Theo Wease Jr.

#1 · WR · Sr. · Missouri6′2″ · 192 lb · Allen, TX

Theo Wease Jr.: WR · Missouri · #1.

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Theo Wease Jr.

WR · Missouri · Sr · #1

Moves the chains on third down. Played for four head coaches at two programs in six seasons: Lincoln Riley, Bob Stoops, Brent Venables and Eli Drinkwitz. A game that shows it: 149 receiving yards and 13 receptions against Buffalo — Week 2, 2024.

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.

Missouri in the news

Missouri RB Hardy returns to practiceOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Missouri	60	884	14.7	4	70
2023	Missouri	48	661	13.8	6	77
2022	Oklahoma	19	378	19.9	4	61
2021	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Oklahoma	37	530	14.3	4	48
2019	Oklahoma	7	131	18.7	2	37
Career		171	2,584	15.1	20	77

Season	Team
2024	Missouri	--	--
2023	Missouri	--	--
2022	Oklahoma	--	--
2021	Oklahoma	--	--
2020	Oklahoma	1	−10
2019	Oklahoma	--	--
Career		1	−10

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-0vs Murray State	3	30	10.0	0	12
Wk 2	W 38-0vs Buffalo	13	149	11.5	0	39	Season-high 149 yds
Wk 3	W 27-21vs No. 24 Boston College	5	53	10.6	0	18
Wk 4	W 30-27vs Vanderbilt	5	55	11.0	0	27
Wk 6	L 10-41@ No. 25 Texas A&M	2	72	36.0	1	59
Wk 7	W 45-3@ Massachusetts	3	48	16.0	0	28
Wk 8	W 21-17vs Auburn	4	56	14.0	0	21
Wk 9	L 0-34@ No. 15 Alabama	2	19	9.5	0	13
Wk 11	W 30-23vs Oklahoma	4	70	17.5	2	28	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 30-34@ No. 23 South Carolina	6	85	14.2	0	23
Wk 13	W 39-20@ Mississippi State	4	72	18.0	0	38
Wk 14	W 28-21vs Arkansas	4	100	25.0	0	70
Bowl	W 27-24vs Iowa	5	75	15.0	1	23
Total		60	884	14.7	4	70

Signature game

Week 11 · 2024

W 30-23

vs Oklahoma

4 rec · 70 yds · 2 TD

A close one, won by 7 at home.

With L. Bauer — 41.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 60 long · D. Pyne — 143 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.1 · 15 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +6.34Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 59 yds for a TD (Blake Craig KICK)
Week 14 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.18Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 70 yds to the ARK 20 for a
Week 13 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.82Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 38 yds to the MSST 41 for a
Week 2 · Buffalo · 3rd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 27 yds to the BUF 22 for a
Week 11 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Drew Pyne pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 13 yds for a TD (Blake Craig KICK)
Week 4 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 27 yds to the VAN 39 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.98Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 28 yds to the MASS 30 for a Massachusetts Penalty, (Yards) declined for a
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.91Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 13 yds to the TA&M 49 for a
Week 11 · Oklahoma · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Drew Pyne pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 10 yds for a TD (Blake Craig KICK)
Week 1 · Iowa · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.75Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 8 yds for a TD (Blake Craig KICK)

Teams and coaches

2019Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2020Oklahoma9-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Missouri11-2HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2024Missouri10-3HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 75 (#49 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

75Quality starter #49 of 466 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rec yards (92nd percentile). Strength: receptions (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#127 / 610 · 79th pct

14.8

EPA / target#154 / 610 · 75th pct

1.09

Explosive rate#159 / 610 · 74th pct

19.7%

TD rate#321 / 610 · 47th pct

5.6%

Catch rate#467 / 610 · 23rd pct

83.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#46 / 541 · 92nd pct

884

Receptions#58 / 541 · 89th pct

Long catch#81 / 541 · 84th pct

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#169 / 541 · 68th pct

14.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

87th → 75th percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 74th percentile

Catch rate

59th → 23rd percentile

TD rate

82nd → 47th percentile

Yards / catch

69th → 79th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	73.3	14.2	0.3
Road5g	3.4	59.2	18.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.1	68.9	15.7	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	67.0	16.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

Pass share

44.1%

403 pass / 510 run

Plays / game

70.2

13 games

Team sack rate

6.1%

425 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

60 catches in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

75 · #49 of 466 WRs · 2024

Former five-star. Now #49 at the position.

Theo Wease Jr.

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Missouri in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Six seasons, two schools

2019 5 games