Senior tight end for UCLA. 2022: 20 catches, 226 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′5″ · 252 lb · Upland, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 tight end for UCLA. 2022: 20 catches, 226 receiving yards, 4 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMichael Ezeike
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. This is his third year in the same receiving corps at UCLA. One game to point at: 62 rec yds, 2 receptions against Utah — Week 6, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at UCLA, 407 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chip Kelly.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Chip Kelly — 20-17 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (95th percentile). Strength: long catch (83rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 30.0 | 12.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 15.3 | 10.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 30.8 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 18.0 | 8.2 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022
W 42–32
vs Utah
2 rec · 62 yds
Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.
With D. Thompson-Robinson — 299 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.9 · 8 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · Z. Charbonnet — 198 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-17vs Bowling Green | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-17@ Colorado | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 5 | W 40-32vs Washington | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-32vs Utah | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | 49 | Season-high 62 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 30-45@ Oregon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-13vs Stanford | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 10 | W 50-36@ Arizona State | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | L 45-48vs USC | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 3 | 30 | 3 TD catches |
| Bowl | L 35-37vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 20 | 226 | 11.4 | 4 | 49 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Drake Dabney’s 2021 season.
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Differs from Drake on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jacob Warren's junior season at Tennessee (2021).
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Player DNA