Isaiah Epps

Senior wide receiver for Tulsa. 2022: 37 catches, 429 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Tulsa · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 190 lb · Jenks, OK

CFB Index 45 · #257 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceTulsa 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1417 nationally · Signed with Jenks

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Tulsa. 2022: 37 catches, 429 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Jenks in 2017.
Transferred from Kentucky to Tulsa in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Tulsa, 794 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 — stacked 2 td at Ole Miss.Ole Miss · L 27-352022

20173 games

Recruited3-star out of Jenks

202212 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1417 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

1 coach

2017–2018

Philip Montgomery

Tulsa

2020–2022

Philip Montgomery

Tulsa

Played his entire career under Philip Montgomery.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

2018Kentucky10-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2020Kentucky5-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2021Kentucky10-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

2022Tulsa5-7HC: Philip Montgomery · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

45Rotational starter #257 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#183 / 636 · 71st pct

9.1%

Yards / catch#358 / 636 · 44th pct

11.7

EPA / target#477 / 636 · 25th pct

0.46

Explosive rate#523 / 636 · 18th pct

7.3%

Catch rate#549 / 636 · 14th pct

65.5%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Receptions#213 / 550 · 60th pct

Long catch#219 / 550 · 59th pct

Rec yards#267 / 550 · 51st pct

429

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#366 / 550 · 32nd pct

11.6

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	31.2	11.2	0.5
Road6g	3.3	40.3	11.5	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	50.8	14.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	20.7	8.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #257 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #257 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Tulsa	37	429	11.6	5	--
2021	Kentucky	11	171	15.5	1	--
2020	Kentucky	8	63	7.9	0	--
2018	Kentucky	8	76	9.5	0	--
2017	Kentucky	4	55	13.8	0	--
Career		68	794	11.7	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 54–17

vs Jacksonville State

2 rec · 37 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 37-point win at home against Jacksonville State.

With D. Brin — 424 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.5 · -10 rush yds (3 car) · L. Wilson — 44 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Ole Miss · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.70Isaiah Epps 17 Yd pass from Braylon Braxton (Zack Long Kick)
Week 3 · Jacksonville State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.34Davis Brin pass complete to Isaiah Epps for 20 yds to the JaxSt 34 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -3.24Braylon Braxton pass complete to Isaiah Epps for 1 yd Isaiah Epps fumbled, forced by Davion Ross, recovered by Memph Xavier Cullens
Week 4 · Ole Miss · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.03Isaiah Epps 20 Yd pass from Davis Brin (Zack Long Kick)
Week 1 · Wyoming · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Davis Brin pass complete to Isaiah Epps for 54 yds to the Wyom 10 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Davis Brin pass complete to Isaiah Epps for 20 yds for a TD, (Zack Long KICK)
Week 3 · Jacksonville State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.58Davis Brin pass complete to Isaiah Epps for 17 yds for a TD, (Zack Long KICK)
Week 1 · Wyoming · 2&17 · Q2 · EPA +2.28Davis Brin pass complete to Isaiah Epps for 16 yds to the Wyom 47
Week 9 · SMU · 1&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.20Davis Brin pass complete to Isaiah Epps for 7 yds for a TD, (Zack Long KICK)
Week 10 · Tulane · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +1.84Braylon Braxton pass complete to Isaiah Epps for 11 yds to the Tulsa 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 37-40@ Wyoming	4	79	19.8	0	54	Season-high 79 yds
Wk 2	W 38-35vs Northern Illinois	3	39	13.0	1	20
Wk 3	W 54-17vs Jacksonville State	2	37	18.5	1	20
Wk 4	L 27-35@ Ole Miss	4	62	15.5	2	20	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 21-31vs Cincinnati	5	51	10.2	0	18
Wk 6	L 21-53@ Navy	4	37	9.3	0	17
Wk 8	W 27-16@ Temple	2	20	10.0	0	15
Wk 9	L 34-45vs SMU	2	10	5.0	1	7
Wk 10	L 13-27vs Tulane	2	23	11.5	0	12
Wk 11	L 10-26@ Memphis	3	23	7.7	0	16
Wk 12	W 48-42vs South Florida	3	27	9.0	0	17
Wk 13	W 37-30@ Houston	3	21	7.0	0	12
Total		37	429	11.4	5	54

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