Trayvon Rudolph

#9 · WR · Sr. · Toledo5′10″ · 187 lb · Crete, IL · Crete-Monee

Trayvon Rudolph is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Toledo.

Rudolph moves the chains on third down. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Thomas Hammock and Robert Weiner. Another came in 2025: All-MAC. One game to point at: 119 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Kent State — Week 8, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Will PaulingWisconsin · 2024 · 90% season match
Jordan ClarkRice · 2026 · 89% season match
Jacob BernardLouisiana · 2023 · 87% season match
Cam RossUConn · 2023 · 86% season match
Caullin LacyLouisville · 2025 · 85% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Toledo	39	435	11.2	2	58
2024	Northern Illinois	37	403	10.9	1	48
2023	Northern Illinois	51	531	10.4	2	72
2021	Northern Illinois	51	892	17.5	7	75
2020	Northern Illinois	14	232	16.6	0	47
Career		192	2,493	13.0	12	75

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 22-27vs Louisville	1	12	12.0	0	12
Total		39	435	11.2	2	58

Signature game

Week 8 · 2025

W 45-10

vs Kent State

5 rec · 119 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 35-point win at home against Kent State.

With T. Gleason — 294 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.8 · E. Duran — 45 yards per punt · 4 punts · 52 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Kent State · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +5.58Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 58 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 12 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.73Gleason to Rudolph: a 32-yard pass.
Week 13 · Ball State · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.69Gleason to Rudolph: a 14-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Kent State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.25Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 16 yds to the KENT 38 for a
Week 1 · Louisville · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.10Osborne to Rudolph: a 12-yard pass.
Week 8 · Kent State · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.03Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · Akron · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.85Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 17 yds to the AKR 30 for a
Week 1 · Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.63Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 20 yds to the TOL 40 for a
Week 3 · Morgan State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.61Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 13 yds to the MORG 1 for a
Week 7 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.59Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 17 yds to the TOL 46 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

39 rec · 435 yds · 2 TD

38 of 39 receptions matched to play-by-play

20 of 49 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4914% of team targets

Catch rate

78%38 of 49 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

5% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -2.0 · YAC 5.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

70% of targets (14)

79%catch rate

Air 4.1 · YAC 1.9 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

15% of targets (3)

100%catch rate

Air 11.7 · YAC 1.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

10% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 29.5 · YAC 10.0 avg

78% catch rate on 49 targets · 14% of the team's targets.

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%

Teams and coaches

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: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 46 (#254 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

46Rotational starter #254 of 485 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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

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
Road6g	3.5	29.8	8.4	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

2025 season

Head Coach

Robert Weiner

Pass share

45.9%

397 pass / 467 run

Plays / game

66.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.3%

393 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

46 · #254 of 485 WRs · 2025

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 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).

Starter

The No. 1,735 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Mid-American as a senior.

Trayvon Rudolph

Style of play

Similar players

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Receiving profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Starter

Six seasons, two schools

Moves

2020 6 games

2021 12 games

2023 13 games

2024 10 games

2025 13 games