Nelson Agholor in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, USC, 2012–⁠14

Nelson Agholor

Number
No. 15
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Tampa, FL
Born
May 24, 1993, in Lagos

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Nelson Agholor played receiver at USC (2012–⁠14). The Philadelphia Eagles took Agholor in the first round, No. 20 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,313
Receiving yards, 2014 (USC, 9–⁠4)
Best game
216 yards
Vs. California, week 12, 2014: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 20
Overall, 2015 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Career highs

16catches, career highvs. California, 2014220receiving yards, career highat Washington State, 20143receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Colorado, 2014

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012USC1934017.9276
2013USC5691816.4662
2014USC1041,31312.61287
Career1792,57114.42087

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2012USC51210–––
2013USC101750193432
2014USC91470201972
Career244430395404

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.PosHt
2012USC15WR
2013USC15WR
2014USC15WR6′1″

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
2013USC521.3197th (n=341)0.8167.96%
2014USC1350.7683rd (n=496)0.52102.414%

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

2014 USC 13 games, 104 catches, 1,313 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.Fresno StateW 52–⁠135572343–
Sep 6atStanfordW 13–⁠109910234–
Sep 13atBoston CollegeL 31–⁠3796411175
Sep 27vs.Oregon StateW 35–⁠103270––2
Oct 4vs.Arizona StateL 34–⁠389850––3
Oct 11atArizonaW 28–⁠2678111172
Oct 18vs.ColoradoW 56–⁠28612832361
Oct 25atUtahL 21–⁠24101100–––
Nov 1atWashington StateW 44–⁠1782201––2
Nov 13vs.CaliforniaW 38–⁠30162162–––
Nov 22atUCLAL 20–⁠383240––4
Nov 29vs.Notre DameW 49–⁠14121201–––
Dec 27 ✦vs.NebraskaW 45–⁠427901––1
2013 USC 14 games, 56 catches, 918 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29atHawai’iW 30–⁠132351–––
Sep 7vs.Washington StateL 7–⁠10––––––
Sep 14vs.Boston CollegeW 35–⁠74550––2
Sep 21vs.Utah StateW 17–⁠142380115–
Sep 28atArizona StateL 41–⁠62364015–
Oct 10vs.ArizonaW 38–⁠3171611125–
Oct 19atNotre DameL 10–⁠1468901204
Oct 26vs.UtahW 19–⁠36971–––
Nov 1atOregon StateW 31–⁠142730––2
Nov 9atCaliforniaW 62–⁠2843501122
Nov 16vs.StanfordW 20–⁠1781040––4
Nov 23atColoradoW 47–⁠2933811241
Nov 30vs.UCLAL 14–⁠3543504742
Dec 21 ✦vs.Fresno StateW 45–⁠205942––2
2012 USC 10 games, 19 catches, 340 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.Hawai’iW 49–⁠10160–––
Sep 15atStanfordL 14–⁠213770–––
Sep 22vs.CaliforniaW 27–⁠91150–––
Oct 4atUtahW 38–⁠28–––119–
Oct 13atWashingtonW 24–⁠14–––250–
Oct 20vs.ColoradoW 50–⁠62100137–
Oct 27atArizonaL 36–⁠391−10–––
Nov 3vs.OregonL 51–⁠6261621115–
Nov 10vs.Arizona StateW 38–⁠172220–––
Nov 17atUCLAL 28–⁠383491–––

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′0⅛″
Weight198 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.42 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump10′5″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill6.83 s
20-yard shuttle4.34 s

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

In the NFL

10 seasons, 144 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Philadelphia Eagles13232831
2016Philadelphia Eagles15363652
2017Philadelphia Eagles16627688
2018Philadelphia Eagles16647364
2019Philadelphia Eagles11393633
2020Las Vegas Raiders16488968
2021New England Patriots14374733
2022New England Patriots14313622
2023Baltimore Ravens16353814
2024Baltimore Ravens13142312
NFL career1443894,85837

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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