#80

Rawson MacNeill

Sophomore wide receiver for Rice. 2023: 26 catches, 379 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Rice · So. · #80

6′5″ · 195 lb · Marietta, GA

CFB Index 40 · #308 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceRice 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1238 nationally · Signed with Rice

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 wide receiver for Rice. 2023: 26 catches, 379 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rice in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Rice, 379 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 91 yds vs UConn.UConn · L 31-382023

2022

Signed with Rice3-star out of Walton

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1238 national

CFB

College

Rice

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mike Bloomgren — 11-15 over that span.

2022Rice5-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2023Rice6-7HC: Mike Bloomgren · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Below cohort / limited sample #308 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#139 / 639 · 78th pct

15.0

Explosive rate#211 / 639 · 66th pct

16.7%

EPA / target#437 / 639 · 32nd pct

0.58

TD rate#502 / 639 · 21st pct

2.4%

Catch rate#626 / 639 · 2nd pct

57.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#184 / 566 · 67th pct

14.6

Rec yards#300 / 566 · 47th pct

379

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Receptions#330 / 566 · 41st pct

Long catch#406 / 566 · 27th pct

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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.3	35.9	14.7	0.1
Road3g	3.3	42.7	12.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	41.2	12.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	33.0	17.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #308 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #308 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Rice	26	379	14.6	2	--
2022	Rice	--	--	--	--	--
Career		26	379	14.6	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 59–7

vs Texas Southern

1 rec · 6 yds

Dominant 52-point win at home against Texas Southern.

With J. Daniels — 255 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.0 · K. Campbell — 1 rec · 70 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · UConn · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.95JT Daniels pass complete to Rawson MacNeill for 38 yds to the CONN 21 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · SMU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.98Chase Jenkins pass complete to Rawson MacNeill for 37 yds to the SMU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · SMU · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.83JT Daniels pass complete to Rawson MacNeill for 31 yds to the SMU 25 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Houston · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.82JT Daniels pass complete to Rawson MacNeill for 15 yds to the HOU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · East Carolina · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70JT Daniels pass complete to Rawson MacNeill for 4 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
Week 4 · South Florida · 1&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Rawson MacNeill 9 Yd pass from AJ Padgett (AJ Padgett Pass to Luke McCaffrey for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 8 · Tulsa · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.32JT Daniels pass complete to Rawson MacNeill for 11 yds to the TLSA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · South Florida · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.88JT Daniels pass complete to Rawson MacNeill for 7 yds to the RICE 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UConn · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.77JT Daniels pass complete to Rawson MacNeill for 13 yds to the CONN 40 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UConn · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.77JT Daniels pass complete to Rawson MacNeill for 20 yds to the CONN 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 43-41vs Houston	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 3	W 59-7vs Texas Southern	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	L 29-42@ South Florida	6	73	12.2	1	21
Wk 5	W 24-17vs East Carolina	4	51	12.8	1	30
Wk 6	L 31-38vs UConn	6	91	15.2	0	38	Season-high 91 yds
Wk 8	W 42-10@ Tulsa	3	45	15.0	0	22
Wk 9	L 28-30vs Tulane	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 10	L 31-36vs SMU	2	68	34.0	0	37
Wk 11	L 14-34@ UTSA	1	10	10.0	0	10
Bowl	L 21-45vs Texas State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Total		26	379	14.0	2	38

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