#18

Bo Melton

Former wide receiver at Rutgers. 2021: 55 catches, 618 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Rutgers · Sr. · #18

5′11″ · 190 lb · Mays Landing, NJ

CFB Index 57 · #131 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceSeattle — drafted 2022, Rd 7, Pick 8, #229 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 246 nationally · Signed with Rutgers

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Rutgers. 2021: 55 catches, 618 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Rutgers in 2017.
Drafted round 7 by the Seattle in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Rutgers, 2,012 receiving yards — drafted at #229 overall by Seattle.

His career

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

20175 games

Signed with Rutgers4-star out of Cedar Creek

2022

Drafted by Seattleround 7, pick 229

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#246 national

CFB

College

Rutgers

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #229

Seattle · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017–2018

Chris Ash

Rutgers

2019

Nunzio Campanile

Rutgers

era →

2020–2021

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile, and Greg Schiano. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 5th NFL season

#229Rd 7 · Pick 8

SeattleEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Rutgers4-8HC: Chris Ash · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2018Rutgers1-11HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

2019Rutgers2-10HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Rutgers3-6HC: Greg Schiano · Balanced

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

57Quality starter #131 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (84th percentile). Strength: rush yards (83rd percentile). Concern: epa / target (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#324 / 655 · 50th pct

13.3%

Yards / catch#395 / 655 · 40th pct

11.6

Catch rate#410 / 655 · 37th pct

72.0%

TD rate#440 / 655 · 32nd pct

4.0%

EPA / target#548 / 655 · 16th pct

0.33

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#86 / 557 · 84th pct

Rush yards#47 / 273 · 83rd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Rec yards#136 / 557 · 76th pct

618

Long catch#190 / 557 · 65th pct

Rec TDs#196 / 557 · 58th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#430 / 557 · 22nd pct

11.2

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	5.5	73.2	13.2	0.5
Road6g	5.5	54.2	10.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.4	70.8	11.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	52.8	11.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #131 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #131 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Rutgers	55	618	11.2	3	--
2020	Rutgers	46	639	13.9	6	--
2019	Rutgers	30	427	14.2	2	--
2018	Rutgers	28	245	8.8	0	--
2017	Rutgers	4	83	20.8	0	--
Career		163	2,012	12.3	11	--

Season	Team
2021	Rutgers	9	51	116	38	--
2020	Rutgers	6	69	177	58	1
2019	Rutgers	4	22	--	--	--
2018	Rutgers	6	23	--	--	--
2017	Rutgers	--	--	--	--	--
Career		25	165	293	96	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 45–13

vs Delaware

6 rec · 125 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 32-point win at home against Delaware.

With N. Vedral — 323 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.4 · 15 rush yds (5 car) · A. Cruickshank — 10 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Delaware · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.84Noah Vedral pass complete to Bo Melton for 57 yds to the Delaw 27 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Northwestern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Noah Vedral pass complete to Bo Melton for 46 yds to the Nwest 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Temple · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Noah Vedral pass complete to Bo Melton for 40 yds for a TD, (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 10 · Wisconsin · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Noah Vedral pass complete to Bo Melton for 35 yds to the Wisc 27 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Penn State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Noah Vedral pass complete to Bo Melton for 34 yds to the PnSt 15 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Delaware · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Noah Vedral pass complete to Bo Melton for 28 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 7 · Northwestern · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.49Noah Vedral pass complete to Bo Melton for 18 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 13 · Maryland · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Evan Simon pass complete to Bo Melton for 20 yds to the Rutgr 43 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Illinois · 4&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.19Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Bo Melton for 13 yds to the Illin 20 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Delaware · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.10Noah Vedral pass complete to Bo Melton for 18 yds to the Rutgr 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 61-14vs Temple	6	59	9.8	1	40
Wk 2	W 17-7@ Syracuse	8	43	5.4	0	9
Wk 3	W 45-13vs Delaware	6	125	20.8	1	57	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 4	L 13-20@ Michigan	4	26	6.5	0	8
Wk 7	L 7-21@ Northwestern	8	101	12.6	1	46
Wk 9	W 20-14@ Illinois	5	58	11.6	0	26
Wk 10	L 3-52vs Wisconsin	6	61	10.2	0	35
Wk 11	W 38-3@ Indiana	5	50	10.0	0	27
Wk 12	L 0-28@ Penn State	3	47	15.7	0	34
Wk 13	L 16-40vs Maryland	4	48	12.0	0	31
Total		55	618	11.5	3	57

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

Bo Melton

20175 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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