#18

Ed Small

WR · TCU · R-Jr. · #18

Returning to TCU for 2026
R-Jr. · Austin, Texas → Anderson High School
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Ed Small

WR · TCU · Fr · #18

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#462 national
CFB
College
TCU
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

Career stats

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How he plays

Play style

Moves the chains on third down.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

TCU

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · TCU

Returning around him

  • 61% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 3 TCU players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -2 net (12 in / 14 out)

2026 Award watch

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

TCU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #32 · 2026 recruiting class #47

DNA match

Player DNA

Possession Receiver

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

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaron Glover’s 2024 season.

Jaron Glover

78%match

Michigan State · 2024

#2

Omar Cooper Jr.

Indiana · 2023

NFL Rd 1 · Pk 30
77%
#3

Caleb Medford

New Mexico · 2024

72%
#4

Dominick Blaylock

Georgia Tech · 2023

72%
#5

Dylan Goffney

Colorado State · 2023

72%

Matches Jaron on

Total EPA (college ability)
Recruiting rating
Height

Differs from Jaron on

Class year (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Anthony Lowe’s path through Gardner-Webb.

Anthony Lowe

100%match

Gardner-Webb · 2025

#2

Taylor Grimes

Incarnate Word · 2022

97%
#3

Ma'jon Wright

Arizona · 2020

97%
#4

Jovany Ruiz

Buffalo · 2021

94%
#5

Hunter Long

Boston College · 2020

All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 18
94%

Matches Anthony on

Yards per reception

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Ben Black's freshman season at Rutgers (2024).

Ben Black

76%match

Rutgers · 2024

#2

Drelon Miller

Colorado · 2024

70%
#3

Aveion Chenault

Western Michigan · 2025

70%
#4

Junior Sherrill

Vanderbilt · 2023

69%
#5

Donovan Murph

South Carolina · 2025

68%

Matches Ben on

Yards / reception
TD rate

Differs from Ben on

Class year (lower)
Weight (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #1253

Final rank
#1332
Avg #1415.0
Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #1253 this season.

Background

HONORS » Big 12 Freshman of the Week (2025, Abilene Christian) AT TCU 2025 | FRESHMAN (7/1) Played the first six games of the season, including one start against Colorado, before being sidelined due to injury … returned for the Alamo Bowl victory against USC ... had six receptions for 101 yards a...

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