Sadiq Palmer

WR · Massachusetts 2019 · #6

Last confirmed: Massachusetts, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′2″ · 190 lb · Red Bank, NJ · Red Bank Reg

Sadiq Palmer: WR · Massachusetts · #6.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Bernard DavisMassachusetts · 2016 · 96% season match
JaBryce TaylorUTSA · 2016 · 87% season match
Brandon SmithTexas State · 2015 · 87% season match
Andrew ParchmentKansas · 2020 · 86% season match
Camron BuckleyTexas A&M · 2018 · 84% season match

Sadiq Palmer

WR · Massachusetts · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Four seasons at Massachusetts, two different head coaches: Mark Whipple and Walt Bell. One game to point at: 55 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Liberty — Week 10, 2019.

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Massachusetts	25	275	11.0	2
2018	Massachusetts	28	419	15.0	2
2017	Massachusetts	35	518	14.8	1
2016	Massachusetts	9	100	11.1	1
Career		97	1,312	13.5	6

Season	Team
2019	Massachusetts	--	--	--	--
2018	Massachusetts	--	--	9	3
2017	Massachusetts	--	--	--	--
2016	Massachusetts	2	17	--	--
Career		2	17	9	3

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-48@ Rutgers	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 2	L 20-45vs Southern Illinois	3	22	7.3	0	12
Wk 3	L 17-52@ Charlotte	2	20	10.0	0	13
Wk 4	L 28-62vs Coastal Carolina	2	32	16.0	0	20
Wk 5	W 37-29vs Akron	3	20	6.7	1	9
Wk 7	L 21-69@ Louisiana Tech	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 9	L 35-56vs UConn	4	48	12.0	0	29
Wk 10	L 21-63vs Liberty	4	55	13.8	1	45	Season-high 55 yds
Wk 12	L 6-45@ Northwestern	4	38	9.5	0	16
Wk 13	L 24-56vs BYU	1	32	32.0	0	32
Total		25	275	11.0	2	45

Signature game

Week 10 · 2019

L 21-63

vs Liberty

4 rec · 55 yds · 1 TD

With G. Georgopoulos — 42.1 yards per punt · 11 punts · 2 inside the 20 · I. Rodgers — 5 tackles · 4 pass breakups · 4 solo tackles

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Liberty · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +5.42Andrew Brito pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 45 yds for a TD (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 9 · UConn · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.75Andrew Brito pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 29 yds to the UConn 40 for a
Week 5 · Akron · 4th and 3 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Michael Curtis pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 8 yds for a TD, (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 4 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Andrew Brito pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 20 yds to the CCaro 18 for a
Week 12 · Northwestern · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.99Andrew Brito pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 13 yds to the UMass 41 for a
Week 12 · Northwestern · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.92Randall West pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 16 yds to the UMass 45 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · BYU · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +1.83Randall West pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 32 yds to the BYU 4 for a
Week 10 · Liberty · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.76Andrew Brito pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 7 yds to the UMass 40 for a
Week 2 · Southern Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.60Randall West pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 12 yds to the SoIll 1 for a
Week 2 · Southern Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.34Andrew Brito pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for a loss of 1 yard to the UMass 40

Teams and coaches

2016Massachusetts2-10HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2017Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

2018Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

2019Massachusetts1-11HC: Walt Bell · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (86th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#99 / 728 · 86th pct

80.6%

EPA / target#248 / 728 · 66th pct

0.64

TD rate#269 / 728 · 63rd pct

6.5%

Explosive rate#331 / 728 · 54th pct

12.9%

Yards / catch#477 / 728 · 34th pct

11.0

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#324 / 556 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#293 / 556 · 39th pct

Receptions#339 / 556 · 38th pct

Rec yards#394 / 556 · 29th pct

275

Yards / catch#414 / 556 · 25th pct

11.0

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

91st → 66th percentile

Explosive rate

94th → 54th percentile

Catch rate

38th → 86th percentile

TD rate

45th → 63rd percentile

Yards / catch

77th → 34th 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	34.8	14.6	0.3
Road4g	2.0	16.5	6.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	17.0	8.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	43.2	16.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Walt Bell

Pass share

47.9%

392 pass / 427 run

Plays / game

68.2

12 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

430 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

25 catches in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

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Sadiq Palmer

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

25 catches in 10 games

Four seasons at Massachusetts

His moves

2016 6 games