#22

Tyler Snead

Sophomore wide receiver for East Carolina. 2021: 67 catches, 855 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · East Carolina · So. · #22

5′7″ · 169 lb · Raleigh, NC

CFB Index 70 · #66 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceEast Carolina 2021 alumnus

The story

2 wide receiver for East Carolina. 2021: 67 catches, 855 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at East Carolina, 2,376 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 240 yds at SMU.SMU · L 51-592019

20209 games

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202112 games

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Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

East Carolina

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018

Scottie Montgomery

East Carolina

2019–2021

Mike Houston

East Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scottie Montgomery → Mike Houston. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019East Carolina4-8HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #66 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (92nd percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#150 / 655 · 77th pct

83.5%

Explosive rate#203 / 655 · 69th pct

16.5%

EPA / target#210 / 655 · 68th pct

0.80

Yards / catch#332 / 655 · 49th pct

12.5

TD rate#365 / 655 · 44th pct

5.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#45 / 557 · 92nd pct

Rec yards#56 / 557 · 90th pct

855

Rec TDs#145 / 557 · 70th pct

Long catch#233 / 557 · 58th pct

Yards / catch#305 / 557 · 44th pct

12.8

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Rush yards#239 / 273 · 12th pct

-1

Fumbles lost#217 / 223 · 2nd pct

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	4.5	50.3	11.0	0.2
Road6g	6.7	92.2	14.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	60.3	13.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	6.5	82.2	12.9	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #66 of 468 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	East Carolina	67	855	12.8	4	--
2020	East Carolina	53	535	10.1	5	--
2019	East Carolina	66	759	11.5	5	--
2018	East Carolina	14	227	16.2	4	--
Career		200	2,376	11.9	18	--

Season	Team
2021	East Carolina	5	-1	378	81	--
2020	East Carolina	3	68	409	144	--
2019	East Carolina	4	27	481	35	--
2018	East Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
Career		12	94	1,268	260	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 31–28

vs Charleston Southern

-5 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out Charleston Southern at home in a shootout.

With J. Young — 45 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 58 LONG · H. Ahlers — 238 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 34.1 · 4 rush yds (9 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Tulane · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +6.22Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 53 yds for a TD (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 2 · South Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Tyler Snead pass complete to Jsi Hatfield for 75 yds for a TD (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 3 · Marshall · 2&25 · Q4 · EPA +4.54Tyler Snead pass complete to Holton Ahlers for 27 yds for a TD, (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 12 · Navy · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +4.22Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 28 yds for a TD (Holton Ahlers pass to C.J. Johnson for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 6 · UCF · 3&14 · Q1 · EPA +3.93Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 33 yds to the UCF 42 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Navy · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.88Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 46 yds to the Navy 32 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Marshall · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.36Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 24 yds for a TD, (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 12 · Navy · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 40 yds for a TD (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 11 · Memphis · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.00Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 19 yds to the Memph 48 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Tulane · 4&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.95Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 11 yds to the Tulan 26 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 19-33@ App State	4	27	6.8	0	12
Wk 2	L 17-20vs South Carolina	5	35	7.0	0	15
Wk 3	W 42-38@ Marshall	5	80	16.0	1	24
Wk 4	W 31-28vs Charleston Southern	4	60	15.0	0	31
Wk 5	W 52-29vs Tulane	4	78	19.5	1	53
Wk 6	L 16-20@ UCF	6	82	13.7	0	33
Wk 8	L 24-31@ Houston	7	114	16.3	0	36
Wk 9	W 29-14vs South Florida	4	19	4.8	0	10
Wk 10	W 45-3vs Temple	4	19	4.8	0	9
Wk 11	W 30-29@ Memphis	13	113	8.7	0	19
Wk 12	W 38-35@ Navy	5	137	27.4	2	46	Season-high 137 yds
Wk 13	L 13-35vs Cincinnati	6	91	15.2	0	38
Total		67	855	12.9	4	53

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

Tyler Snead

20209 games

202112 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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