#10

Tai Felton

Former wide receiver at Maryland. 2024: 96 catches, 1,124 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Maryland · Sr. · #10

6′2″ · 181 lb · Ashburn, VA

CFB Index 91 · #6 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamMinnesota — drafted 2025, Rd 3, Pick 38, #102 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1009 nationally · Signed with Maryland

Statement game11 rec · 152 yds · 1 TDvs Michigan State (FBS) · L 24-27

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

You know, I'm not a coach, I'm just a casual fan, but if I know the ball is going to Felton, why doesn't my team?r/CFB game thread · ▲ 6His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Maryland. 2024: 96 catches, 1,124 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2021.
Drafted round 3 by the Minnesota in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Maryland, 2,207 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #102 overall by Minnesota.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 140 yds at Rutgers.Rutgers · W 42-242023

20214 games

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Stone Bridge

202313 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenthird

202412 games

All-Big Tenfirst

2025

Drafted by Minnesotaround 3, pick 102

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1009 national

CFB

College

Maryland

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #102

Minnesota · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Mike Locksley

Maryland

Played his entire career under Mike Locksley.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 2nd NFL season

#102Rd 3 · Pick 38

MinnesotaEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Locksley — 27-24 over that span.

2021Maryland7-6HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced

2023Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning

2024Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

91All-America level #6 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#190 / 610 · 69th pct

8.6%

EPA / target#248 / 610 · 59th pct

0.95

Catch rate#263 / 610 · 57th pct

91.4%

Yards / catch#324 / 610 · 47th pct

11.7

Explosive rate#380 / 610 · 38th pct

12.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#2 / 541 · 100th pct

Rec yards#13 / 541 · 98th pct

1124

Rec TDs#19 / 541 · 95th pct

Long catch#42 / 541 · 91st pct

Rush yards#94 / 299 · 68th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#370 / 541 · 30th pct

11.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 59th percentile

Explosive rate

82nd → 38th percentile

Catch rate

70th → 57th percentile

TD rate

87th → 69th percentile

Yards / catch

82nd → 47th percentile

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	8.9	109	12.6	1.1
Road5g	6.8	71.6	9.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	9.2	120	13.3	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	67.5	9.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #6 of 466 FBS receivers by CFB Index Score.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

91 · #6 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #6 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Maryland	96	1,124	11.7	9	--
2023	Maryland	48	723	15.1	6	--
2022	Maryland	23	309	13.4	2	--
2021	Maryland	5	51	10.2	0	--
Career		172	2,207	12.8	17	--

Season	Team
2024	Maryland	2	23	--	26	--
2023	Maryland	1	16	--	--	--
2022	Maryland	--	--	150	--	--
2021	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	39	150	26	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 29–28

vs USC

9 rec · 84 yds · 1 TD

Edged out USC at home in a shootout.

With B. Edwards — 373 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.9 · B. McFerson — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · UConn · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Tai Felton for 75 yds for a TD (Jack Howes PAT MISSED)
Week 4 · Villanova · 2&13 · Q4 · EPA +4.45Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Tai Felton for 61 yds to the VILL 17 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Michigan State · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +3.71Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Tai Felton for 23 yds to the MSU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UConn · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Tai Felton for 39 yds to the CONN 38 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Minnesota · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.56Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Tai Felton for 23 yds to the MINN 35 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Michigan State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.47Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Tai Felton for 35 yds to the MSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Penn State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.32MJ Morris pass complete to Tai Felton for 16 yds to the PSU 49 for a 1ST down Penn State Penalty, Personal Foul (Jaylen Reed) to the PSU 34 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Virginia · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.97Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Tai Felton for 19 yds for a TD (Jack Howes KICK)
Week 13 · Iowa · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.95MJ Morris pass complete to Tai Felton for 8 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 13 · Iowa · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +2.91MJ Morris pass complete to Tai Felton for 12 yds for a TD (Jack Howes KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week