Trayvon Rudolph

Senior wide receiver for Toledo. 2025: 39 catches, 435 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Toledo · Sr. · #9

5′10″ · 187 lb · Crete, IL

CFB Index 46 · #254 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Toledo for 2026

The numbers

435

receiving yards · 2025

39 catches · 2 TD · 11.2 per catch

Best game: 5 rec, 119 yds, 1 TD, vs Kent State

Career night14 rec · 309 yds · 3 TDat Kent State (FBS) · L 47-52

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

He looked out cold. Reminds me of the Mason Rudolph injury.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 4His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Toledo. 2025: 39 catches, 435 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2020.
Transferred from Northern Illinois to Toledo in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Catch rate: 79th percentile.

The full scouting read

Trayvon Rudolph

WR · Toledo · Sr · #9

Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Thomas Hammock and Robert Weiner. 2025 added another: All-MAC. One game to point at: 119 rec yds, 5 receptions against Kent State — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Northern Illinois0-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Balanced

2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2025Toledo8-5HC: Robert Weiner · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #254 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (81st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#163 / 798 · 79th pct

76.5%

EPA / target#312 / 798 · 61st pct

0.49

Yards / catch#433 / 798 · 46th pct

11.2

TD rate#453 / 798 · 43rd pct

2.0%

Explosive rate#589 / 798 · 26th pct

5.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Long catch#173 / 558 · 69th pct

Receptions#192 / 558 · 65th pct

Rec yards#267 / 558 · 52nd pct

435

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#176 / 287 · 38th pct

Yards / catch#385 / 558 · 30th pct

11.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

12th → 61st percentile

Explosive rate

10th → 26th percentile

Catch rate

11th → 79th percentile

TD rate

7th → 43rd percentile

Yards / catch

18th → 46th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

24%12 of his 51 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	40.7	12.7	0.3
Road7g	3.1	27.3	8.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	25.9	10.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	42.3	11.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #254 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #254 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #16 of 38 Mid-American WRs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

One of 41 return threats in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Toledo	39	435	11.2	2	--
2024	Northern Illinois	37	403	10.9	1	--
2023	Northern Illinois	51	531	10.4	2	--
2021	Northern Illinois	51	892	17.5	7	--
2020	Northern Illinois	14	232	16.6	0	--
Career		192	2,493	13.0	12	--

Season	Team
2025	Toledo	3	7	374	--	--
2024	Northern Illinois	14	179	52	--	--
2023	Northern Illinois	22	182	220	--	--
2021	Northern Illinois	9	113	451	6	--
2020	Northern Illinois	--	--	689	8	--
Career		48	481	1,786	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 45–21

vs Western Kentucky

1 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 24-point win at home against Western Kentucky.

With T. Gleason — 155 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.0 · 21 rush yds (4 car) · C. Trayanum — 163 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Kent State · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +5.58Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 58 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 12 · Miami (OH) · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.73(09:49) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Gleason pass complete deep right to #9 T.Rudolph caught at MIA19, for 32 yards to the MIA09 (#26 E.Coppess), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Ball State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.69(10:47) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Gleason pass complete short middle to #9 T.Rudolph caught at BSU00, for 14 yards to the BSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:46, 1ST DOWN #45 D.Cunanan kick attempt good (H: #36 E.Duran, LS: #40 J.Roe)
Week 8 · Kent State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.25Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 16 yds to the KENT 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Louisville · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.10(09:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 K.Osborne pass complete short left to #9 T.Rudolph caught at TOL44, for 12 yards to the TOL44, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Kent State · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.03Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Akron · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.85Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 17 yds to the AKR 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.63Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 20 yds to the TOL 40 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Morgan State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.61Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 13 yds to the MORG 1 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.59Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 17 yds to the TOL 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-24@ Kentucky	3	27	9.0	0	20
Wk 2	W 45-21vs Western Kentucky	2	21	10.5	0	13
Wk 3	W 60-0vs Morgan State	2	29	14.5	0	16
Wk 4	L 13-14@ Western Michigan	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 5	W 45-3vs Akron	4	41	10.3	0	17
Wk 7	L 23-28@ Bowling Green	5	44	8.8	0	17
Wk 8	W 45-10vs Kent State	5	119	23.8	1	58	Season-high 119 yds
Wk 9	L 7-28@ Washington State	6	45	7.5	0	12
Wk 11	W 42-3vs Northern Illinois	2	8	4.0	0	4
Wk 12	W 24-3@ Miami (OH)	4	40	10.0	0	32
Wk 13	W 38-9vs Ball State	2	26	13.0	1	14
Wk 14	W 21-3@ Central Michigan	2	16	8.0	0	10
Bowl	L 22-27@ Louisville	1	12	12.0	0	12
Total		39	435	10.6	2	58