#24

Tanner Knue

Senior wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2023: 50 catches, 479 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Eastern Michigan · Sr. · #24

5′11″ · 178 lb · Mason, OH

CFB Index 49 · #215 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceEastern Michigan 2023 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2023: 50 catches, 479 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 1,865 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 121 yds at Ball State.Ball State · L 31-382020

202212 games

All-MACthird

202311 games

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Eastern Michigan

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020–2023

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 24-21 over that span.

2020Eastern Michigan2-4HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2021Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #215 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#494 / 639 · 23rd pct

10.0

TD rate#530 / 639 · 17th pct

1.4%

Explosive rate#556 / 639 · 13th pct

5.4%

EPA / target#594 / 639 · 7th pct

0.26

Catch rate#604 / 639 · 5th pct

62.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#105 / 566 · 81st pct

Rec yards#221 / 566 · 61st pct

479

Rec TDs#204 / 566 · 59th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Long catch#387 / 566 · 30th pct

Rush yards#215 / 294 · 25th pct

Yards / catch#500 / 566 · 12th pct

9.6

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

72nd → 7th percentile

Explosive rate

58th → 13th percentile

Catch rate

29th → 5th percentile

TD rate

90th → 17th percentile

Yards / catch

67th → 23rd 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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.3	58.5	10.9	0.3
Road5g	3.6	25.6	6.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	49.2	9.5	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	36.8	7.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #215 of 497 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Eastern Michigan	50	479	9.6	3	--
2022	Eastern Michigan	45	631	14.0	9	--
2021	Eastern Michigan	32	342	10.7	1	--
2020	Eastern Michigan	27	413	15.3	4	--
Career		154	1,865	12.1	17	--

Season	Team
2023	Eastern Michigan	1	2	--	--	--
2022	Eastern Michigan	2	16	7	--	--
2021	Eastern Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Eastern Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	18	7	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 33–23

vs Howard

8 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD

With H. Elzayat — 6 rush yds (1 car) · A. Smith — 175 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.2 · 27 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Kent State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.40Austin Smith pass complete to Tanner Knue for 19 yds to the KENT 40 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Akron · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.34Austin Smith pass complete to Tanner Knue for 34 yds to the AKR 44 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Central Michigan · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.02Austin Smith pass complete to Tanner Knue for 17 yds to the CMU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Kent State · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Austin Smith pass complete to Tanner Knue for 18 yds for a TD (Jesus Gomez KICK)
Week 1 · Howard · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Austin Smith pass complete to Tanner Knue for 18 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Howard · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Tanner Knue 20 Yd pass from Austin Smith (Kenyon Bowyer Kick)
Week 9 · Western Michigan · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.45Austin Smith pass complete to Tanner Knue for 39 yds to the WMU 25 for a 1ST down Western Michigan Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference (Bilhal Kone) declined for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Kent State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.30Austin Smith pass complete to Tanner Knue for 12 yds to the KENT 28 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Akron · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.12Austin Smith pass complete to Tanner Knue for 11 yds to the AKR 27 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Central Michigan · 3&12 · Q4 · EPA +2.01Austin Smith pass complete to Tanner Knue for 15 yds to the EMU 35 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-23vs Howard	8	73	9.1	1	20
Wk 2	L 6-25@ Minnesota	4	21	5.3	0	7
Wk 3	W 19-17vs Massachusetts	3	25	8.3	0	11
Wk 5	L 23-26@ Central Michigan	7	68	9.7	1	24
Wk 6	W 24-10vs Ball State	3	23	7.7	0	11
Wk 7	W 28-14vs Kent State	5	85	17.0	1	34	Season-high 85 yds
Wk 8	L 13-20@ Northern Illinois	2	10	5.0	0	10
Wk 9	L 21-45vs Western Michigan	5	66	13.2	0	39
Wk 11	L 23-49@ Toledo	3	22	7.3	0	16
Wk 12	W 30-27vs Akron	8	79	9.9	0	34
Wk 13	W 24-11@ Buffalo	2	7	3.5	0	5
Total		50	479	8.7	3	39

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