Raylen Sharpe

#6 · WR · Sr. · Arkansas5′9″ · 165 lb · Allen, TX

Raylen Sharpe is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arkansas.

Sharpe moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Tim Skipper and Sam Pittman. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 84 receiving yards and 41 rushing yards against Mississippi State — Week 10, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

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

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Oran Singleton Jr.Eastern Michigan · 2024 · 83% season match
Malik RutherfordGeorgia Tech · 2025 · 82% season match
Dayton WadeOle Miss · 2023 · 79% season match
Dalen CobbGeorgia Southern · 2023 · 77% season match
Phillip Brooks IIIKansas State · 2022 · 77% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Arkansas	41	592	14.4	3	58
2024	Fresno State	51	523	10.3	3	38
Career		92	1,115	12.1	6	58

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 17 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 No. 22 Notre Dame	5	42	8.4	0	20
Wk 7	L 31-34@ No. 12 Tennessee	7	76	10.9	0	30
Wk 8	L 42-45vs No. 4 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@ No. 17 Texas	4	65	16.3	0	21
Wk 14	L 17-31vs Missouri	3	35	11.7	0	22
Total		41	592	14.4	3	58

Signature game

Week 9 · 2025

L 24-33

vs Auburn

2 rec · 63 yds · 1 TD

With T. Green — 268 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · QBR 67.5 · 14 rush yds (7 car) · R. Jones — 3 rec · 127 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Auburn · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.71Green to Sharpe: a 58-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 20 · Q2 · EPA +4.23Green to Sharpe: a 38-yard pass.
Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +3.97Taylen Green pass complete to Raylen Sharpe for 35 yds for a TD (Scott Starzyk KICK)
Week 13 · Texas · 3rd and 20 · Q4 · EPA +3.95Jackson to Sharpe: a 21-yard pass.
Week 2 · Arkansas State · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +3.20Taylen Green pass complete to Raylen Sharpe for 37 yds for a TD (Scott Starzyk KICK)
Week 14 · Missouri · 2nd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.16Jackson to Sharpe: a 22-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 12 · LSU · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Green to Sharpe: a 24-yard pass.
Week 13 · Texas · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.82Green to Sharpe: a 21-yard pass.
Week 7 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Taylen Green pass complete to Raylen Sharpe for 30 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 12 · LSU · 4th and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Green to Sharpe: a 16-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

41 rec · 592 yds · 3 TD

40 of 41 receptions matched to play-by-play

33 of 61 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

6118% of team targets

Catch rate

66%40 of 61 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

3% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -2.0 · YAC 6.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

67% of targets (22)

59%catch rate

Air 6.3 · YAC 10.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

24% of targets (8)

38%catch rate

Air 15.2 · YAC 3.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

6% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 25.5 · YAC 18.0 avg

66% catch rate on 61 targets · 18% of the team's targets.

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%

Teams and coaches

2024Fresno State6-7HC: Tim Skipper · Balanced

2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman and Bobby Petrino · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 57 (#155 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

57Quality starter #155 of 485 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	49.3	16.3	0.3
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

2025 season

Head Coach

Sam Pittman

Pass share

48.8%

381 pass / 400 run

Plays / game

65.1

12 games

Team sack rate

6.5%

417 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

41 catches and 6 carries in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

57 · #155 of 485 WRs · 2025

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 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).

Starter

The No. 1,800 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the SEC as a senior.