Shawn Poindexter

#19 · WR · Sr. · Arizona6′5″ · 212 lb · Peoria, AZ

Shawn Poindexter: WR · Arizona · #19.

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Shawn Poindexter

WR · Arizona · Sr · #19

Beats you over the top. The three seasons at Arizona span two head coaches: Rich Rodriguez and Kevin Sumlin. On tape: 134 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Houston, Week 2, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Arizona	42	759	18.1	11	75
2017	Arizona	19	294	15.5	1	48
2016	Arizona	6	82	13.7	0	25
Career		67	1,135	16.9	12	75

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 23-28vs BYU	4	68	17.0	0	33
Wk 2	L 18-45@ Houston	7	134	19.1	0	30	Season-high 134 yds
Wk 3	W 62-31vs Southern Utah	1	75	75.0	1	75
Wk 4	W 35-14@ Oregon State	4	92	23.0	1	50
Wk 5	L 20-24vs USC	2	22	11.0	0	11
Wk 6	W 24-17vs California	3	16	5.3	0	9
Wk 7	L 10-42@ Utah	3	39	13.0	0	17
Wk 8	L 30-31@ UCLA	6	106	17.7	2	33	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 44-15vs No. 19 Oregon	2	30	15.0	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 42-34vs Colorado	2	40	20.0	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 28-69@ No. 8 Washington State	2	38	19.0	2	24	2 TD catches
Wk 13	L 40-41vs Arizona State	6	99	16.5	1	47
Total		42	759	18.1	11	75

Signature game

Week 8 · 2018

L 30-31

at UCLA

6 rec · 106 yds · 2 TD

With J. Taylor — 154 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 11 yds · R. Rodriguez — 231 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 14 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Southern Utah · 1st and 15 · Q3 · EPA +6.60Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 75 yds for a TD (Lucas Havrisik KICK)
Week 10 · Colorado · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.71Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 39 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 8 · UCLA · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.49Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 33 yds to the UCLA 35 for a
Week 2 · Houston · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.31Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 25 yds to the Houst 39 for a
Week 8 · UCLA · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 33 yds to the UCLA 30 for a
Week 4 · Oregon State · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.10Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 16 yds for a TD (Lucas Havrisik KICK)

4 more plays

Week 8 · UCLA · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 13 yds for a TD, (Josh Pollack KICK)
Week 1 · BYU · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.00Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 16 yds to the BYU 19 for a
Week 8 · UCLA · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.91Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 11 yds for a TD, (Josh Pollack KICK)
Week 13 · Arizona State · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Tate to Poindexter: a 23-yard pass.

Teams and coaches

2016Arizona3-9HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2017Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2018Arizona5-7HC: Kevin Sumlin · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (95th percentile). Strength: epa / target (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#33 / 702 · 95th pct

18.6

EPA / target#35 / 702 · 95th pct

0.97

TD rate#52 / 702 · 93rd pct

11.9%

Explosive rate#113 / 702 · 84th pct

18.6%

Catch rate#538 / 702 · 23rd pct

61.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#14 / 550 · 97th pct

Yards / catch#43 / 550 · 92nd pct

18.1

Long catch#56 / 550 · 88th pct

Rec yards#87 / 550 · 84th pct

759

Receptions#170 / 550 · 68th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

28th → 95th percentile

Explosive rate

72nd → 84th percentile

Catch rate

15th → 23rd percentile

TD rate

34th → 93rd percentile

Yards / catch

80th → 95th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	50.0	22.8	0.9
Road5g	4.4	81.8	18.4	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	63.7	23.3	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	62.6	17.6	1.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Kevin Sumlin

Pass share

44.3%

389 pass / 490 run

Plays / game

73.2

12 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

410 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

42 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Shawn Poindexter

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42 catches in 12 games

Four seasons at Arizona