Raylen Sharpe

Senior wide receiver for Arkansas. 2025: 41 catches, 592 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Arkansas · Sr. · #6

5′9″ · 165 lb · Allen, TX

CFB Index 57 · #155 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Arkansas for 2026

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

592

receiving yards · 2025

41 catches · 3 TD · 14.4 per catch

Backed by 10 rec · 116 yds -- top 1% catches game.

Swing playSwung Arkansas from 25% to 51% to win.Auburn at Arkansas · 33-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Arkansas. 2025: 41 catches, 592 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Houston in 2020.
Transferred from Fresno State to Arkansas in 2025.

His career, year by year

Raylen Sharpe

WR · Arkansas · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 84 rec yds, 41 rush yds against Mississippi State — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Fresno State6-7HC: Tim Skipper · Balanced

2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

57Quality starter #155 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (89th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#90 / 798 · 89th pct

0.72

Explosive rate#123 / 798 · 85th pct

16.4%

Yards / catch#162 / 798 · 80th pct

14.3

TD rate#299 / 798 · 62nd pct

3.3%

Catch rate#463 / 798 · 42nd pct

65.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#47 / 287 · 83rd pct

Rec yards#155 / 558 · 72nd pct

592

Yards / catch#167 / 558 · 70th pct

14.4

Long catch#173 / 558 · 69th pct

Receptions#178 / 558 · 68th pct

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

59th → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

43rd → 85th percentile

Catch rate

69th → 42nd percentile

TD rate

32nd → 62nd percentile

Yards / catch

27th → 80th 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

26%16 of his 61 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
Home7g	3.1	48.4	17.0	0.4
Road5g	3.8	50.6	13.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	41.5	13.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	57.2	18.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #155 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #155 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #25 of 58 SEC WRs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas	41	592	14.4	3	--
2024	Fresno State	51	523	10.3	3	--
Career		92	1,115	12.1	6	--

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas	6	54	--	--	--
2024	Fresno State	4	72	--	--	--
Career		10	126	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 52–7

vs Alabama A&M

3 rec · 41 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 45-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With T. Green — 322 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 41 rush yds (9 car) · D. Bale — 1 REC · 45 AVG · 2 IN 20

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Auburn · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.71(08:45) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 T.Green pass complete short right to #6 R.Sharpe caught at ARK48, for 58 yards to the AUB00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:36, 1ST DOWN #80 S.Starzyk kick attempt good (H: #37 D.Bale, LS: #30 A.Ngo)
Week 10 · Mississippi State · 3&20 · Q2 · EPA +4.23(00:17) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 T.Green pass complete deep middle to #6 R.Sharpe caught at MSU30, for 38 yards to the MSU12 (#21 H.Washington), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.97Taylen Green pass complete to Raylen Sharpe for 35 yds for a TD (Scott Starzyk KICK)
Week 13 · Texas · 3&20 · Q4 · EPA +3.95(01:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 K.Jackson pass complete short middle to #6 R.Sharpe caught at TEX41, for 21 yards to the TEX28 (#2 D.Williams Jr.), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Arkansas State · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.20Taylen Green pass complete to Raylen Sharpe for 37 yds for a TD (Scott Starzyk KICK)
Week 14 · Missouri · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.16(10:20) Shotgun #7 K.Jackson pass complete short left to #6 R.Sharpe caught at MIZ49, for 22 yards to the MIZ45 (#15 S.Banner), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · LSU · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.03(00:53) Shotgun #10 T.Green pass complete short left to #6 R.Sharpe caught at ARK49, for 24 yards to the LSU35 (#4 M.Delane), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Texas · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.82(11:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 T.Green pass complete short middle to #6 R.Sharpe caught at ARK45, for 21 yards to the TEX42 (#4 J.McDonald; #16 M.Taaffe), 1ST DOWN
Week 7 · Tennessee · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Taylen Green pass complete to Raylen Sharpe for 30 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 12 · LSU · 4&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.53(04:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 T.Green pass complete short middle to #6 R.Sharpe caught at LSU26, for 16 yards to the LSU19 (#0 T.Cooley; #3 D.Pickett), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY LSU Face Mask (#11 P.Woodland) 10 yards from LSU19 to LSU09, 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 52-7vs Alabama A&M	3	41	13.7	1	35
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Arkansas State	2	43	21.5	1	37
Wk 3	L 35-41@ Ole Miss	2	23	11.5	0	18
Wk 4	L 31-32@ Memphis	2	24	12.0	0	17
Wk 5	L 13-56vs Notre Dame	5	42	8.4	0	20
Wk 7	L 31-34@ Tennessee	7	76	10.9	0	30
Wk 8	L 42-45vs Texas A&M	2	31	15.5	0	18
Wk 9	L 24-33vs Auburn	2	63	31.5	1	58
Wk 10	L 35-38vs Mississippi State	5	84	16.8	0	38	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 12	L 22-23@ LSU	4	65	16.3	0	24
Wk 13	L 37-52@ Texas	4	65	16.3	0	21
Wk 14	L 17-31vs Missouri	3	35	11.7	0	22
Total		41	592	15.5	3	58

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Arkansas

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · Arkansas

Returning around him

14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
4 Arkansas players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (42 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Arkansas · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #36 · 2026 recruiting class #46

DNA match

Player DNA

Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Malik Rutherford’s 2025 season.

Malik Rutherford

82%match

Georgia Tech · 2025

Dayton Wade

Ole Miss · 2023

79%

Dalen Cobb

Georgia Southern · 2023

77%

Phillip Brooks III

Kansas State · 2022

77%

DT Sheffield

Rutgers · 2025

76%

Matches Malik on

Total EPA (college ability)

EPA / play (adj)

Weight

Differs from Malik on

Recruiting rating (lower)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Antwan Davis’s path through Ball State.

Antwan Davis

98%match

Ball State · 2020

Osirus Mitchell

Mississippi State · 2020

96%

Whop Philyor

Indiana · 2020

96%

Neno Lemay

Nicholls · 2023

96%

Max Tomczak

Youngstown State · 2025

92%

Matches Antwan on

Yards per reception

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Devin Maddox's junior season at Toledo (2022).

Devin Maddox

86%match

Toledo · 2022

All-MAC

Dante Wright

Temple · 2023

All-AAC

80%

DT Sheffield

Rutgers · 2025

All-AAC

80%

Malik Rutherford

Georgia Tech · 2023

79%

Monaray Baldwin

Baylor · 2023

77%

Matches Devin on

Reception volume

Total EPA (college ability)

Yards / reception

Player DNA

Players who play like Raylen Sharpe

Cam'Ron Lacy

Middle Tennessee · 2026

84%

Oran Singleton Jr.

Eastern Michigan · 2024

83%

Malik Rutherford

Georgia Tech · 2025

82%

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

Raylen Sharpe

2020

2022

202411 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Possession Receiver

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