John Ursua

WR · Hawai'i 2018 · #5

Last confirmed: Hawai'i, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′10″ · 175 lb · Kailua-Kona, HI

John Ursua: WR · Hawai'i · #5.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

LaQuvionte GonzalezKansas · 2016 · 90% season match
Al RilesLouisiana · 2016 · 89% season match
Keevan LucasTulsa · 2016 · 85% season match
Sterling ShepardOklahoma · 2015 · 84% season match
Corey WillisCentral Michigan · 2016 · 76% season match

John Ursua

WR · Hawai'i · Jr · #5

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Third year in the Hawai'i receiving corps. One game to point at: 167 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Navy — Week 1, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

News and fans

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

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Hawai'i	89	1,343	15.1	16
2017	Hawai'i	47	667	14.2	5
2016	Hawai'i	53	652	12.3	3
Career		189	2,662	14.1	24

Season	Team
2018	Hawai'i	2	4	--
2017	Hawai'i	--	--	11
2016	Hawai'i	4	8	63
Career		6	12	74

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 43-34@ Colorado State	7	123	17.6	2	50	2 TD catches
Wk 1	W 59-41vs Navy	10	167	16.7	2	50	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 43-29vs Rice	9	133	14.8	1	34	133-yard receiving day
Wk 3	L 21-28@ Army	6	123	20.5	2	80	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 42-21vs Duquesne	5	77	15.4	2	32	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 44-41@ San José State	13	148	11.4	3	41	3 TD catches
Wk 6	W 17-13vs Wyoming	5	30	6.0	0	10
Wk 7	L 23-49@ BYU	9	89	9.9	1	26
Wk 8	L 22-40vs Nevada	7	123	17.6	1	70
Wk 9	L 20-50@ Fresno State	5	70	14.0	0	31
Wk 10	L 17-56vs No. 18 Utah State	3	78	26.0	1	54
Wk 12	W 35-28vs UNLV	6	148	24.7	1	68	148-yard receiving day
Wk 13	W 31-30@ San Diego State	4	34	8.5	0	14
Total		89	1343	15.1	16	80

Signature game

Week 5 · 2018

W 44-41

at San José State

13 rec · 148 yds · 3 TD

Edged out San José State on the road in a shootout.

With C. McDonald — 341 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 27 rush yds (13 car) · S. Gaudion — 43.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 47 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Nevada · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +6.97Cole McDonald pass complete to John Ursua for 70 yds for a TD (Ryan Meskell KICK)
Week 12 · UNLV · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.45Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to John Ursua for 68 yds for a TD (Ryan Meskell KICK)
Week 3 · Army · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.39Cole McDonald pass complete to John Ursua for 80 yds for a TD (Ryan Meskell KICK)
Week 10 · Utah State · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +6.28Cole McDonald pass complete to John Ursua for 54 yds for a TD Timeout HAWAII (Cole McDonald pass to JoJo Ward for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 1 · Navy · 4th and 1 · Q2 · EPA +5.87Cole McDonald pass complete to John Ursua for 50 yds for a TD, (Ryan Meskell KICK)
Week 5 · San José State · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +4.11Cole McDonald pass complete to John Ursua for 41 yds to the SJSt 35 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Navy · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.75Cole McDonald pass complete to John Ursua for 38 yds to the Navy 20 for a
Week 4 · Duquesne · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.41Cole McDonald pass complete to John Ursua for 25 yds for a TD (Ryan Meskell KICK)
Week 1 · Colorado State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.38Cole McDonald pass complete to John Ursua for 50 yds to the ColSt 25 for a
Week 12 · UNLV · 4th and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.37Cole McDonald pass complete to John Ursua for 16 yds to the UNLV 34 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Nick Rolovich — 18-22 over that span.

2016Hawai'i7-7HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced

2017Hawai'i3-9HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced

2018Hawai'i8-6HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (88th percentile). Strength: rec tds (100th percentile). Concern: catch rate (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#82 / 702 · 88th pct

10.3%

Yards / catch#160 / 702 · 77th pct

15.1

EPA / target#283 / 702 · 60th pct

0.57

Explosive rate#373 / 702 · 47th pct

11.0%

Catch rate#546 / 702 · 22nd pct

60.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#1 / 550 · 100th pct

Rec yards#6 / 550 · 99th pct

1343

Receptions#7 / 550 · 99th pct

Long catch#31 / 550 · 94th pct

Rush TDs#16 / 277 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#155 / 550 · 72nd pct

15.1

Rush yards#192 / 277 · 28th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

76th → 60th percentile

Explosive rate

76th → 47th percentile

Catch rate

76th → 22nd percentile

TD rate

79th → 88th percentile

Yards / catch

69th → 77th percentile

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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.4	108	17.3	1.1
Road6g	7.3	97.8	13.7	1.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	8.0	111	14.0	1.6
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	90.6	18.2	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Nick Rolovich

Pass share

56.9%

543 pass / 411 run

Plays / game

68.1

14 games

Team sack rate

7.8%

602 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

89 catches and 2 carries in 13 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

John Ursua

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How he plays

News and fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at Hawai'i, drafted

2019