Rome Odunze with the Chicago Bears, 2024
With the Chicago Bears, 2024. Photo: Bobak Ha’Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Washington, 2020–⁠23

Rome Odunze

Number
No. 1
Height
6′3″
Weight
215 lb
Class (2023)
Junior
Hometown
Las Vegas, NV
Born
Jun 3, 2002

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Rome Odunze played receiver at Washington (2020–⁠23). He was a consensus All‑American in 2023. The Chicago Bears took Odunze in the first round, No. 9 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,640
Receiving yards, 2023 (Washington, 14–⁠1)
National rank
No. 1
In FBS in receiving yards, 2023
Drafted
No. 9
Overall, 2024 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Career highs

9catches, career highthree times; last vs. Arizona, 2022180receiving yards, career highat Michigan State, 20232receiving touchdowns, career highseven times; last vs. Washington State, 2023

Honors

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2023

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2020Washington67212.0025
2021Washington4141510.1455
2022Washington751,14515.3761
2023Washington921,64017.81352
Career2143,27215.32461

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Washington–––100
2023Washington21702871
Career21703871

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
2020Washington1WRYr 1
2021Washington1WRYr 2
2022Washington1WRYr 3
2023Washington1WRJr. (Yr 4)6′3″215

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
2020Washington120.14––1.6–
2021Washington620.3714th (n=410)0.6723.011%
2022Washington1090.8164th (n=683)0.7187.812%
2023Washington1221.0278th (n=681)0.80124.013%

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

2023 Washington 15 games, 92 catches, 1,640 yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Boise StateW 56–⁠197132129–
Sep 9vs.TulsaW 43–⁠10710713414
Sep 16atMichigan StateW 41–⁠78180050–
Sep 23vs.CaliforniaW 59–⁠325125244–
Sep 30atArizonaW 31–⁠24564018–
Oct 14vs.OregonW 36–⁠338128243–
Oct 21vs.Arizona StateW 15–⁠7582021–
Oct 28atStanfordW 42–⁠33689125–
Nov 4atUSCW 52–⁠42582026–
Nov 11vs.UtahW 35–⁠283111244–
Nov 18atOregon StateW 22–⁠207106232–
Nov 25vs.Washington StateW 24–⁠21712024023
Dec 1vs.OregonW 34–⁠318102034–
Jan 1 ✦vs.TexasW 37–⁠316125052–
Jan 8 ✦vs.MichiganL 13–⁠34587044–
2022 Washington 12 games, 75 catches, 1,145 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Kent StateW 45–⁠207841224
Sep 17vs.Michigan StateW 39–⁠28348029–
Sep 24vs.StanfordW 40–⁠228161161–
Sep 30atUCLAL 32–⁠408116233–
Oct 8atArizona StateL 38–⁠459115025−3
Oct 15vs.ArizonaW 49–⁠399169248–
Oct 22atCaliforniaW 28–⁠21663015–
Nov 4vs.Oregon StateW 24–⁠217102027–
Nov 12atOregonW 37–⁠34656013–
Nov 19vs.ColoradoW 54–⁠721709–
Nov 26atWashington StateW 51–⁠3351571485
Dec 29 ✦vs.TexasW 27–⁠20557018–
2021 Washington 9 games, 41 catches, 415 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 25vs.CaliforniaW 31–⁠24356025–
Oct 2atOregon StateL 24–⁠2732009–
Oct 16vs.UCLAL 17–⁠24458126–
Oct 22atArizonaW 21–⁠1621418–
Oct 30atStanfordW 20–⁠13637011–
Nov 6vs.OregonL 16–⁠2631109–
Nov 13vs.Arizona StateL 30–⁠3588202013
Nov 20atColoradoL 17–⁠20968117–
Nov 26vs.Washington StateL 13–⁠40369155–
2020 Washington 2 games, 6 catches, 72 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Nov 14vs.Oregon StateW 27–⁠211303−6
Dec 5vs.StanfordL 26–⁠31569025−10

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2024
Height6′2⅞″
Weight212 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan76¾″W
40-yard dash4.45 s
10-yard split1.52 sW
Vertical jump39″
Broad jump10′4″
3-cone drill6.88 s
20-yard shuttle4.03 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 34 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2024Chicago Bears17547343
2025Chicago Bears12446616
2026 (so far)Chicago Bears5172730
NFL career341151,6689

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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