Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Rice
Aaron Cephus
WR • 6'4" • 200 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Aaron Cephus reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
58
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice • Hawai'i
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
Aaron Cephus built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Houston, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with Hawai'i and Rice. The clearest part of Aaron Cephus' career was his receiving role:...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Aaron Cephus, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Rice. Aaron Cephus reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,296
- Receptions
- 73
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Aaron Cephus quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,296
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- UTSA
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Dekaney · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Dekaney · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Senior
- 2021 Receiving yards rank
- 80 receiving yards · WR 682nd (top 66%) · Mountain West 93rd (top 53%) · National 1,077th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 10 | 25 | 622 | 5 | 88.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 11 | 40 | 565 | 5 | 73.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 56.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 5 | 7 | 80 | 1 | 35.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 35.6 |
Related Context
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Aaron Cephus played WR for Rice and Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, Aaron Cephus recorded 1,296 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Rice paired 622 primary output with 89.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 82.3 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Rice, Hawai'i.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · Rice
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
51.4
Efficiency
82.3
Usage
20.4
Consistency
51.3
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Houston: 95. Prairie View A&M: 10. Hawai'i: 97. Southern Miss: 22. Wake Forest: 27. UTSA: 64. UAB: 35. Florida International: 24. North Texas: 79. UTEP: 31. Louisiana Tech: 81
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Houston: 5 by 100. Prairie View A&M: 1 by 66.7. Hawai'i: 5 by 100. Southern Miss: 3 by 48.9. Wake Forest: 4 by 45. UTSA: 4 by 100. UAB: 1 by 100. Florida International: 2 by 80. North Texas: 6 by 87.8. UTEP: 2 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 77.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins10 · Games = 1 · -45.5 vs Losses
Losses55.5 · Games = 10 · +45.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
100 vs UTEP
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/11 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 13-28 | — | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 11.60 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs UTEP | L 26-34 | — | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ North Texas | L 17-41 | — | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 13.20 | 1 | 35 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Florida International | L 17-36 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs UAB | L 0-42 | — | 1 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs UTSA | L 3-20 | — | 4 | 64 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Wake Forest | L 24-56 | — | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 6.80 | 1 | 11 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Southern Miss2+ TD | L 22-40 | — | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 2 | 13 |
| Sun 9/9 | @ Hawai'i | L 29-43 | — | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 19.40 | 1 | 41 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Houston | L 27-45 | — | 5 | 95 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| Sat 8/25 | vs Prairie View A&M | W 31-28 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Player Story
Aaron Cephus story
Aaron Cephus built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Houston, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with Hawai'i and Rice. The clearest part of Aaron Cephus' career was his receiving role: 73 catches, 1,296 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Rice. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Hawai'i and Rice.
The arc is straightforward: Aaron Cephus moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Rice
2016-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Hawai'i
2020-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 622 | 89.9 | 26 | 622 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 565 | 82.3 | 20.4 | -57 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 29 | 100 | 5.9 | -536 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 80 | 53.3 | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 80 | 53.3 | 6.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 8 · L 7-20 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
105
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ UAB
Week 10 · L 21-52 · Conference game
100
Receiving Yards
96.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
100 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Hawai'i
Week 2 · L 29-43
97
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Army
Week 6 · L 12-49
87
Receiving Yards
94.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
87 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Houston
Week 1 · L 27-45
95
Receiving Yards
89.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
95 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Rice
622 primary output · 89.9 efficiency · 26 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Rice
73.1
565 primary · 82.3 efficiency · 20.4 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Hawai'i
56.1
29 primary · 100 efficiency · 5.9 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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