De'Andre Tamarez

Senior wide receiver for Marshall. 2025: 32 catches, 395 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Marshall · Sr.

5′11″ · 172 lb · Overtown, FL

CFB Index 43 · #276 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Marshall for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6:30 pm ETat Missouri StatePlaster Sports ComplexMarshall by 3.5

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

395

receiving yards · 2025

32 catches · 2 TD · 12.3 per catch

Swing playSwung Marshall from 51% to 76% to win.Marshall at Georgia State · 30-18

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Marshall. 2025: 32 catches, 395 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed with Western Carolina in 2022.
Transferred from Western Carolina to Marshall in 2025.

His career, year by year

De'Andre Tamarez

WR · Marshall · Sr

Moves the chains on third down. He got to Marshall by way of Western Carolina. One game to point at: 79 rec yds, 4 receptions against Georgia State — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Marshall5-7HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #276 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (85th percentile). Concern: rush yards (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#122 / 798 · 85th pct

0.66

Explosive rate#213 / 798 · 73rd pct

13.6%

Yards / catch#227 / 798 · 72nd pct

13.5

Catch rate#255 / 798 · 67th pct

72.7%

TD rate#421 / 798 · 47th pct

2.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#255 / 558 · 53rd pct

Rec yards#291 / 558 · 48th pct

395

Yards / catch#317 / 558 · 42nd pct

12.3

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Long catch#317 / 558 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#204 / 287 · 28th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

20%9 of his 44 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	34.0	11.9	0.0
Road6g	3.2	37.5	11.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	16.6	8.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	52.0	13.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #276 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #276 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #29 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Marshall	32	395	12.3	2	--
Career		32	395	12.3	2	--

Season	Team
2025	Marshall	--	4	--	--	--
Career		--	4	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 48–24

vs Old Dominion

2 rec · 18 yds

Dominant 24-point win at home against Old Dominion.

With C. Del Rio-Wilson — 219 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.1 · 95 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · N. Totten — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Georgia State · 2&17 · Q2 · EPA +3.28(01:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 C.Del Rio-Wilson pass complete short left to #0 D.Tamarez caught at GSU39, for 19 yards to the GSU39 (#4 D.Hopkins), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Coastal Carolina · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.84De'Andre Tamarez 7 Yd pass from Carlos Del Rio-Wilson (Lorcan Quinn Kick)
Week 4 · Middle Tennessee · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.68Carlos Del Rio-Wilson pass complete to De'Andre Tamarez for 24 yds for a TD (Lorcan Quinn KICK)
Week 8 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Carlos Del Rio-Wilson pass complete to De'Andre Tamarez for 44 yds to the TXST 20 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Carlos Del Rio-Wilson pass complete to De'Andre Tamarez for 44 yds to the TXST 20 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · James Madison · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.38(01:46) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 C.Del Rio-Wilson pass complete short right to #0 D.Tamarez caught at MAR45, for 15 yards to the MAR48 (#13 T.Brown), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Georgia State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.37(09:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 C.Del Rio-Wilson pass complete short right to #0 D.Tamarez caught at MU42, for 21 yards to the GSU46 (#16 B.Thomas; #18 C.Diagne), 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · James Madison · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.18(14:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 C.Del Rio-Wilson pass complete short right to #0 D.Tamarez caught at MAR39, for 12 yards to the MAR40 (#32 D.Barksdale), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Georgia State · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.14(02:45) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 C.Del Rio-Wilson pass complete short right to #0 D.Tamarez caught at MU49, for 28 yards to the GSU33, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Coastal Carolina · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.08No Huddle-Shotgun #7 C.Del Rio-Wilson pass complete short left to #0 D.Tamarez caught at Herd40, for 12 yards to the Herd49 (#99 S.Goram-Welch), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-45@ Georgia	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	W 42-28@ Middle Tennessee	3	44	14.7	1	24
Wk 5	L 51-54@ Louisiana	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 7	W 48-24vs Old Dominion	2	18	9.0	0	12
Wk 8	W 40-37vs Texas State	3	59	19.7	0	44
Wk 10	L 27-44@ Coastal Carolina	5	45	9.0	1	14
Wk 11	L 23-35vs James Madison	3	37	12.3	0	15
Wk 12	W 30-18@ Georgia State	4	79	19.8	0	28	Season-high 79 yds
Wk 13	L 24-26@ App State	5	42	8.4	0	16
Wk 14	L 19-24vs Georgia Southern	4	50	12.5	0	24
Total		32	395	11.5	2	44

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Marshall

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Marshall

Returning around him

99% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
Transfer portal: +6 net (28 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #97 · 2026 recruiting class #123

DNA match

Player DNA

Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jacob Cowing’s 2020 season.

Jacob Cowing

84%match

UTEP · 2020

All-Conference USANFL Rd 4

Jha'Quan Jackson

Tulane · 2022

All-AACNFL Rd 6

83%

Dom Henry

Florida Atlantic · 2025

79%

Cayden Lee

Ole Miss · 2025

78%

Montorie Foster

Michigan State · 2023

78%

Matches Jacob on

Height

Weight

Yards / reception

Differs from Jacob on

Reception volume (lower)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to DeVontres Dukes’s path through South Florida.

DeVontres Dukes

100%match

South Florida · 2020

Joshua Harris

Furman · 2024

99%

Dazz Newsome

North Carolina · 2020

NFL Rd 6

99%

Ben Skowronek

Notre Dame · 2020

NFL Rd 7

98%

Jalen McDonald

Merrimack · 2025

98%

Matches DeVontres on

Yards per reception

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah Hamilton's sophomore season at San José State (2021).

Isaiah Hamilton

85%match

San José State · 2021

Matthew Coleman

San José State · 2024

84%

Dom Henry

Florida Atlantic · 2025

83%

KeSean Carter

Houston · 2021

81%

Mekhi Shaw

San Diego State · 2022

80%

Matches Isaiah on

Reception volume

Yards / reception

Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Isaiah on

Class year (lower)

Background

HERD FILE: Tamarez joins the Herd from Western Carolina where he played in all 11 games in 2024 and caught 33 passes for 576 yards and six touchdowns for the Catamounts. Tamarez’ top game in 2024 came against Montana when he caught eight passes for 229 yards with a touchdown. Tamarez committed to...

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The receiver room · Marshall

#4Demarcus LaceyWR · Sr.769 receiving yards · 2025
De'Andre TamarezWR · Sr.395 receiving yards · 2025
#2Adrian NortonWR · Sr.383 receiving yards · 2025
#5Xayvion Turner-BradshawWR · Sr.109 receiving yards · 2025
#3Chris CulliverWR · Jr.100 receiving yards · 2025

19 more on the roster · Marshall team page

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

2022

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Possession Receiver

Background

The receiver room · Marshall