Tajae Sharpe

#1 · WR · Massachusetts6′3″ · Piscataway, NJ

Tajae Sharpe: WR · Massachusetts · #1.

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Tajae Sharpe

WR · Massachusetts · #1

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the same receiving corps at Massachusetts. On tape: 159 receiving yards and 12 receptions against Toledo, Week 8, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Massachusetts	111	1,319	11.9	5	49
2014	Massachusetts	85	1,281	15.1	7	77
Career		196	2,600	13.3	12	77

Season	Team
2015	Massachusetts	1	−3
2014	Massachusetts	3	14
Career		4	11

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 14-48@ Colorado	11	138	12.5	0	41	138-yard receiving day
Wk 3	L 23-25vs Temple	11	156	14.2	0	45	156-yard receiving day
Wk 4	L 27-62@ No. 6 Notre Dame	8	83	10.4	0	15
Wk 5	W 24-14vs Florida International	15	159	10.6	1	18	Season-high 159 yds
Wk 6	L 38-62@ Bowling Green	13	156	12.0	1	23	156-yard receiving day
Wk 7	L 10-15vs Kent State	7	46	6.6	0	25
Wk 8	L 35-51vs No. 19 Toledo	12	159	13.3	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 10-20@ Ball State	11	83	7.5	0	20
Wk 10	L 13-17vs Akron	7	53	7.6	0	24
Wk 11	W 28-17@ Eastern Michigan	4	67	16.8	1	39
Wk 12	L 13-20vs Miami (OH)	6	81	13.5	0	27
Wk 13	W 31-26@ Buffalo	6	138	23.0	0	49	138-yard receiving day
Total		111	1319	11.9	5	49

Signature game

Week 8 · 2015

L 35-51

vs Toledo

12 rec · 159 yds · 2 TD

With L. Laurent — 41.3 yards per punt · 8 punts · 52 long · B. Frohnapfel — 240 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 48.4 · 32 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Temple · 3rd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +4.16Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Tajae Sharpe for 45 yds to the Temp 12 for a
Week 2 · Colorado · 2nd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +3.67Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Tajae Sharpe for 41 yds to the Colo 17 for a
Week 6 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 14 · Q1 · EPA +3.39Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Tajae Sharpe for 17 yds to the BwGrn 47 for a
Week 13 · Buffalo · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.25Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Tajae Sharpe for 24 yds to the Buff 49 for a
Week 11 · Eastern Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Tajae Sharpe for 39 yds for a TD, (Logan Laurent KICK)
Week 4 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.06Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Tajae Sharpe for 15 yds to the NDame 47 for a

4 more plays

Week 8 · Toledo · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.97Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Tajae Sharpe for 35 yds for a TD, (Logan Laurent KICK)
Week 6 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.96Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Tajae Sharpe for 15 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 4 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Blake Frohnapfel pass complete to Tajae Sharpe for 14 yds to the NDame 39 for a NOTRE DAME Penalty, Personal Foul (15 Yards) to the NDame 46 for a
Week 6 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Frohnapfel to Sharpe: a 23-yard touchdown pass.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Mark Whipple, all pass-leaning offenses — 6-18 over that span.

2014Massachusetts3-9HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2015Massachusetts3-9HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (98th percentile). Concern: td rate (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#373 / 684 · 46th pct

11.8

EPA / target#413 / 684 · 40th pct

0.42

Explosive rate#434 / 684 · 37th pct

9.1%

Catch rate#457 / 684 · 33rd pct

62.9%

TD rate#507 / 684 · 26th pct

2.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#1 / 521 · 100th pct

111

Rec yards#12 / 521 · 98th pct

1319

Rec TDs#102 / 521 · 76th pct

Long catch#244 / 521 · 52nd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#329 / 521 · 36th pct

11.9

Rush yards#220 / 247 · 10th pct

-3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 40th percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 37th percentile

Catch rate

35th → 33rd percentile

TD rate

61st → 26th percentile

Yards / catch

81st → 46th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	9.7	109	11.0	0.5
Road6g	8.8	111	13.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	10.8	123	11.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	7.7	96.8	13.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Mark Whipple

Pass share

56.4%

493 pass / 381 run

Plays / game

72.8

12 games

Team sack rate

5.7%

543 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Impact starter

111 catches and 1 carry in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tajae Sharpe

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Impact starter

Four seasons at Massachusetts, drafted

2012

2016