Tyler Snead

#22 · WR · So. · East Carolina5′7″ · 169 lb · Raleigh, NC

Tyler Snead: WR · East Carolina · #22.

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Tyler Snead

WR · East Carolina · So · #22

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The four seasons at East Carolina span two head coaches: Scottie Montgomery and Mike Houston. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-AAC again in 2021. On tape: 137 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Navy, Week 12, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	East Carolina	67	855	12.8	4	53
2020	East Carolina	53	535	10.1	5	46
2019	East Carolina	66	759	11.5	5	57
2018	East Carolina	14	227	16.2	4	36
Career		200	2,376	11.9	18	57

Season	Team
2021	East Carolina	5	−1	378	81
2020	East Carolina	3	68	409	144
2019	East Carolina	4	27	481	35
2018	East Carolina	--	--	--	--
Career		12	94	1,268	260

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 19-33@ App State	4	27	6.8	0	12
Wk 2	L 17-20vs South Carolina	5	35	7.0	0	15
Wk 3	W 42-38@ Marshall	5	80	16.0	1	24
Wk 4	W 31-28vs Charleston Southern	4	60	15.0	0	31
Wk 5	W 52-29vs Tulane	4	78	19.5	1	53
Wk 6	L 16-20@ UCF	6	82	13.7	0	33
Wk 8	L 24-31@ Houston	7	114	16.3	0	36
Wk 9	W 29-14vs South Florida	4	19	4.8	0	10
Wk 10	W 45-3vs Temple	4	19	4.8	0	9
Wk 11	W 30-29@ Memphis	13	113	8.7	0	19
Wk 12	W 38-35@ Navy	5	137	27.4	2	46	Season-high 137 yds
Wk 13	L 13-35vs No. 4 Cincinnati	6	91	15.2	0	38
Total		67	855	12.8	4	53

Signature game

Week 12 · 2021

W 38-35

at Navy

5 rec · 137 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Navy on the road in a shootout.

With H. Ahlers — 405 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.0 · 48 rush yds (7 car) · K. Mitchell — 94 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD · 4 rec · 42 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Tulane · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA +6.22Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 53 yds for a TD (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 2 · South Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Tyler Snead pass complete to Jsi Hatfield for 75 yds for a TD (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 3 · Marshall · 2nd and 25 · Q4 · EPA +4.54Tyler Snead pass complete to Holton Ahlers for 27 yds for a TD, (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 12 · Navy · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +4.22Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 28 yds for a TD (Holton Ahlers pass to C.J. Johnson for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 6 · UCF · 3rd and 14 · Q1 · EPA +3.93Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 33 yds to the UCF 42 for a
Week 12 · Navy · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.88Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 46 yds to the Navy 32 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · Marshall · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.36Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 24 yds for a TD, (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 12 · Navy · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 40 yds for a TD (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 11 · Memphis · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.00Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 19 yds to the Memph 48 for a
Week 5 · Tulane · 4th and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.95Holton Ahlers pass complete to Tyler Snead for 11 yds to the Tulan 26 for a

Teams and coaches

2018East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019East Carolina4-8HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 70 (#66 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

70Quality starter #66 of 468 · 2021?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: receptions (92nd percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#150 / 655 · 77th pct

83.5%

Explosive rate#203 / 655 · 69th pct

16.5%

EPA / target#210 / 655 · 68th pct

0.80

Yards / catch#332 / 655 · 49th pct

12.5

TD rate#365 / 655 · 44th pct

5.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#45 / 557 · 92nd pct

Rec yards#56 / 557 · 90th pct

855

Rec TDs#145 / 557 · 70th pct

Long catch#233 / 557 · 58th pct

Yards / catch#305 / 557 · 44th pct

12.8

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Rush yards#239 / 273 · 12th pct

-1

Fumbles lost#217 / 223 · 2nd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	50.3	11.0	0.2
Road6g	6.7	92.2	14.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	60.3	13.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	6.5	82.2	12.9	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Mike Houston

Pass share

47.5%

441 pass / 488 run

Plays / game

77.4

12 games

Team sack rate

7.9%

454 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

70 · #66 of 468 WRs · 2021

Tyler Snead

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Style of play

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at East Carolina

2020 9 games

2021 12 games