Tony Diaz

#14 · WR · 3rd-year · Iowa5′10″ · 184 lb · San Marcos, TX

Receiving yards46187th of 467 receivers Last gameW 30–0vs Wisconsin · Oct 31

Nextat NorthwesternSat Nov 7 · 7:30 pm ET

This week

RecordIowa is 6-2, No. 21 in the AP poll (week 10).
From the game thread
“Diaz was the type of receiver we've been missing for a while”
Iowa fan, r/CFB game thread · vs Wisconsin, Oct 31
Next gameat Northwestern · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

19 stories in the last 60 days, from 13 outlets.

Stories per week. W and L: the team’s results.

Video: Tony Diaz previews Iowa football's matchup with Michigan

Hawk Central +1 Sep 22

All 34 stories this season

His most important play this season

Q2, 1:30 · Iowa up 10Hank Brown finds Tony Diaz for a 4-yard touchdownWisconsin at Iowa, week 9Q2, 1:30 · Iowa 17, Wisconsin 098Capped a 98-yard drive98Capped a 98-yard driveCapped a 98-yard driveH.Brown pass complete short left to T.Diaz caught at WISC06, for 4 yards to the WISC00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playBig Ten Football

All 2 of his plays on video

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 12, middle 6, right 6.

Tony Diaz

WR · Iowa · Fr · #14

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Tony Diaz takes over from Jacob Gill at Iowa.

461receiving yards33catches2receiving TD

TEAM RECEIVING YARDS LEADER

461

Team leader in receiving yards (461).

Read the story so far

Tony Diaz lines up at WR for Iowa.

On the field, the headline is 461 rec yds, with 33 rec.

Tony Diaz inherited the WR job from Jacob Gill (3-star).

The number to watch: 461 — team receiving yards leader.

WR successionleap of faith

Inherited fromJacob Gill 3★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Style of play

Play style

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Cam RossUConn · 2023 · 92% season match
Aleva HifoBYU · 2019 · 91% season match
Ryan TimmonsKentucky · 2014 · 90% season match
DeMeer BlankumseeToledo · 2022 · 88% season match
Michael LawrenceNorth Texas · 2019 · 87% season match

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Iowa	33	461	14.0	2	57
Career		33	461	14.0	2	57

Season	Team
2026	Iowa	7	65
Career		7	65

Last game (Wk 9): 75 receiving yards, 4 catches, 1 receiving TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-0vs Northern Illinois	7	84	12.0	1	24
Wk 2	W 16-13vs Iowa State	8	95	11.9	0	56	Season-high 95 yds
Wk 3	W 55-0vs Northern Iowa	2	22	11.0	0	19
Wk 4	W 20-19@ No. 18 Michigan	3	46	15.3	0	32
Wk 5	L 14-31vs No. 5 Ohio State	5	59	11.8	0	25
Wk 6	W 41-24@ Washington	3	23	7.7	0	13
Wk 8	L 10-13@ Minnesota	1	57	57.0	0	57
Wk 9	W 30-0vs No. 25 Wisconsin	4	75	18.8	1	45
Total		33	461	14.0	2	57

The latest game

Oct. 31 · W 30-0 vs Wisconsin, play by play

4 catches for 75 yards and a touchdown. Iowa threw to him on 5 of its 24 passes. All of it came before halftime of a 30-0 win.

4 of 5 targets caught
3 moved the chains

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
1st & 109
1st & 1017 1st down
2nd & 4incomplete
Second quarterbegan up 10-0
2nd & 1045 1st down1
2nd & 24 TD
FinalW 30-0

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

1
45-yard catch. Second quarter, up 10-0.

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 9 · 2026

W 30-0

vs Wisconsin

4 rec · 75 yds · 1 TD · 20 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 30-point win at home against Wisconsin.

With H. Brown — 222 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.7 · 11 rush yds (4 car) · B. Everitt — 44 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Minnesota · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.98Brown to Diaz: a 57-yard pass.
Week 9 · Wisconsin · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.76Brown to Diaz: a 45-yard pass.
Week 4 · Michigan · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.64H.Brown pass complete deep right to T.Diaz caught at U-M43, for 32 yards to the U-M38 (S.Snowden)
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Hecklinski to Diaz: a 24-yard pass.
Week 2 · Iowa State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Brown to Diaz: a 56-yard pass.
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Brown to Diaz: a 6-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 5 · Ohio State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Brown to Diaz: a 25-yard pass.
Week 9 · Wisconsin · 2nd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Brown to Diaz: a 4-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.61Brown to Diaz: a 19-yard pass.
Week 2 · Iowa State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.48Brown to Diaz: a 16-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards461tied for 87thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions33tied for 109thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch14.0tied for 180thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs2tied for 171stAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch57tied for 112thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rush yards6511thAmong 212 receivers with 12 or more catches

89th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

33 rec · 461 yds · 2 TD

33 of 33 receptions matched to play-by-play

57 of 57 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5729% of team targets

Catch rate

58%33 of 57 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

18% of targets (10)

90%catch rate

Air -3.7 · YAC 9.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

33% of targets (19)

68%catch rate

Air 4.3 · YAC 4.9 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

23% of targets (13)

69%catch rate

Air 13.5 · YAC 10.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

26% of targets (15)

13%catch rate

Air 31.5 · YAC 5.5 avg

58% catch rate on 57 targets · 29% of the team's targets · 13% catch rate on 15 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2026Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 61 (#101 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #101 of 465?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (95th percentile). Strength: rec yards (81st percentile). Concern: epa / target (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#178 / 569 · 69th pct

14.2

Explosive rate#297 / 569 · 47th pct

10.5%

TD rate#353 / 569 · 38th pct

3.5%

Catch rate#435 / 569 · 23rd pct

57.9%

EPA / target#455 / 569 · 20th pct

0.20

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#11 / 212 · 95th pct

Rec yards#87 / 468 · 81st pct

461

Fumbles lost#1 / 126 · 81st pct

Receptions#109 / 468 · 76th pct

Long catch#112 / 468 · 75th pct

Yards / catch#180 / 468 · 61st pct

14.0

Rec TDs#171 / 468 · 54th pct

Rush TDs#32 / 212 · 43rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.2	67.0	13.1	0.4
Road3g	2.3	42.0	26.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	54.8	11.6	0.2
Weeks 8+2g	2.5	66.0	37.9	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

Pass share

48.0%

240 pass / 260 run

Plays / game

62.5

8 games

Team sack rate

2.7%

258 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Starter

33 catches and 7 carries in 8 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

61 · #101 of 465 WRs

Tony Diaz

This week

What’s being said

His most important play this season

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

In the news in the last 60 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What fans said

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

First season at Iowa, 8 games

Tony Diaz

This week

What’s being said

His most important play this season

22% of the catches, 28% of the yards, 17% of the touchdowns

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

In the news in the last 60 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What fans said

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

First season at Iowa, 8 games