Tutu Atwell

Former wide receiver at Louisville. 2020: 46 catches, 625 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Louisville · Jr. · #1

5′9″ · 165 lb · Miami, FL

All-ConferenceLos Angeles — drafted 2021, Rd 2, Pick 25, #57 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 728 nationally · Signed with Louisville

Statement game9 rec · 147 ydsvs Mississippi State (FBS) · W 38-28

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Louisville. 2020: 46 catches, 625 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisville in 2018.
Drafted round 2 by the Los Angeles in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Louisville, 2,307 receiving yards — drafted at #57 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201810 games

Signed with Louisville3-star out of Northwestern

20209 games

All-ACCsecond

2021

Drafted by Los Angelesround 2, pick 57

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#728 national

CFB

College

Louisville

2018–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #57

Los Angeles · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2020

2 coaches

2018

Lorenzo Ward

Louisville

2019–2020

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Lorenzo Ward → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 6th NFL season

#57Rd 2 · Pick 25

Los AngelesEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Louisville2-10HC: Lorenzo Ward · Balanced

2019Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2020Louisville4-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (92nd percentile). Strength: rush tds (88th percentile). Concern: rush yards (13th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#27 / 421 · 92nd pct

Rush TDs#12 / 202 · 88th pct

Receptions#54 / 421 · 87th pct

Rec yards#56 / 421 · 87th pct

625

Long catch#72 / 421 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#185 / 421 · 56th pct

13.6

Fumbles lost#59 / 146 · 35th pct

Rush yards#175 / 202 · 13th pct

-2

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.4	83.6	19.4	0.8
Road4g	4.8	51.8	10.9	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.8	64.2	10.7	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	4.2	76.0	21.9	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Louisville	46	625	13.6	7	--
2019	Louisville	70	1,276	18.2	12	--
2018	Louisville	24	406	16.9	2	--
Career		140	2,307	16.5	21	--

Season	Team
2020	Louisville	2	-2	--	--	--
2019	Louisville	8	29	--	84	--
2018	Louisville	1	-5	--	--	--
Career		11	22	--	84	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Florida State · 2&24 · Q2 · EPA +6.86Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 58 yds for a TD, (James Turner KICK)
Week 8 · Florida State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +4.63Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 66 yds to the FlaSt 9 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Notre Dame · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.59Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 28 yds to the NDame 41 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Boston College · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.57Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 26 yds to the BC 23 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Syracuse · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.55Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 19 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 4 · Pittsburgh · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.02Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 21 yds for a TD Timeout LOUISVILLE, clock 06:51 (James Turner KICK)
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.98Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 18 yds to the VTech 40 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Pittsburgh · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 12 yds to the Pitt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Georgia Tech · 4&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 14 yds to the GTech 26 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Miami · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.77Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tutu Atwell for 31 yds to the MiaFl 26 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 35-21vs Western Kentucky	7	78	11.1	0	17
Wk 3	L 34-47vs Miami	8	114	14.3	2	33	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 20-23@ Pittsburgh	4	37	9.3	1	21
Wk 6	L 27-46@ Georgia Tech	6	52	8.7	1	26
Wk 7	L 7-12@ Notre Dame	4	40	10.0	0	28
Wk 8	W 48-16vs Florida State	3	129	43.0	1	66	Season-high 129 yds
Wk 9	L 35-42vs Virginia Tech	8	78	9.8	0	18
Wk 12	W 30-0vs Syracuse	1	19	19.0	1	19
Wk 13	L 27-34@ Boston College	5	78	15.6	1	27
Total		46	625	15.6	7	66

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