#12

Sam Wiglusz

Senior wide receiver for Ohio. 2023: 55 catches, 664 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Ohio · Sr. · #12

6′0″ · 183 lb · Brecksville, OH

CFB Index 62 · #119 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamOhio 2023 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Ohio. 2023: 55 catches, 664 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Ohio, 1,572 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 155 yds vs Western Michigan.Western Michigan · W 20-172023

202214 games

All-MACfirst

202311 games

All-MACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019

Frank Solich

Ohio

2021–2023

Tim Albin

Ohio

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Solich → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Ohio State13-1HC: Ryan Day · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Ohio10-4HC: Tim Albin · Balanced

2023Ohio10-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

62Quality starter #119 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (86th percentile). Concern: rush yards (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#221 / 639 · 65th pct

0.89

Catch rate#334 / 639 · 48th pct

82.0%

Yards / catch#332 / 639 · 48th pct

12.0

TD rate#352 / 639 · 45th pct

4.9%

Explosive rate#398 / 639 · 38th pct

11.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#78 / 566 · 86th pct

Rec yards#121 / 566 · 79th pct

664

Rec TDs#204 / 566 · 59th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#352 / 566 · 38th pct

12.1

Long catch#406 / 566 · 27th pct

Rush yards#226 / 294 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

75th → 65th percentile

Explosive rate

73rd → 38th percentile

Catch rate

58th → 48th percentile

TD rate

93rd → 45th percentile

Yards / catch

58th → 48th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.3	74.3	13.8	0.5
Road5g	4.6	43.6	9.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.9	49.9	10.4	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	5.2	78.8	14.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #119 of 497 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Ohio	55	664	12.1	3	--
2022	Ohio	74	883	11.9	11	--
2021	Ohio State	2	14	7.0	0	--
2019	Ohio State	1	11	11.0	0	--
Career		132	1,572	11.9	14	--

Season	Team
2023	Ohio	1	1	43	4	--
2022	Ohio	2	23	61	32	--
2021	Ohio State	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Ohio State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	24	104	36	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 10–7

vs Iowa State

5 rec · 53 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Wheatley — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG · K. Rourke — 135 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.6 · 58 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · San Diego State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.05CJ Harris pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 15 yds to the SDSU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 30 yds for a TD
Week 3 · Iowa State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 5 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)
Week 8 · Western Michigan · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.67Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 7 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)
Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Parker Navarro pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 31 yds to the GASO 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San Diego State · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.64CJ Harris pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 11 yds to the OHIO 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San Diego State · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 12 yds to the OHIO 48 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Florida Atlantic · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 9 yds to the OHIO 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Parker Navarro pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 16 yds to the GASO 2 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Western Michigan · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.50Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Sam Wiglusz for 11 yds to the OHIO 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-20@ San Diego State	10	103	10.3	0	15
Wk 2	W 17-10@ Florida Atlantic	4	22	5.5	0	9
Wk 3	W 10-7vs Iowa State	5	53	10.6	1	16
Wk 4	W 38-7@ Bowling Green	2	26	13.0	0	20
Wk 6	W 42-17vs Kent State	4	44	11.0	1	30
Wk 7	L 13-23@ Northern Illinois	4	37	9.3	0	14
Wk 8	W 20-17vs Western Michigan	10	155	15.5	1	38	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 9	L 16-30vs Miami (OH)	5	79	15.8	0	24
Wk 12	W 34-20vs Central Michigan	3	51	17.0	0	30
Wk 13	W 25-14@ Akron	3	30	10.0	0	12
Bowl	W 41-21vs Georgia Southern	5	64	12.8	0	31
Total		55	664	11.9	3	38

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