Receiver, Western Carolina, 2022–⁠26

A.J. Colombo

Number
No. 0
Height
5′8″
Weight
170 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Waxhaw, NC

A.J. Colombo plays receiver for Western Carolina. Last time out, at Mercer: 2 catches, 32 yards. Colombo leads Western Carolina in receiving yards this season.

2026 so far

34 catches, 414 yards

Last game: 2 catches, 32 yards at Mercer, L 14–⁠17

Next game: vs. Chattanooga, Oct 24

Game by game this season, receiving yards
  1. 90EKU
  2. 91@CAM
  3. 17@CIN
  4. 64PRES
  5. 60@ETSU
  6. 60TNTC
  7. 32@MER

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

9catches, career hightwice; last at Samford, 2024116receiving yards, career highat Samford, 20242receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Charleston Southern, 2023

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Western Carolina5367.2019
2023Western Carolina3043314.4550
2024Western Carolina595719.7528
2026Western Carolina3441412.2025
Career1281,45411.41050

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Western Carolina11258012850
2023Western Carolina6780161920
2024Western Carolina2300211700
2026Western Carolina–––8460
Career193660574930

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Western Carolina0WRYr 1
2023Western Carolina0WRYr 2
2024Western Carolina0WRYr 3
2025Western Carolina0WRYr 4
2026Western Carolina0WRSr. (Yr 5)5′8″170

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Western Carolina (FCS)31.43––4.3–
2023Western Carolina (FCS)341.1186th (n=681)0.8037.76%
2024Western Carolina (FCS)640.9351st (n=581)0.9259.68%
2026Western Carolina (FCS)550.4047th (n=829)0.4321.910%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2026 Western Carolina 7 games, 34 catches, 414 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29vs.Eastern KentuckyW 45–⁠216900––2
Sep 6atCampbellL 19–⁠286910–––
Sep 12atCincinnatiL 10–⁠622170–––
Sep 19vs.PresbyterianW 58–⁠147640––3
Sep 26atEast Tennessee StateL 31–⁠585600––1
Oct 3vs.Tennessee TechW 44–⁠206600–––
Oct 10atMercerL 14–⁠172320––2
2024 Western Carolina 11 games, 59 catches, 571 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29atNC StateL 21–⁠389971–––
Sep 7vs.CampbellL 16–⁠242400––1
Sep 14atElonW 24–⁠175510––5
Sep 21atMontanaL 35–⁠4654411152
Oct 5vs.WoffordW 21–⁠177320––1
Oct 12vs.The CitadelW 30–⁠164340––1
Oct 26atMercerL 34–⁠4456611151
Nov 2vs.ChattanoogaW 38–⁠346371––3
Nov 9atEast Tennessee StateL 21–⁠243250––2
Nov 16vs.VMIW 58–⁠284290––3
Nov 23atSamfordW 47–⁠4291161––2
2023 Western Carolina 9 games, 30 catches, 433 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.ArkansasL 13–⁠56–––––2
Sep 9vs.SamfordW 30–⁠757911211
Sep 16atEastern KentuckyW 27–⁠2434601112
Sep 23vs.Charleston SouthernW 77–⁠2139521105
Sep 30atThe CitadelW 49–⁠1454012241
Oct 7atChattanoogaW 52–⁠503600––2
Oct 21vs.FurmanL 17–⁠292271–––
Oct 28vs.MercerL 38–⁠457560––1
Nov 18atVMIL 24–⁠2723001122
2022 Western Carolina 10 games, 23 returns, 343 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 10atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠35–––––2
Sep 17vs.PresbyterianW 77–⁠21140––1
Sep 24atSamfordL 12–⁠35–––––1
Oct 1vs.VMIW 38–⁠17150––3
Oct 8atMercerL 6–⁠49110––2
Oct 15atFurmanL 40–⁠47–––––1
Oct 22vs.The CitadelL 21–⁠342260482–
Nov 5vs.WoffordW 36–⁠29–––2701
Nov 12atEast Tennessee StateW 20–⁠17–––235–
Nov 19vs.ChattanoogaW 32–⁠29–––3711

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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