Fred Ross
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Receiver, Mississippi State, 2013–⁠16

Fred Ross

Number
No. 8
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Tyler, TX
Born
May 19, 1995, in Tyler, Texas

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Fred Ross played receiver at Mississippi State (2013–⁠16).

Career highs

12catches, career highvs. Ole Miss, 2015171receiving yards, career highvs. Arkansas, 20162receiving touchdowns, career highfive times; last vs. Arkansas, 2016

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Mississippi State911512.8023
2014Mississippi State3048916.3569
2015Mississippi State881,00711.4559
2016Mississippi State7291712.71260
Career1992,52812.72269

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2014Mississippi State7750
2015Mississippi State171551
2016Mississippi State15850
Career393151

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Mississippi State8WR
2014Mississippi State8WR
2015Mississippi State8WR
2016Mississippi State8WR6′2″

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
2013Mississippi State81.09––8.8–
2014Mississippi State430.8793rd (n=496)0.5237.45%
2015Mississippi State1210.5554th (n=465)0.5366.713%
2016Mississippi State1150.6263rd (n=489)0.5271.112%

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

2016 Mississippi State 13 games, 72 catches, 917 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 3vs.South AlabamaL 20–⁠216340–
Sep 10vs.South CarolinaW 27–⁠1453914
Sep 17atLSUL 20–⁠2368911
Sep 24atMassachusettsW 47–⁠35812624
Oct 8vs.AuburnL 14–⁠3842912
Oct 14atBYUL 21–⁠285690–
Oct 22atKentuckyL 38–⁠4055011
Oct 29vs.SamfordW 56–⁠41910711
Nov 5vs.Texas A&MW 35–⁠286982–
Nov 12atAlabamaL 3–⁠5132301
Nov 19vs.ArkansasL 42–⁠58101712–
Nov 26atOle MissW 55–⁠201381–
Dec 26 ✦vs.Miami (OH)W 17–⁠1644401
2015 Mississippi State 13 games, 88 catches, 1,007 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 5atSouthern MissW 34–⁠1657501
Sep 12vs.LSUL 19–⁠2196601
Sep 19vs.Northwestern StateW 62–⁠1311204
Sep 26atAuburnW 17–⁠976601
Oct 3atTexas A&ML 17–⁠301110301
Oct 10vs.TroyW 45–⁠1726413
Oct 17vs.Louisiana TechW 45–⁠203360–
Oct 24vs.KentuckyW 42–⁠1621101
Nov 5atMissouriW 31–⁠131111511
Nov 14vs.AlabamaL 6–⁠31811401
Nov 21atArkansasW 51–⁠501015421
Nov 28vs.Ole MissL 27–⁠381211701
Dec 30 ✦vs.NC StateW 51–⁠2877411
2014 Mississippi State 11 games, 30 catches, 489 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Aug 30vs.Southern MissW 49–⁠03612–
Sep 13atSouth AlabamaW 35–⁠31130–
Oct 4vs.Texas A&MW 48–⁠311220–
Oct 11vs.AuburnW 38–⁠231110–
Oct 25atKentuckyW 45–⁠315510–
Nov 1vs.ArkansasW 17–⁠1041071–
Nov 8vs.UT MartinW 45–⁠1611201
Nov 15atAlabamaL 20–⁠252412
Nov 22vs.VanderbiltW 51–⁠01802
Nov 29atOle MissL 17–⁠315980–
Dec 31 ✦vs.Georgia TechL 34–⁠49610212
2013 Mississippi State 5 games, 9 catches, 115 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Aug 31vs.Oklahoma StateL 3–⁠21180–
Sep 7vs.Alcorn StateW 51–⁠73460–
Sep 21vs.TroyW 62–⁠73350–
Oct 12vs.Bowling GreenW 21–⁠201170–
Oct 24vs.KentuckyW 28–⁠22190–

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2017 Senior Bowl (South team, won 16–⁠15).

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′0¾″
Weight213 lb
Arm length31¼″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.51 s
10-yard split1.54 s
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press10 reps
3-cone drill6.99 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2020XFLSeattle Dragons *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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