Senior wide receiver for Akron. 2025: 20 catches, 209 receiving yards.
5′9″ · 170 lb · Ellwood City, PA
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 numbers
receiving yards · 2025
20 catches · 10.5 per catch
Best game: 5 rec, 65 yds, vs Duquesne
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Akron. 2025: 20 catches, 209 receiving yards.
Myles Walker
Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the Akron receiving corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 69 rec yds, 4 receptions against UAB — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Joe Moorhead — 7-17 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: catch rate (7th 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).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 34.7 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 21.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 30.8 | 9.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #438 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #32 of 38 Mid-American WRs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 51–7
vs Duquesne
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-10vs Wyoming | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-68@ Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31@ UAB | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | 24 | Season-high 69 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 51-7vs Duquesne | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-45@ Toledo | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-22vs Central Michigan | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-42@ Ball State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-16@ Buffalo | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 20 | 209 | 8.7 | 0 | 24 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Akron
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Akron
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Akron · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #121 · 2026 recruiting class #132
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyler King’s 2024 season.
Matches Tyler on
Differs from Tyler on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Hunter Long’s path through Boston College.
Taylor Grimes
Anthony Lowe
Matches Hunter on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tailique Williams's sophomore season at Georgia State (2022).
Matches Tailique on
Differs from Tailique on
Player DNA
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