Shawn Poindexter

WR · Arizona 2018 · #19

Last confirmed: Arizona, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′5″ · 212 lb · Peoria, AZ

Shawn Poindexter: WR · Arizona · #19.

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Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Shawn Poindexter

WR · Arizona · Sr · #19

Beats you over the top. Three seasons at Arizona, two different head coaches: Rich Rodriguez and Kevin Sumlin. On tape: 134 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Houston, Week 2, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

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

Arizona in the news

Arizona WR Tre Spivey out for season with broken footOct 5

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Arizona	42	759	18.1	11
2017	Arizona	19	294	15.5	1
2016	Arizona	6	82	13.7	0
Career		67	1,135	16.9	12

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 23-28vs BYU	4	68	17.0	0	33
Wk 2	L 18-45@ Houston	7	134	19.1	0	30	Season-high 134 yds
Wk 3	W 62-31vs Southern Utah	1	75	75.0	1	75
Wk 4	W 35-14@ Oregon State	4	92	23.0	1	50
Wk 5	L 20-24vs USC	2	22	11.0	0	11
Wk 6	W 24-17vs California	3	16	5.3	0	9
Wk 7	L 10-42@ Utah	3	39	13.0	0	17
Wk 8	L 30-31@ UCLA	6	106	17.7	2	33	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 44-15vs No. 19 Oregon	2	30	15.0	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 42-34vs Colorado	2	40	20.0	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 28-69@ No. 8 Washington State	2	38	19.0	2	24	2 TD catches
Wk 13	L 40-41vs Arizona State	6	99	16.5	1	47
Total		42	759	18.1	11	75

Signature game

Week 8 · 2018

L 30-31

at UCLA

6 rec · 106 yds · 2 TD

With J. Taylor — 154 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 11 yds · R. Rodriguez — 231 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 14 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Southern Utah · 1st and 15 · Q3 · EPA +6.60Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 75 yds for a TD (Lucas Havrisik KICK)
Week 10 · Colorado · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.71Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 39 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 8 · UCLA · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.49Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 33 yds to the UCLA 35 for a
Week 2 · Houston · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.31Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 25 yds to the Houst 39 for a
Week 8 · UCLA · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 33 yds to the UCLA 30 for a
Week 4 · Oregon State · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.10Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 16 yds for a TD (Lucas Havrisik KICK)

4 more plays

Week 8 · UCLA · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 13 yds for a TD, (Josh Pollack KICK)
Week 1 · BYU · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.00Khalil Tate pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 16 yds to the BYU 19 for a
Week 8 · UCLA · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.91Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 11 yds for a TD, (Josh Pollack KICK)
Week 13 · Arizona State · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Tate to Poindexter: a 23-yard pass.

Teams and coaches

2016Arizona3-9HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2017Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2018Arizona5-7HC: Kevin Sumlin · Run-leaning

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: yards / catch (95th percentile). Strength: epa / target (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#33 / 702 · 95th pct

18.6

EPA / target#35 / 702 · 95th pct

0.97

TD rate#52 / 702 · 93rd pct

11.9%

Explosive rate#113 / 702 · 84th pct

18.6%

Catch rate#538 / 702 · 23rd pct

61.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#14 / 550 · 97th pct

Yards / catch#43 / 550 · 92nd pct

18.1

Long catch#56 / 550 · 88th pct

Rec yards#87 / 550 · 84th pct

759

Receptions#170 / 550 · 68th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

28th → 95th percentile

Explosive rate

72nd → 84th percentile

Catch rate

15th → 23rd percentile

TD rate

34th → 93rd percentile

Yards / catch

80th → 95th 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	50.0	22.8	0.9
Road5g	4.4	81.8	18.4	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	63.7	23.3	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	62.6	17.6	1.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Kevin Sumlin

Pass share

44.3%

389 pass / 490 run

Plays / game

73.2

12 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

410 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

42 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

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