Tyler Walton

Senior wide receiver for Ohio. 2023: 37 catches, 349 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Ohio · Sr. · #4

5′10″ · 187 lb · Saint Louis, MO

CFB Index 42 · #275 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceOhio 2023 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Ohio. 2023: 37 catches, 349 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ohio, 1,043 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 50 yds at Louisiana.Louisiana · L 14-492021

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Ohio

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Frank Solich

Ohio

2021–2023

Tim Albin

Ohio

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Solich → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Ohio7-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2020Ohio2-1HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Ohio3-9HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Ohio10-4HC: Tim Albin · Balanced

2023Ohio10-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

42Rotational starter #275 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#213 / 639 · 66th pct

87.5%

EPA / target#278 / 639 · 57th pct

0.81

TD rate#339 / 639 · 46th pct

5.0%

Yards / catch#500 / 639 · 22nd pct

9.9

Explosive rate#529 / 639 · 17th pct

7.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#60 / 294 · 80th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Receptions#214 / 566 · 62nd pct

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Rec yards#323 / 566 · 43rd pct

349

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#509 / 566 · 10th pct

9.4

Long catch#522 / 566 · 8th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	26.5	9.2	0.3
Road5g	3.8	38.0	10.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	32.3	10.7	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	31.0	8.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #275 of 497 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Ohio	37	349	9.4	2	--
2022	Ohio	10	108	10.8	0	--
2021	Ohio	32	380	11.9	2	--
2020	Ohio	3	7	2.3	0	--
2019	Ohio	18	199	11.1	1	--
Career		100	1,043	10.4	5	--

Season	Team
2023	Ohio	5	34	--	37	--
2022	Ohio	--	--	--	-1	--
2021	Ohio	3	28	--	28	--
2020	Ohio	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Ohio	4	4	--	--	--
Career		12	66	--	64	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 10–7

vs Iowa State

4 rec · 35 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Wheatley — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG · K. Rourke — 135 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.6 · 58 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · San Diego State · 3&19 · Q3 · EPA +3.37CJ Harris pass complete to Tyler Walton for 20 yds to the SDSU 19 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Miami (OH) · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Tyler Walton for 1 yd for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)
Week 1 · San Diego State · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.55CJ Harris pass complete to Tyler Walton for 6 yds to the OHIO 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Central Michigan · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.21Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Tyler Walton for 15 yds to the CMU 30 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Miami (OH) · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Tyler Walton for 13 yds to the OHIO 46 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Central Michigan · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.94Tyler Walton run for 5 yds to the CMU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Buffalo · 3&14 · Q3 · EPA +1.85Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Tyler Walton for 14 yds to the BUFF 14 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Florida Atlantic · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.74Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Tyler Walton for 27 yds to the OHIO 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Northern Illinois · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.68Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Tyler Walton for 8 yds to the NIU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Long Island University · 1&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.46CJ Harris pass complete to Tyler Walton for 3 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-20@ San Diego State	6	56	9.3	0	21
Wk 1	W 27-10vs Long Island University	4	36	9.0	1	13
Wk 2	W 17-10@ Florida Atlantic	2	36	18.0	0	27
Wk 3	W 10-7vs Iowa State	4	35	8.8	0	22
Wk 6	W 42-17vs Kent State	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 7	L 13-23@ Northern Illinois	3	18	6.0	0	8
Wk 8	W 20-17vs Western Michigan	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 9	L 16-30vs Miami (OH)	4	35	8.8	1	13
Wk 11	W 20-10@ Buffalo	6	62	10.3	0	17	Season-high 62 yds
Wk 12	W 34-20vs Central Michigan	3	27	9.0	0	15
Wk 13	W 25-14@ Akron	2	18	9.0	0	9
Total		37	349	9.8	2	27

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

Tyler Walton

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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