#82

Rufus Harvey

Junior wide receiver for Mississippi State. 2022: 53 catches, 505 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Mississippi State · Jr. · #82

5′10″ · 165 lb · Starkville, MS

CFB Index 54 · #180 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceMississippi State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1356 nationally · Signed with Starkville

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Mississippi State. 2022: 53 catches, 505 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Starkville in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Mississippi State, 544 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 64 yds vs Georgia.Georgia · L 19-452022

2020

Recruited3-star out of Starkville

2023

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1356 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2021–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mike Leach — 16-10 over that span.

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #180 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (84th percentile). Strength: receptions (81st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#102 / 636 · 84th pct

89.8%

EPA / target#279 / 636 · 56th pct

0.73

TD rate#373 / 636 · 41st pct

5.1%

Yards / catch#521 / 636 · 18th pct

9.6

Explosive rate#537 / 636 · 16th pct

6.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#104 / 550 · 81st pct

Rec yards#209 / 550 · 62nd pct

505

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Long catch#428 / 550 · 22nd pct

Yards / catch#493 / 550 · 10th pct

9.5

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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	44.9	10.5	0.4
Road6g	3.8	31.8	8.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.9	38.6	9.6	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	39.2	8.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #180 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #180 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Mississippi State	53	505	9.5	3	--
2021	Mississippi State	5	39	7.8	1	--
Career		58	544	9.4	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 24–22

at Ole Miss

5 rec · 43 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With G. Georgopoulos — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG · W. Rogers — 239 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 27.8 · -37 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Georgia · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.87Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 36 yds to the Geo 35 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Memphis · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.44Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 33 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 5 · Texas A&M · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 4 yds for a TD, (Ben Raybon KICK)
Week 1 · Memphis · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 9 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Arizona · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.28Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 11 yds to the MisSt 48 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Alabama · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.24Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 10 yds to the MisSt 39 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Arkansas · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.17Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 12 yds to the Ark 46 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · LSU · 3&19 · Q1 · EPA +2.06Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 18 yds to the LSU 40
Week 11 · Georgia · 1&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.05Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 6 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 5 · Texas A&M · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +2.03Will Rogers pass complete to Rufus Harvey for 16 yds to the MisSt 35 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-23vs Memphis	5	61	12.2	1	33
Wk 2	W 39-17@ Arizona	6	54	9.0	0	20
Wk 3	L 16-31@ LSU	3	22	7.3	0	18
Wk 4	W 45-14vs Bowling Green	5	51	10.2	0	16
Wk 5	W 42-24vs Texas A&M	5	41	8.2	1	16
Wk 6	W 40-17vs Arkansas	3	42	14.0	0	20
Wk 7	L 17-27@ Kentucky	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 8	L 6-30@ Alabama	5	34	6.8	0	10
Wk 10	W 39-33vs Auburn	5	46	9.2	0	16
Wk 11	L 19-45vs Georgia	6	64	10.7	1	36	Season-high 64 yds
Wk 12	W 56-7vs East Tennessee State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Ole Miss	5	43	8.6	0	16
Bowl	W 19-10@ Illinois	3	33	11.0	0	17
Total		53	505	9.3	3	36

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