#18

Slade Bolden

Junior wide receiver for Alabama. 2021: 42 catches, 408 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Alabama · Jr. · #18

5′11″ · 191 lb · West Monroe, LA

CFB Index 46 · #233 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAlabama 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 495 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Alabama. 2021: 42 catches, 408 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Alabama in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Alabama, 712 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Signed with Alabama3-star out of West Monroe

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#495 national

CFB

College

Alabama

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Nick Saban

Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Nick Saban — 37-4 over that span.

2019Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2020Alabama13-0HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Alabama13-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #233 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (80th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#312 / 655 · 52nd pct

76.4%

TD rate#347 / 655 · 47th pct

5.5%

EPA / target#418 / 655 · 36th pct

0.54

Yards / catch#531 / 655 · 19th pct

9.7

Explosive rate#532 / 655 · 19th pct

7.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Receptions#157 / 557 · 71st pct

Rec TDs#196 / 557 · 58th pct

Rec yards#268 / 557 · 52nd pct

408

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Rush yards#229 / 273 · 15th pct

Long catch#487 / 557 · 12th pct

Yards / catch#499 / 557 · 10th pct

9.7

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.6	32.1	12.8	0.1
Road5g	2.2	15.2	6.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	24.7	10.5	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	26.7	10.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #233 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #233 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Alabama	42	408	9.7	3	--
2020	Alabama	24	270	11.2	1	--
2019	Alabama	2	34	17.0	0	--
Career		68	712	10.5	4	--

Season	Team
2021	Alabama	1	--	67	87	--
2020	Alabama	1	1	--	49	--
2019	Alabama	4	10	--	--	--
Career		6	11	67	136	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2021

W 41–24

vs Georgia

5 rec · 54 yds

With B. Young — 421 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.1 · 40 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · J. Burnip — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Southern Miss · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.93Bryce Young pass complete to Slade Bolden for 20 yds to the SoMis 28 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Auburn · 3&4 · Q5 · EPA +2.72Slade Bolden 6 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Will Reichard Kick)
Week 2 · Mercer · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Bryce Young pass complete to Slade Bolden for 18 yds for a TD, (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 14 · Georgia · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.58Bryce Young pass complete to Slade Bolden for 24 yds to the Alab 43 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Ole Miss · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Bryce Young pass complete to Slade Bolden for 29 yds to the Miss 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Cincinnati · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Bryce Young pass complete to Slade Bolden for 16 yds to the Alab 47 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Bryce Young pass complete to Slade Bolden for 27 yds to the Ark 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Cincinnati · 1&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Bryce Young pass complete to Slade Bolden for 8 yds for a TD, (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 5 · Ole Miss · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.94Bryce Young pass complete to Slade Bolden for 15 yds to the Alab 39 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.93Bryce Young pass complete to Slade Bolden for 11 yds to the Alab 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 44-13@ Miami	3	26	8.7	0	11
Wk 2	W 48-14vs Mercer	1	18	18.0	1	18
Wk 3	W 31-29@ Florida	3	19	6.3	0	15
Wk 4	W 63-14vs Southern Miss	2	27	13.5	0	20
Wk 5	W 42-21vs Ole Miss	4	58	14.5	0	29	Season-high 58 yds
Wk 6	L 38-41@ Texas A&M	2	16	8.0	0	9
Wk 7	W 49-9@ Mississippi State	2	9	4.5	0	5
Wk 8	W 52-24vs Tennessee	3	16	5.3	0	7
Wk 10	W 20-14vs LSU	2	22	11.0	0	15
Wk 11	W 59-3vs New Mexico State	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 12	W 42-35vs Arkansas	3	49	16.3	0	27
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Auburn	1	6	6.0	1	6
Wk 14	W 41-24vs Georgia	5	54	10.8	0	24
Total		32	333	10.5	2	29

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