Rome Odunze

Former wide receiver at Washington. 2023: 92 catches, 1,640 receiving yards, 13 TD.

WR · Washington · Jr. · #1

6′3″ · 215 lb · Las Vegas, NV

CFB Index 97 · #1 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceConsensus AAChicago — drafted 2024, Rd 1, Pick 9, #9 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 225 nationally · Signed with Washington

Statement game9 rec · 169 yds · 2 TDvs Arizona (FBS) · W 49-39

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Guys I have an apology to make - I forgot to put on my dog’s lucky Husky bandanna at the beginning of this game and remembered in like the last 2 minutes of the second quarter. He’r/CFB game thread · ▲ 2His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Washington. 2023: 92 catches, 1,640 receiving yards, 13 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Washington in 2020.
Drafted round 1 by the Chicago in 2024.
Named All-America (AP) in 2023.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #9 overall.

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington, 3,272 receiving yards, an All-American season (2023) — drafted at #9 overall by Chicago.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2020

Signed with Washington4-star out of Bishop Gorman

202212 games

The role got bigger.

All-Pac-12First Team

202315 games

All-Americafirst · 9 selectors
All-Pac-12First Team

2024

Drafted by Chicagoround 1, pick 9

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#225 national

CFB

College

Washington

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #9

Chicago · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

10 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2023)

7 first-team selectors

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2021

Jimmy Lake

Washington

2022–2023

Kalen DeBoer

Washington

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jimmy Lake → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 3rd NFL season

#9Rd 1 · Pick 9

ChicagoEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Washington3-1HC: Jimmy Lake · Run-leaning

2021Washington4-8HC: Jimmy Lake · Balanced

2022Washington11-2HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

2023Washington14-1HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

97All-America level #1 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (93rd percentile). Strength: yards / catch (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#41 / 639 · 93rd pct

26.9%

Yards / catch#45 / 639 · 93rd pct

17.6

TD rate#57 / 639 · 91st pct

12.5%

EPA / target#140 / 639 · 78th pct

1.01

Catch rate#415 / 639 · 35th pct

77.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 566 · 100th pct

1640

Receptions#6 / 566 · 99th pct

Rec TDs#6 / 566 · 99th pct

Yards / catch#50 / 566 · 91st pct

17.8

Rush TDs#13 / 294 · 89th pct

Rush yards#56 / 294 · 81st pct

Long catch#221 / 566 · 60th pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

63rd → 78th percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 93rd percentile

Catch rate

25th → 35th percentile

TD rate

53rd → 91st percentile

Yards / catch

81st → 93rd 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	6.2	115	19.9	1.1
Road6g	6.0	101	16.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	6.4	118	18.6	0.8
Weeks 8+7g	5.9	98.9	18.5	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

97 · #1 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #1 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2023

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN1st

SI1st

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Washington	92	1,640	17.8	13	--
2022	Washington	75	1,145	15.3	7	--
2021	Washington	41	415	10.1	4	--
2020	Washington	6	72	12.0	0	--
Career		214	3,272	15.3	24	--

Season	Team
2023	Washington	2	37	17	87	1
2022	Washington	3	6	--	--	--
2021	Washington	2	13	--	--	--
2020	Washington	3	-16	--	--	--
Career		10	40	17	87	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 36–33

vs Oregon

8 rec · 128 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Oregon at home in a shootout.

With M. Penix Jr. — 302 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.2 · -5 rush yds (1 car) · G. Bernard — 14 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.9

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -4.40Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 7 yds Rome Odunze fumbled, recovered by STAN Mitch Leigber [SG] PENIX JR., Michael pass short to the left complete for 7 yards to ODUNZE, Rome caught at the STA14, ODUNZE, Rome fumbled at STA10 forced by TAFITI, Tevarua, recovered by STA LEIGBER, Mitch at the STA12, returned 5 yards to the STA17 (CUEVAS, Josh;TAFITI, Tevarua), clock 11:37.
Week 11 · Utah · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +4.10Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 34 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 11 · Utah · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +4.04Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 44 yds to the UTAH 21 for a 1ST down Utah Penalty, Defensive Holding (Levani Damuni) declined for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Oregon · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.80Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 43 yds to the ORE 26 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Washington State · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +3.80Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 40 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 9 · Stanford · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 18 yds to the STAN 41 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Arizona State · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.46Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 19 yds to the ASU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Michigan · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.45Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 44 yds to the MICH 27 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.44Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 50 yds to the MSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Utah · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Rome Odunze for 33 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-19vs Boise State	7	132	18.9	1	29	132-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 43-10vs Tulsa	7	107	15.3	1	34
Wk 3	W 41-7@ Michigan State	8	180	22.5	0	50	Season-high 180 yds
Wk 4	W 59-32vs California	5	125	25.0	2	44	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 31-24@ Arizona	5	64	12.8	0	18
Wk 7	W 36-33vs Oregon	8	128	16.0	2	43	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 15-7vs Arizona State	5	82	16.4	0	21
Wk 9	W 42-33@ Stanford	6	89	14.8	1	25
Wk 10	W 52-42@ USC	5	82	16.4	0	26
Wk 11	W 35-28vs Utah	3	111	37.0	2	44	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 22-20@ Oregon State	7	106	15.1	2	32	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 24-21vs Washington State	7	120	17.1	2	40	2 TD catches
Wk 14	W 34-31vs Oregon	8	102	12.8	0	34
Bowl	W 37-31vs Texas	6	125	20.8	0	52
Bowl	L 13-34@ Michigan	5	87	17.4	0	44
Total		92	1640	18.6	13	52

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

Rome Odunze

2020

202212 games

202315 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Deep Threat

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