#17

Vic Wharton III

Senior wide receiver for California. 2018: 50 catches, 502 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · California · Sr. · #17

5′11″ · 190 lb · Spring Hill, TN

California 2018 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for California. 2018: 50 catches, 502 receiving yards, 1 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at California, 1,730 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 156 yds at North Carolina.North Carolina · W 35-302017

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2018

2 coaches

2014

Sonny Dykes

California

2016

Sonny Dykes

California

2017–2018

Justin Wilcox

California

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Justin Wilcox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Tennessee7-6HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2016California5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017California5-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced

2018California7-6HC: Justin Wilcox · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: fumbles lost (8th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#121 / 550 · 77th pct

Long catch#198 / 550 · 63rd pct

Rec yards#219 / 550 · 60th pct

502

Rush yards#131 / 277 · 53rd pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Rec TDs#384 / 550 · 22nd pct

Yards / catch#468 / 550 · 15th pct

10.0

Fumbles lost#193 / 223 · 8th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.4	39.1	8.4	0.0
Road5g	3.8	45.6	12.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	37.0	8.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	46.7	11.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tosh Lupoi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	California	50	502	10.0	1	--
2017	California	67	871	13.0	5	--
2016	California	28	293	10.5	1	--
2014	Tennessee	5	64	12.8	1	--
Career		150	1,730	11.5	8	--

Season	Team
2018	California	2	15	--	68	--
2017	California	1	-5	--	89	--
2016	California	--	--	--	64	--
2014	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	10	--	221	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 12–10

vs Washington

5 rec · 45 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With S. Coutts — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · C. Garbers — 153 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 2 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-17vs North Carolina	3	18	6.0	0	10
Wk 2	W 21-18@ BYU	4	24	6.0	0	12
Wk 3	W 45-23vs Idaho State	4	34	8.5	0	17
Wk 5	L 24-42vs Oregon	6	68	11.3	0	25
Wk 6	L 17-24@ Arizona	4	43	10.8	0	19
Wk 7	L 7-37vs UCLA	5	35	7.0	0	11
Wk 8	W 49-7@ Oregon State	5	80	16.0	0	55	Season-high 80 yds
Wk 9	W 12-10vs Washington	5	45	9.0	0	14
Wk 10	L 13-19@ Washington State	4	47	11.8	0	24
Wk 11	W 15-14@ USC	2	34	17.0	1	29
Wk 13	W 33-21vs Colorado	6	61	10.2	0	15
Wk 14	L 13-23vs Stanford	2	13	6.5	0	8
Total		50	502	10.0	1	55

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