Senior wide receiver for Auburn. 2023: 10 catches, 144 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′4″ · 191 lb · Orlando, FL
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2162 nationally · Signed with Ohio
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Auburn. 2023: 10 catches, 144 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Shane Hooks
Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Frank Solich and Hugh Freeze. The receipt: 47 rec yds, 3 receptions against Samford — Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Auburn, 779 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 · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Gus Malzahn, Kevin Steele, and Hugh Freeze. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: catch rate (1st 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
2023 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 38.3 | 21.1 | 0.7 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 14.5 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 29.2 | 13.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023
W 45–13
vs Samford
3 rec · 47 yds · 1 TD
Dominant 32-point win at home against Samford.
With P. Thorne — 282 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 79.9 · 123 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD · R. Ashford — 58 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.5 · 17 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-14vs Massachusetts | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-13vs Samford | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 1 | 32 | Season-high 47 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27@ Texas A&M | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-13vs Mississippi State | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 1 | 27 | |
| Bowl | L 13-31@ Maryland | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 10 | 144 | 16.0 | 2 | 32 |