#13

Roderick Daniels

Former wide receiver at SMU. 2024: 42 catches, 601 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · SMU · Sr. · #13

5′9″ · 182 lb · Duncanville, TX

CFB Index 59 · #146 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceSMU 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at SMU. 2024: 42 catches, 601 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at SMU, 1,423 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

SMU

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

2022–2024

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Leavitt → Rhett Lashlee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced

2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #146 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (91st percentile). Strength: yards / catch (87th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#56 / 610 · 91st pct

1.35

Yards / catch#79 / 610 · 87th pct

16.1

Explosive rate#107 / 610 · 82nd pct

22.2%

TD rate#175 / 610 · 71st pct

8.9%

Catch rate#330 / 610 · 45th pct

88.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#4 / 299 · 98th pct

Rush yards#9 / 299 · 97th pct

160

Long catch#22 / 541 · 96th pct

Rec yards#156 / 541 · 71st pct

601

Receptions#162 / 541 · 70th pct

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#198 / 541 · 63rd pct

14.3

Fumbles lost#217 / 221 · 1st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

85th → 91st percentile

Explosive rate

80th → 82nd percentile

Catch rate

54th → 45th percentile

TD rate

90th → 71st percentile

Yards / catch

82nd → 87th 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

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.0	28.8	11.4	0.2
Road6g	3.0	61.8	24.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.9	26.6	14.5	0.1
Weeks 8+7g	4.1	59.3	20.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #146 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	SMU	42	601	14.3	4	--
2023	SMU	24	370	15.4	4	--
2022	SMU	22	243	11.0	3	--
2021	SMU	17	209	12.3	1	--
Career		105	1,423	13.6	12	--

Season	Team
2024	SMU	44	160	122	233	1
2023	SMU	15	23	212	257	1
2022	SMU	16	102	24	104	--
2021	SMU	--	--	--	--	--
Career		75	285	358	594	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 34–27

at Louisville

20 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With K. Jennings — 281 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.8 · 113 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · I. Pearson — 54 AVG · 56 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Duke · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +7.02Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 81 yds for a TD (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 9 · Duke · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.76Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 72 yds for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Houston Christian · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 22 yds to the HCU 37 for a 1ST down SMU Penalty, Unnecessary Roughness (Yards) to the HCU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · California · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 17 yds to the CAL 33 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Virginia · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.94Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 25 yds to the PITT 2 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.78Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 33 yds to the LOU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Penn State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 28 yds for a TD (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 12 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 36 yds to the BC 34 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Florida State · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.75Kevin Jennings pass complete to Roderick Daniels Jr. for 14 yds to the FSU 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 29-24@ Nevada	3	28	9.3	0	23
Wk 1	W 59-7vs Houston Christian	2	24	12.0	0	22
Wk 2	L 15-18vs BYU	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	W 66-42vs TCU	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 5	W 42-16vs Florida State	2	20	10.0	0	14
Wk 6	W 34-27@ Louisville	2	50	25.0	0	33
Wk 8	W 40-10@ Stanford	2	18	9.0	0	11
Wk 9	W 28-27@ Duke	2	153	76.5	1	81	Season-high 153 yds
Wk 10	W 48-25vs Pittsburgh	2	30	15.0	0	25
Wk 12	W 38-28vs Boston College	4	79	19.8	1	36
Wk 13	W 33-7@ Virginia	5	58	11.6	0	19
Wk 14	W 38-6vs California	6	42	7.0	0	18
Wk 15	L 31-34vs Clemson	8	35	4.4	1	37
Bowl	L 10-38@ Penn State	4	64	16.0	1	28
Total		42	601	18.0	4	81

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

Roderick Daniels

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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