Anthony Mahoungou

WR · Purdue 2017 · #21

Last confirmed: Purdue, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′3″ · 210 lb · Paris · West Hills College

Anthony Mahoungou: WR · Purdue · #21.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Anthony Mahoungou

WR · Purdue · #21

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Anthony Mahoungou has played for three head coaches in three seasons at Purdue. One game to point at: 135 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Iowa — Week 12, 2017.

How he plays

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Purdue in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Purdue	39	678	17.4	8
2016	Purdue	13	99	7.6	0
2015	Purdue	8	93	11.6	0
Career		60	870	14.5	8

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 28-35vs No. 16 Louisville	4	33	8.3	0	12	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 44-21vs Ohio	2	51	25.5	1	31
Wk 3	W 35-3@ Missouri	3	35	11.7	0	21
Wk 4	L 10-28vs No. 8 Michigan	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 6	W 31-17vs Minnesota	2	76	38.0	0	39
Wk 7	L 9-17@ No. 7 Wisconsin	4	34	8.5	0	12
Wk 8	L 12-14@ Rutgers	4	47	11.8	1	21
Wk 9	L 24-25vs Nebraska	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 11	L 13-23@ Northwestern	3	25	8.3	1	12
Wk 12	W 24-15@ Iowa	7	135	19.3	2	42	Season-high 135 yds
Wk 13	W 31-24vs Indiana	2	88	44.0	1	49
Bowl	W 38-35vs Arizona	6	118	19.7	2	38
Total		39	678	17.4	8	49

Signature game

Week 12 · 2017

W 24-15

at Iowa

7 rec · 135 yds · 2 TD

With E. Sindelar — 229 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.2 · J. Schopper — 31.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 68 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Arizona · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.87Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 38 yds for a TD, (J.D. Dellinger KICK)
Week 13 · Indiana · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +4.72Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 49 yds for a TD, (J.D. Dellinger KICK)
Week 1 · Arizona · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.33Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 31 yds for a TD, (Spencer Evans KICK)
Week 12 · Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 42 yds for a TD, (Spencer Evans KICK)
Week 13 · Indiana · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 39 yds to the Ind 36 for a
Week 12 · Iowa · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +2.95Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 16 yds for a TD, (J.D. Dellinger KICK)

4 more plays

Week 11 · Northwestern · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.91Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 12 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 3 · Missouri · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84David Blough pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 21 yds to the Misso 44 for a
Week 8 · Rutgers · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.84David Blough pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 10 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 1 · Arizona · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Anthony Mahoungou for 35 yds to the Ariz 22 for a

Teams and coaches

2015Purdue2-10HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Purdue3-9HC: Gerad Parker · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017Purdue7-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#14 / 709 · 98th pct

15.2%

Explosive rate#17 / 709 · 98th pct

26.1%

EPA / target#27 / 709 · 96th pct

1.03

Yards / catch#57 / 709 · 92nd pct

18.0

Catch rate#249 / 709 · 65th pct

71.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#36 / 539 · 92nd pct

Yards / catch#77 / 539 · 86th pct

17.4

Rec yards#112 / 539 · 79th pct

678

Receptions#182 / 539 · 65th pct

Long catch#264 / 539 · 49th 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.6	50.2	28.7	0.4
Road5g	4.2	55.2	11.9	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	53.0	19.4	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	61.4	19.1	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

Pass share

52.8%

489 pass / 438 run

Plays / game

71.3

13 games

Team sack rate

6.0%

514 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

39 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

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Anthony Mahoungou

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Purdue in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

39 catches in 12 games

Three seasons at Purdue

His moves

2015 3 games

Where he came from