Shamar Rigby

Junior wide receiver for Wisconsin. 2025: 25 catches, 351 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Wisconsin · Jr. · #7

6′4″ · 196 lb · St. Petersburg, FL · Clearwater Central Catholic

CFB Index 38 · #323 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceTransferred Oklahoma State → Wisconsin for 2026

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The numbers

351

receiving yards · 2025

25 catches · 1 TD · 14 per catch

Best game: 3 rec, 31 yds, 1 TD, at Kansas

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Wisconsin. 2025: 25 catches, 351 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2024.
Transferred from Oklahoma State to Wisconsin in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 47th percentile.

The full scouting read

Shamar Rigby

WR · Wisconsin · Jr · #7

Moves the chains on third down. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 84 rec yds, 5 receptions against Baylor — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Doug Meacham · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

38Below cohort / limited sample #323 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#423 / 798 · 47th pct

0.40

Explosive rate#436 / 798 · 45th pct

9.1%

Yards / catch#449 / 798 · 44th pct

11.0

Catch rate#587 / 798 · 26th pct

60.6%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#201 / 558 · 63rd pct

14.0

Long catch#260 / 558 · 52nd pct

Rec yards#320 / 558 · 43rd pct

351

Receptions#347 / 558 · 37th pct

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

42%14 of his 33 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	42.3	19.1	0.0
Road4g	1.5	13.8	8.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	28.5	12.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	36.0	18.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

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

38 · #323 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #323 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	25	351	14.0	1	--
2024	Purdue	11	113	10.3	0	--
Career		36	464	12.9	1	--

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	--	--	--	--	--
2024	Purdue	1	5	--	--	--
Career		1	5	--	--	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Houston · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +6.00Shamar Rigby pass complete to Rodney Fields Jr. for 63 yds for a TD (Logan Ward KICK)
Week 12 · Kansas State · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.73(02:26) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete short right to #7 S.Rigby caught at KSU44, for 25 yards to the KSU31 (#25 Z.Rich; #4 D.Cobbs), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · UT Martin · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Hauss Hejny pass complete to Shamar Rigby for 41 yds to the UTM 38 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kansas · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.23(10:44) Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete short left to #7 S.Rigby caught at KU00, for 12 yards to the KU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:40 #19 L.Ward kick attempt good (H: #90 W.Pahl, LS: #57 A.Davenport)
Week 14 · Iowa State · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.98(04:09) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete deep middle to #7 S.Rigby caught at ISU23, for 20 yards to the ISU23 (#24 Q.Taylor), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · UCF · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.69(13:42) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete short left to #7 S.Rigby caught at UCF48, for 13 yards to the UCF46 (#7 A.Jackson), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Kansas State · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.59(11:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete short middle to #7 S.Rigby caught at OSU36, for 6 yards to the OSU36 (#91 J.Allen), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Baylor · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.33Zane Flores pass complete to Shamar Rigby for 19 yds to the BAY 26 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kansas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.27(01:55) Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete short right to #7 S.Rigby caught at OSU48, for 14 yards to the KU48 (#5 D.MIller), 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Targeting". CALL UPHELD
Week 14 · Iowa State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.05(02:16) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete short middle to #7 S.Rigby caught at ISU09, for 13 yards to the ISU07, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-7vs UT Martin	2	50	25.0	0	41
Wk 2	L 3-69@ Oregon	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 4	L 12-19vs Tulsa	2	9	4.5	0	6
Wk 5	L 27-45vs Baylor	5	84	16.8	0	39	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 6	L 13-41@ Arizona	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 7	L 17-39vs Houston	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 8	L 17-49vs Cincinnati	1	48	48.0	0	48
Wk 10	L 21-38@ Kansas	3	31	10.3	1	14
Wk 12	L 6-14vs Kansas State	3	36	12.0	0	25
Wk 13	L 14-17@ UCF	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 14	L 13-20vs Iowa State	5	52	10.4	0	20
Total		25	351	15.3	1	48

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Possession Receiver

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Lawrence Arnold’s 2024 season.

Lawrence Arnold

82%match

Kansas · 2024

Patrick Bryant

Illinois · 2022

80%

Nate Bennett

San Diego State · 2024

79%

Darrell Gill Jr.

Syracuse · 2024

78%

Sam Brown

Miami · 2024

78%

Matches Lawrence on

Total EPA (college ability)

Height

Yards / reception

Differs from Lawrence on

Class year (lower)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Darien Chase’s path through Portland State.

Darien Chase

98%match

Portland State · 2021

Jarrod Barnes

Central Arkansas · 2023

97%

Kobe Clark

Abilene Christian · 2022

97%

Malik Murray

East Tennessee State · 2021

96%

Julius Young

Lafayette · 2022

95%

Matches Darien on

Yards per reception

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Brady Kluse's sophomore season at Memphis (2025).

Brady Kluse

79%match

Memphis · 2025

Brayden Cosper

BYU · 2022

77%

Roman Mothershed

Troy · 2025

75%

John Adams

Temple · 2024

NFL Rd 5

75%

Ayden Greene

Virginia Tech · 2024

74%

Matches Brady on

Yards / reception

Height

EPA / play (adj)

Differs from Brady on

TD rate (lower)

Recruiting rating (higher)

Background

2025 Season (Sophomore at Oklahoma State): Played in all 12 games, making nine starts at wide receiver in his only season at Oklahoma State … caught 25 passes for 351 yards and a touchdown … made two catches for 50 yards in his Oklahoma State debut versus UT Martin (Aug. 28) … caught five passes...

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The receiver room · Wisconsin

#7Shamar RigbyWR · Jr.351 receiving yards · 2025
#2Chris Brooks Jr.WR · Sr.124 receiving yards · 2025
#13Eugene Hilton Jr.WR · So.91 receiving yards · 2025
#16Malachi ColemanWR · Jr.83 receiving yards · 2025
#87Jackson McGohanWR · Jr.35 receiving yards · 2025

11 more on the roster · Wisconsin team page

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

Shamar Rigby

20249 games

202511 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Possession Receiver

Background

The receiver room · Wisconsin