Senior wide receiver for Louisiana Tech. 2021: 17 catches, 257 receiving yards, 3 TD.
6′1″ · 198 lb · Montreal, PQ
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2301 nationally · Signed with Massachusetts
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Louisiana Tech. 2021: 17 catches, 257 receiving yards, 3 TD.
Samuel Emilus
Moves the chains on third down. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 69 rec yds, 2 receptions against North Texas — Week 4, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisiana Tech, 910 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Skip Holtz.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (87th percentile). Concern: catch rate (15th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 48.2 | 19.6 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 21.3 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 53.8 | 18.9 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 14.0 | 10.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 17 | 257 | 15.1 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 17 | 168 | 9.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Massachusetts | 27 | 273 | 10.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 15 | 212 | 14.1 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 76 | 910 | 12.0 | 10 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | -- | -- | 66 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 2 | -3 | -- | 46 | -- |
| 2019 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -10 | -- |
| 2018 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | 114 | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | -3 | 180 | 36 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021
W 45–42
vs SE Louisiana
4 rec · 34 yds
Edged out SE Louisiana at home in a shootout.
With A. Kendall — 217 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 49.1 · 10 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Barajas — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 46 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-42vs SE Louisiana | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-39vs SMU | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-17vs North Texas | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 1 | 35 | Season-high 69 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34@ NC State | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-45vs UTSA | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-23@ Old Dominion | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-52@ UAB | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 17 | 257 | 16.1 | 3 | 35 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to TJ Graham’s 2021 season.
Matches TJ on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Max Tomczak’s path through Youngstown State.
Matches Max on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to TJ Graham's senior season at Texas State (2021).
Matches TJ on
Player DNA