
#8Tama UiliataWR · So.231 receiving yards · 2025
#2Audric HarrisWR · Jr.99 receiving yards · 2025
#18Blaze KamokuWR · Sr.88 receiving yards · 2025
#3Carson BrownWR · Sr.83 receiving yards · 2025

12 more on the roster · Hawai'i team page

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

2022

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Slot Technician

Players who play like Pofele Ashlock

The receiver room · Hawai'i