Theo Wease Jr.

Former wide receiver at Missouri. 2024: 60 catches, 884 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Missouri · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 192 lb · Allen, TX

CFB Index 75 · #49 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceMissouri 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

5★

WR recruit

No. 21 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

Statement game13 rec · 149 ydsvs Buffalo (FBS) · W 38-0

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

Ngl Wease kinda needs to catch thatr/CFB game thread · ▲ 7His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Missouri. 2024: 60 catches, 884 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Missouri, 2,584 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 149 yds vs Buffalo.Buffalo · W 38-02024

20195 games

Signed with Oklahoma5-star out of Allen

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#21 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019

Barry Odom

Missouri

2020–2024

Eli Drinkwitz

Missouri

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

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

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

75Quality starter #49 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	5.4	73.5	14.3	0.4
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

75 · #49 of 466 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 27–24

vs Iowa

5 rec · 75 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Cook — 287 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.5 · 54 rush yds (14 car) · L. Bauer — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 62 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +6.34Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 59 yds for a TD (Blake Craig KICK)
Week 14 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.18Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 70 yds to the ARK 20 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Mississippi State · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.82Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 38 yds to the MSST 41 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Buffalo · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 27 yds to the BUF 22 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oklahoma · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Drew Pyne pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 13 yds for a TD (Blake Craig KICK)
Week 4 · Vanderbilt · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 27 yds to the VAN 39 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Massachusetts · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.98Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 28 yds to the MASS 30 for a 1ST down Massachusetts Penalty, (Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.91Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 13 yds to the TA&M 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oklahoma · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Drew Pyne pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 10 yds for a TD (Blake Craig KICK)
Week 1 · Iowa · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.75Brady Cook pass complete to Theo Wease Jr. for 8 yds for a TD (Blake Craig KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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@ 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@ 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@ 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	16.0	4	70

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

Theo Wease Jr.

20195 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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