Luke Whittemore

#10 · WR · Jr. · Troy6′2″ · 195 lb · Gainesville, FL · Buchholz

Luke Whittemore: WR · Troy · #10.

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Luke Whittemore

WR · Troy · Jr · #10

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Troy. A game that shows it: 72 receiving yards and 2 receptions against UL Monroe — Week 4, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

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

Troy in the news

Charles Barkley criticizes Buck-Aikman feudNJ.com Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Troy	22	357	16.2	1	49
2020	Troy	7	75	10.7	1	29
2019	Troy	34	431	12.7	2	42
2018	Troy	11	171	15.5	0	41
Career		74	1,034	14.0	4	49

Season	Team
2021	Troy	--
2020	Troy	--
2019	Troy	−1
2018	Troy	--
Career		−1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 55-3vs Southern	3	52	17.3	0	28
Wk 2	L 13-21vs Liberty	3	70	23.3	0	34
Wk 3	W 21-9@ Southern Miss	6	58	9.7	0	23
Wk 4	L 16-29@ UL Monroe	2	72	36.0	1	49	Season-high 72 yds
Wk 5	L 14-23@ South Carolina	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 6	W 27-24vs Georgia Southern	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 7	W 31-28@ Texas State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 9	L 28-35@ No. 24 Coastal Carolina	2	24	12.0	0	19
Wk 10	W 31-24vs South Alabama	3	59	19.7	0	34
Total		22	357	16.2	1	49

Signature game

Week 2 · 2021

L 13-21

vs Liberty

3 rec · 70 yds

With L. Magliozzi — 38.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20 · T. Powell — 211 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 34.3

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Liberty · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +3.90Taylor Powell pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 35 yds to the Liber 1 for a
Week 4 · UL Monroe · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.76Taylor Powell pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 49 yds for a TD, (Brooks Buce KICK)
Week 10 · South Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.36Taylor Powell pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 34 yds to the Troy 43 for a
Week 7 · Texas State · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Gunnar Watson pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 12 yds to the TexSt 43 for a
Week 10 · South Alabama · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.22Taylor Powell pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 13 yds to the Troy 39 for a
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.95Taylor Powell pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 23 yds to the SoMis 42 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · UL Monroe · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.95Taylor Powell pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 23 yds to the LaMon 42 for a
Week 2 · Liberty · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.93Taylor Powell pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 21 yds to the Liber 49 for a
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +1.92Taylor Powell pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 13 yds to the SoMis 40 for a
Week 10 · South Alabama · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +1.51Gunnar Watson pass complete to Luke Whittemore for 12 yds to the Troy 32 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Troy10-3HC: Neal Brown · Run-leaning

2019Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Pass-leaning

2020Troy5-6HC: Chip Lindsey · Pass-leaning

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 38 (#311 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

38Below cohort / limited sample #311 of 468 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (88th percentile). Concern: rec tds (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#28 / 655 · 96th pct

26.9%

EPA / target#79 / 655 · 88th pct

1.02

Yards / catch#85 / 655 · 87th pct

16.3

Catch rate#208 / 655 · 68th pct

80.8%

TD rate#453 / 655 · 30th pct

3.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#102 / 557 · 82nd pct

16.2

Long catch#269 / 557 · 51st pct

Rec yards#304 / 557 · 46th pct

357

Receptions#360 / 557 · 34th pct

Rec TDs#370 / 557 · 23rd pct

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 in 2021. 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

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.5	46.8	16.6	0.0
Road5g	2.4	34.0	14.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	39.1	15.5	0.1
Weeks 8+2g	2.5	41.5	15.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Chip Lindsey

Pass share

54.1%

419 pass / 355 run

Plays / game

64.5

12 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

436 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

22 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

38 · #311 of 468 WRs · 2021

Three-star recruit. Now #311 at the position.

Luke Whittemore

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

22 catches in 9 games

Four seasons at Troy

2017