Player Dossier

2015-2018

Louisiana

Earnest Patterson

WR • 5'7" • 155 lbs • Brenham, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Earnest Patterson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

23

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Louisiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Louisiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Player Story

Earnest Patterson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Brenham, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Earnest Patterson's career was his receiving...

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Earnest Patterson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Louisiana. Earnest Patterson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
308
Receptions
22
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Earnest Patterson quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana · WR
Career Receiving Yards
308
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Louisiana
Top game
New Mexico State
Latest roster
No. 22 · Senior
2018 Receiving yards rank
212 receiving yards · WR 451st (top 45%) · Sun Belt 38th (top 23%) · National 567th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonLouisiana0-00-
2016 Regular SeasonLouisiana0-00-
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana71096042.3
2018 PostseasonLouisiana11-0057.2
2018 Regular SeasonLouisiana1112212157.2

Related Context

Earnest Patterson played WR for Louisiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Earnest Patterson recorded 20 rushing yards, 308 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Louisiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Louisiana paired 212 primary output with 72.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 72.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · Louisiana

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

19.3

Efficiency

72.9

Usage

8.5

Consistency

27.7

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 0. Grambling: 6. Mississippi State: 9. Coastal Carolina: 20. Alabama: 0. New Mexico State: 114. Troy: 13. Georgia State: 7. South Alabama: 26. UL Monroe: 17. App State: 0

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. Grambling: 2 by 20. Mississippi State: 2 by 30. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 100. New Mexico State: 3 by 100. Troy: 1 by 86.7. Georgia State: 1 by 46.7. South Alabama: 1 by 100. UL Monroe: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins34 · Games = 5 · +27 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 6 · -27 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

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

100 vs UL Monroe

Result
Sat 12/15vs TulaneL 24-41
Sat 12/1@ App StateL 19-30
Sat 11/24@ UL MonroeW 31-281179.517017
Sat 11/17vs South AlabamaW 48-381262226026
Sat 11/10vs Georgia StateW 36-22177707
Sat 11/3@ TroyL 16-261131313013
Sat 10/13vs New Mexico State100 receiving yardsW 66-3831143838114
Sat 9/29@ AlabamaL 14-56
Sat 9/22vs Coastal CarolinaL 28-301202020020
Sat 9/15@ Mississippi StateL 10-56294.54.5008
Sat 9/1vs GramblingW 49-17263304

Player Story

Earnest Patterson story

Earnest Patterson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Brenham, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Earnest Patterson's career was his receiving role: 22 catches, 308 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 20 rushing yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 20 rushing yards, 3 tackles, and 246 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Earnest Patterson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisiana

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonLouisiana0
2016 Regular SeasonLouisiana00
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana9653.31496
2018 PostseasonLouisiana21272.98.5116
2018 Regular SeasonLouisiana21272.98.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico State

Week 12 · W 47-34 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

62

Receiving Yards

87.8 takeover

62 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs New Mexico State

Week 7 · W 66-38

114

Receiving Yards

81.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

114 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 4 · L 28-30 · Conference game

20

Receiving Yards

50.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs South Alabama

Week 12 · W 48-38 · Conference game

26

Receiving Yards

49.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

26 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ App State

Week 14 · L 14-63 · Conference game

19

Receiving Yards

46.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

19 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Louisiana

212 primary output · 72.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Louisiana

57.2

212 primary · 72.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Louisiana

42.3

96 primary · 53.3 efficiency · 14 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games