Tyrone Howell

Senior wide receiver for UL Monroe. 2023: 49 catches, 590 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · UL Monroe · Sr. · #4

6′3″ · 204 lb · Idabel, OK

CFB Index 59 · #138 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceUL Monroe 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

WR recruit

Joined Kansas State

Career night9 rec · 244 yds · 3 TDat South Alabama (FBS) · L 34-41

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for UL Monroe. 2023: 49 catches, 590 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed with Kansas State in 2021.
Transferred from Kansas State to UL Monroe in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UL Monroe, 1,540 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 244 yds at South Alabama.South Alabama · L 34-412022

20216 games

Signed with Kansas Stateout of Hutchinson C.C.

202212 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltsecond

202312 games

All-Sun Belt

Career arc

Recruit

—

2021 class

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

Played his entire career under Terry Bowden.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022UL Monroe4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023UL Monroe2-10HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #138 of 497?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (89th percentile). Strength: catch rate (80th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#69 / 639 · 89th pct

11.8%

Catch rate#128 / 639 · 80th pct

92.2%

EPA / target#154 / 639 · 76th pct

0.98

Explosive rate#190 / 639 · 70th pct

17.6%

Yards / catch#348 / 639 · 46th pct

11.8

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#52 / 566 · 89th pct

Receptions#111 / 566 · 80th pct

Rec yards#156 / 566 · 72nd pct

590

Long catch#304 / 566 · 46th pct

Yards / catch#356 / 566 · 36th pct

12.0

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

98th → 76th percentile

Explosive rate

78th → 70th percentile

Catch rate

86th → 80th percentile

TD rate

75th → 89th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 46th 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.7	60.8	12.1	1.0
Road6g	2.5	37.5	15.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	52.2	13.5	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	46.2	14.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bryant Vincent

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #138 of 497 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #138 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UL Monroe	49	590	12.0	7	--
2022	UL Monroe	50	852	17.0	6	--
2021	Kansas State	7	98	14.0	0	--
Career		106	1,540	14.5	13	--

Season	Team
2023	UL Monroe	--	--	--	14	--
2022	UL Monroe	--	--	--	-2	--
2021	Kansas State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 24–14

vs Lamar

4 rec · 65 yds

With B. Guilbeau — 38 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 45 LONG · H. Herring — 99 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 17.2 · 55 rush yds (9 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Lamar · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.57Hunter Herring pass complete to Tyrone Howell for 25 yds to the LAM 34 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Troy · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Jiya Wright pass complete to Tyrone Howell for 46 yds for a TD (Braxton Guilbeau KICK)
Week 13 · Louisiana · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Jiya Wright pass complete to Tyrone Howell for 39 yds to the UL 15 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Georgia Southern · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.95Blake Murphy pass complete to Tyrone Howell for 21 yds to the ULM 49 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · App State · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.95Tyrone Howell 8 Yd pass from Jiya Wright (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 5 · App State · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Jiya Wright pass complete to Tyrone Howell for 14 yds for a TD (Derek McCormick KICK)
Week 11 · Troy · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +2.87Jiya Wright pass complete to Tyrone Howell for 22 yds to the ULM 44 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Georgia Southern · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Jiya Wright pass complete to Tyrone Howell for 18 yds to the GASO 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Army · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.63Hunter Herring pass complete to Tyrone Howell for 9 yds for a TD (Derek McCormick KICK)
Week 6 · South Alabama · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Jiya Wright pass complete to Tyrone Howell for 14 yds for a TD (Derek McCormick KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 17-13vs Army	9	67	7.4	1	11
Wk 2	W 24-14vs Lamar	4	65	16.3	0	28
Wk 3	L 3-47@ Texas A&M	2	40	20.0	0	37
Wk 5	L 40-41vs App State	8	62	7.8	3	20	3 TD catches
Wk 6	L 7-55vs South Alabama	4	41	10.3	1	14
Wk 7	L 20-21@ Texas State	2	38	19.0	0	28
Wk 8	L 28-38@ Georgia Southern	3	48	16.0	1	21
Wk 9	L 24-34vs Arkansas State	5	37	7.4	0	10
Wk 10	L 7-24@ Southern Miss	3	25	8.3	0	16
Wk 11	L 14-45vs Troy	4	93	23.3	1	46	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 12	L 3-35@ Ole Miss	3	34	11.3	0	21
Wk 13	L 21-52@ Louisiana	2	40	20.0	0	39
Total		49	590	13.9	7	46

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