Receiver, Rice (from West Virginia), 2018–⁠22

Isaiah Esdale

Number
No. 6
Height
6′0″
Weight
201 lb
Class (2022)
Senior
Hometown
Elkton, MD

Isaiah Esdale played receiver at West Virginia (2018–⁠21) and Rice (2022).

Career highs

6catches, career highthree times; last vs. Iowa State, 2021113receiving yards, career highvs. Texas Tech, 20212receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Southern Miss, 2022

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2019West Virginia1517111.4136
2020West Virginia121159.6028
2021West Virginia2936212.5155
2022Rice4254413.0239
Career981,19212.2455

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2021West Virginia–––13570
2022Rice1180–––
Career118013570

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
2018West Virginia6WRRS
2019West Virginia6WRFr.
2020West Virginia6WRSo.
2021West Virginia6WRJr.
2022Rice6WRSr.6′0″201

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
2019West Virginia260.33––8.55%
2020West Virginia130.80––10.4–
2021West Virginia330.9080th (n=410)0.6729.85%
2022Rice560.6845th (n=683)0.7138.08%

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

2022 Rice 11 games, 42 catches, 544 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3atUSCL 14–⁠664380118–
Sep 10vs.McNeeseW 52–⁠104530–––
Sep 17vs.LouisianaW 33–⁠214640–––
Sep 24atHoustonL 27–⁠345640–––
Oct 1vs.UABW 28–⁠242200–––
Oct 29vs.CharlotteL 23–⁠562160–––
Nov 3vs.UTEPW 37–⁠305580–––
Nov 12atWestern KentuckyL 10–⁠453400–––
Nov 19vs.UTSAL 7–⁠415390–––
Nov 26atNorth TexasL 17–⁠215690–––
Dec 17 ✦vs.Southern MissL 24–⁠383832–––
2021 West Virginia 10 games, 29 catches, 362 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4atMarylandL 24–⁠303360––1
Sep 11vs.Long Island UniversityW 66–⁠01280––1
Sep 18vs.Virginia TechW 27–⁠214460––2
Sep 25atOklahomaL 13–⁠16–––––2
Oct 2vs.Texas TechL 20–⁠2361131––1
Oct 9atBaylorL 20–⁠455490–––
Oct 23atTCUW 29–⁠171100––1
Oct 30vs.Iowa StateW 38–⁠316610––2
Nov 20vs.TexasW 31–⁠232130––3
Nov 27atKansasW 34–⁠28160–––
2020 West Virginia 3 games, 12 catches, 115 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Oct 24atTexas TechL 27–⁠341130–––
Nov 7atTexasL 13–⁠176600–––
Dec 5atIowa StateL 6–⁠425420–––
2019 West Virginia 7 games, 15 catches, 171 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 21atKansasW 29–⁠24160–––
Oct 19atOklahomaL 14–⁠521360–––
Oct 31atBaylorL 14–⁠173260–––
Nov 9vs.Texas TechL 17–⁠382210–––
Nov 16atKansas StateW 24–⁠205340–––
Nov 23vs.Oklahoma StateL 13–⁠20190–––
Nov 29atTCUW 20–⁠172391–––

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

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