Receiver, Louisiana, 2015–⁠18

Earnest Patterson

Number
No. 22
Height
5′7″
Weight
155 lb
Class (2018)
Senior
Hometown
Brenham, TX

Earnest Patterson played receiver at Louisiana (2015–⁠18).

Career highs

114receiving yards, career highvs. New Mexico State, 2018

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2017Louisiana10969.6023
2018Louisiana1221217.7126
Career2230814.0126

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2017Louisiana49307870
2018Louisiana23605300
Career61290121170

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015Louisiana22WRFr.
2016Louisiana22WRSo.
2017Louisiana22WRJr.
2018Louisiana22WRSr.5′7″155

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
2017Louisiana150.21––3.1–
2018Louisiana170.43––7.3–

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

2018 Louisiana 11 games, 12 catches, 212 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.GramblingW 49–⁠17260–––
Sep 15atMississippi StateL 10–⁠56290–––
Sep 22vs.Coastal CarolinaL 28–⁠301200–––
Sep 29atAlabamaL 14–⁠56––––––
Oct 13vs.New Mexico StateW 66–⁠3831141–––
Nov 3atTroyL 16–⁠261130–––
Nov 10vs.Georgia StateW 36–⁠22170–––
Nov 17vs.South AlabamaW 48–⁠381260–––
Nov 24atUL MonroeW 31–⁠2811702361
Dec 1atApp StateL 19–⁠30–––––2
Dec 15 ✦vs.TulaneL 24–⁠41–––––2
2017 Louisiana 7 games, 10 catches, 96 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 9atTulsaL 42–⁠66–––120–
Sep 23vs.UL MonroeL 50–⁠56––––––
Nov 4atSouth AlabamaW 19–⁠14–––––4
Nov 11atOle MissL 22–⁠502903731
Nov 18vs.New Mexico StateW 47–⁠344620––1
Nov 25vs.Georgia SouthernL 24–⁠34260–––
Dec 2atApp StateL 14–⁠632190––1

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

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