Trey Palmer

Former wide receiver at Nebraska. 2022: 71 catches, 1,043 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Nebraska · Jr. · #3

6′1″ · 190 lb · Kentwood, LA

CFB Index 85 · #23 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTampa Bay — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 14, #191 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 112 nationally · Signed with LSU

Statement game9 rec · 165 yds · 2 TDat Iowa (FBS) · W 24-17

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Nebraska. 2022: 71 catches, 1,043 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2019.
Transferred from LSU to Nebraska in 2022.
Drafted round 6 by the Tampa Bay in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Nebraska, 1,501 receiving yards — drafted at #191 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 237 yds at Purdue.Purdue · L 37-432022

20195 games

Signed with LSU4-star out of Kentwood

202212 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Big Tensecond

2023

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 6, pick 191

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#112 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #191

Tampa Bay · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2021

Scott Frost

Nebraska

2022

Mickey Joseph

Nebraska

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Mickey Joseph. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 4th NFL season

#191Rd 6 · Pick 14

Tampa BayEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019LSU15-0HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2020LSU5-5HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced, fast tempo

2021LSU3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2022Nebraska4-8HC: Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

85All-Conference level #23 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#128 / 636 · 80th pct

15.2

EPA / target#175 / 636 · 73rd pct

0.87

TD rate#200 / 636 · 68th pct

8.7%

Explosive rate#248 / 636 · 61st pct

15.2%

Catch rate#382 / 636 · 40th pct

76.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#6 / 550 · 99th pct

Rec yards#24 / 550 · 96th pct

1043

Rec TDs#19 / 550 · 95th pct

Receptions#30 / 550 · 94th pct

Rush yards#27 / 275 · 90th pct

Yards / catch#171 / 550 · 69th pct

14.7

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

34th → 73rd percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 61st percentile

Catch rate

62nd → 40th percentile

TD rate

65th → 68th percentile

Yards / catch

37th → 80th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	71.0	11.9	0.6
Road5g	6.6	109	15.8	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.7	112	17.3	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	52.4	8.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #23 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #23 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Nebraska	71	1,043	14.7	9	--
2021	Nebraska	30	344	11.5	3	--
2020	LSU	10	108	10.8	0	--
2019	LSU	1	6	6.0	0	--
Career		112	1,501	13.4	12	--

Season	Team
2022	Nebraska	5	75	45	36	--
2021	Nebraska	2	--	142	117	--
2020	LSU	--	--	219	8	--
2019	LSU	--	--	11	65	1
Career		7	75	417	226	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 24–17

at Iowa

7 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With C. Thompson — 278 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.5 · -15 rush yds (5 car) · B. Buschini — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Indiana · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +7.00Casey Thompson pass complete to Trey Palmer for 71 yds for a TD, (Timmy Bleekrode KICK)
Week 13 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.70Casey Thompson pass complete to Trey Palmer for 87 yds for a TD, (Timmy Bleekrode KICK)
Week 7 · Purdue · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +6.37Casey Thompson pass complete to Trey Palmer for 72 yds for a TD, (Timmy Bleekrode KICK)
Week 7 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.64Casey Thompson pass complete to Trey Palmer for 64 yds to the Prdue 6 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.58Trey Palmer run for 60 yds to the Prdue 16 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Casey Thompson pass complete to Trey Palmer for 19 yds for a TD, (Timmy Bleekrode KICK)
Week 7 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Casey Thompson pass complete to Trey Palmer for 37 yds for a TD, (Timmy Bleekrode KICK)
Week 5 · Indiana · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Casey Thompson pass complete to Trey Palmer for 34 yds to the Ind 34 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Indiana · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.93Casey Thompson pass complete to Trey Palmer for 11 yds to the Ind 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Dakota · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.89Casey Thompson pass complete to Trey Palmer for 35 yds to the NDKTA 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 28-31@ Northwestern	8	68	8.5	0	16
Wk 1	W 38-17vs North Dakota	4	82	20.5	0	35
Wk 2	L 42-45vs Georgia Southern	6	81	13.5	0	24
Wk 3	L 14-49vs Oklahoma	10	92	9.2	1	32
Wk 5	W 35-21vs Indiana	8	157	19.6	1	71	157-yard receiving day
Wk 6	W 14-13@ Rutgers	4	64	16.0	1	27
Wk 7	L 37-43@ Purdue	7	237	33.9	2	72	Season-high 237 yds
Wk 9	L 9-26vs Illinois	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 10	L 13-20vs Minnesota	5	37	7.4	0	10
Wk 11	L 3-34@ Michigan	5	12	2.4	0	8
Wk 12	L 14-15vs Wisconsin	4	47	11.8	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 24-17@ Iowa	9	165	18.3	2	87	2 TD catches
Total		71	1043	13.5	9	87