Ty Fryfogle

Senior wide receiver for Indiana. 2021: 46 catches, 512 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Indiana · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 205 lb · Lucedale, MS

CFB Index 48 · #206 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceIndiana 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1659 nationally · Signed with Indiana

Statement game7 rec · 223 yds · 3 TDat Ohio State (FBS) · L 35-42

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Indiana. 2021: 46 catches, 512 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Indiana in 2017.
Named Big Ten Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Indiana, 2,236 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 223 yds at Ohio State.Ohio State · L 35-422020

2017

Signed with Indiana3-star out of George County

20207 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenfirst
Big Ten Richter-Howard Receiver of the Yearwinner

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1659 national

CFB

College

Indiana

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Tom Allen

Indiana

Played his entire career under Tom Allen.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Tom Allen — 26-31 over that span.

2017Indiana5-7HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Indiana5-7HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Indiana8-5HC: Tom Allen · Balanced

2020Indiana6-2HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #206 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#388 / 655 · 41st pct

11.7

Explosive rate#512 / 655 · 21st pct

7.7%

TD rate#564 / 655 · 14th pct

1.1%

EPA / target#570 / 655 · 13th pct

0.28

Catch rate#647 / 655 · 1st pct

49.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#121 / 557 · 77th pct

Rush yards#71 / 273 · 74th pct

Rec yards#199 / 557 · 64th pct

512

Long catch#240 / 557 · 56th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Fumbles lost#89 / 223 · 36th pct

Rec TDs#370 / 557 · 23rd pct

Yards / catch#436 / 557 · 21st pct

11.1

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	30.8	10.9	0.2
Road6g	4.3	54.5	13.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	56.2	10.7	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	29.2	13.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #206 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #206 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Indiana	46	512	11.1	1	--
2020	Indiana	37	726	19.6	7	--
2019	Indiana	45	604	13.4	3	--
2018	Indiana	29	381	13.1	3	--
2017	Indiana	1	13	13.0	0	--
Career		158	2,236	14.2	14	--

Season	Team
2021	Indiana	4	34	--	-5	--
2020	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	34	--	-5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 33–31

at Western Kentucky

10 rec · 98 yds

Edged out Western Kentucky on the road in a shootout.

With M. Penix Jr. — 373 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.3 · -17 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · S. Carr — 109 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Rutgers · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.99Donaven McCulley pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 46 yds to the Rutgr 29 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Iowa · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.43Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 33 yds to the Iowa 14 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Western Kentucky · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.12Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 17 yds to the WKent 48 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Ohio State · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Donaven McCulley pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 30 yds to the OhSt 39 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Western Kentucky · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 6 yds to the WESTERNKY 49 for a 1ST down WESTRN KENTUCKY Penalty, personal foul (A.J. Brathwaite Jr.) to the WKent 34 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Western Kentucky · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 10 yds to the Ind 47 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Michigan State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.47Jack Tuttle pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 16 yds to the Ind 42 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Donaven McCulley pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 52 yds to the Mary 8 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Cincinnati · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.37Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 13 yds to the Ind 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Western Kentucky · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.19Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Ty Fryfogle for 7 yds to the WKent 33 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 6-34@ Iowa	5	84	16.8	0	33
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Idaho	5	29	5.8	1	9
Wk 3	L 24-38vs Cincinnati	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 4	W 33-31@ Western Kentucky	10	98	9.8	0	17	Season-high 98 yds
Wk 5	L 0-24@ Penn State	5	48	9.6	0	27
Wk 7	L 15-20vs Michigan State	7	65	9.3	0	19
Wk 8	L 7-54vs Ohio State	1	30	30.0	0	30
Wk 9	L 35-38@ Maryland	4	78	19.5	0	52
Wk 10	L 7-29@ Michigan	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 11	L 3-38vs Rutgers	5	51	10.2	0	46
Wk 12	L 14-35vs Minnesota	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Wk 13	L 7-44@ Purdue	2	19	9.5	0	13
Total		46	512	11.9	1	52

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