Rome Odunze

#1 · WR · Jr. · Washington6′3″ · 215 lb · Las Vegas, NV · Bishop Gorman

Rome Odunze: WR · Washington · #1.

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Rome Odunze

WR · Washington · Jr · #1

Beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Washington. All-America (Consensus) in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 180 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Michigan State — Week 3, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Washington in the news

Hawkeyes RB Kamari Moulton out for seasonCorsicanadailysun Oct 27
Regents and Jones disagree on conduct code deadlineOct 22
Washington exploring extra eligibility for injured WRHuskies Wire Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Washington	92	1,640	17.8	13	52
2022	Washington	75	1,145	15.3	7	61
2021	Washington	41	415	10.1	4	55
2020	Washington	6	72	12.0	0	25
Career		214	3,272	15.3	24	61

Season	Team
2023	Washington	2	37	17	87	1
2022	Washington	3	6	--	--	--
2021	Washington	2	13	--	--	--
2020	Washington	3	−16	--	--	--
Career		10	40	17	87	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-19vs Boise State	7	132	18.9	1	29	132-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 43-10vs Tulsa	7	107	15.3	1	34
Wk 3	W 41-7@ Michigan State	8	180	22.5	0	50	Season-high 180 yds
Wk 4	W 59-32vs California	5	125	25.0	2	44	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 31-24@ Arizona	5	64	12.8	0	18
Wk 7	W 36-33vs No. 8 Oregon	8	128	16.0	2	43	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 15-7vs Arizona State	5	82	16.4	0	21
Wk 9	W 42-33@ Stanford	6	89	14.8	1	25
Wk 10	W 52-42@ No. 24 USC	5	82	16.4	0	26
Wk 11	W 35-28vs No. 13 Utah	3	111	37.0	2	44	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 22-20@ No. 10 Oregon State	7	106	15.1	2	32	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 24-21vs Washington State	7	120	17.1	2	40	2 TD catches
Wk 14	W 34-31vs No. 5 Oregon	8	102	12.8	0	34
Bowl	W 37-31vs No. 3 Texas	6	125	20.8	0	52
Bowl	L 13-34vs No. 1 Michigan	5	87	17.4	0	44
Total		92	1640	17.8	13	52

Signature game

Week 7 · 2023

W 36-33

vs Oregon

8 rec · 128 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Oregon at home in a shootout.

With M. Penix Jr. — 302 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.2 · G. Bernard — 14 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.9

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Stanford · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −4.40Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 7 yds Rome Odunze fumbled, recovered by STAN Mitch Leigber [SG] PENIX JR., Michael pass short to the left complete for 7 yards to ODUNZE, Rome caught at the STA14, ODUNZE, Rome fumbled at STA10 forced by TAFITI, Tevarua, recovered by STA LEIGBER, Mitch at the STA12, returned 5 yards (CUEVAS, Josh;TAFITI, Tevarua).
Week 11 · Utah · 2nd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +4.10Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 34 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 11 · Utah · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +4.04Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 44 yds to the UTAH 21 for a Utah Penalty, Defensive Holding (Levani Damuni) declined for a
Week 7 · Oregon · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.80Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 43 yds to the ORE 26 for a
Week 13 · Washington State · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +3.80Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 40 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 9 · Stanford · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 18 yds to the STAN 41 for a

4 more plays

Week 8 · Arizona State · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.46Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 19 yds to the ASU 42 for a
Week 1 · Michigan · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.45Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 44 yds to the MICH 27 for a
Week 3 · Michigan State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.44Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 50 yds to the MSU 45 for a
Week 11 · Utah · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 33 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)

Teams and coaches

2020Washington3-1HC: Jimmy Lake · Run-leaning

2021Washington4-8HC: Jimmy Lake and Bob Gregory · Balanced

2022Washington11-2HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

2023Washington14-1HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 97 (#1 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

97All-America level #1 of 497 · 2023?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (93rd percentile). Strength: yards / catch (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#41 / 639 · 93rd pct

26.9%

Yards / catch#45 / 639 · 93rd pct

17.6

TD rate#57 / 639 · 91st pct

12.5%

EPA / target#140 / 639 · 78th pct

1.01

Catch rate#415 / 639 · 35th pct

77.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 566 · 100th pct

1640

Receptions#6 / 566 · 99th pct

Rec TDs#6 / 566 · 99th pct

Yards / catch#50 / 566 · 91st pct

17.8

Rush TDs#13 / 294 · 89th pct

Rush yards#56 / 294 · 81st pct

Long catch#221 / 566 · 60th pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

63rd → 78th percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 93rd percentile

Catch rate

25th → 35th percentile

TD rate

53rd → 91st percentile

Yards / catch

81st → 93rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. 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

2023 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.0	115	20.8	1.4
Road5g	6.2	104	16.3	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	6.4	118	18.6	0.8
Weeks 8+7g	5.9	98.9	18.5	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Pass share

59.5%

575 pass / 391 run

Plays / game

64.4

15 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

597 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

97 · #1 of 497 WRs · 2023

Former four-star. Now #1 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2023

AP1st

FWAA1st

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN1st

SI1st

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Rome Odunze

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Style of play

Fans

Washington in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Consensus All-American

Four seasons at Washington, drafted

2020

2022 12 games

2023 15 games

2024