Player Dossier

2022-2025

Tulsa

Zion Steptoe

WR • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Little Elm, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Zion Steptoe reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

29

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Purdue • Tulsa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Army

Player Story

Zion Steptoe built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with Purdue and Tulsa. The clearest part of Zion Steptoe's career was his receiving...

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Zion Steptoe, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Purdue. Zion Steptoe reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
475
Receptions
36

Quick Answers

Zion Steptoe quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulsa · WR
Career Receiving Yards
475
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Purdue
Top game
Army
High school pipeline
Laurel · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 7 · Junior
2025 Receiving yards rank
272 receiving yards · WR 388th (top 36%) · American Athletic 53rd (top 24%) · National 487th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue0-00-
2023 Regular SeasonPurdue4-00100
2024 Regular SeasonTulsa915203055.2
2025 Regular SeasonTulsa921272070.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Tulsa to MinnesotaG5/FCS to P479.1Jan 10, 2026
2025Tulsa to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted17.1Jan 22, 2025

Zion Steptoe played WR for Purdue and Tulsa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zion Steptoe recorded 65 rushing yards, 475 receiving yards, and 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Tulsa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Purdue paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 73.4 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on 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 Purdue, Tulsa.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Army

Win 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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2025 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

30.2

Efficiency

73.4

Usage

16.3

Consistency

55.1

Best Game by takeover score

Army

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Navy: 3. Oklahoma State: 26. Tulane: 26. Memphis: 25. East Carolina: 57. Temple: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Army: 76. UAB: 59

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. Navy: 1 by 20. Oklahoma State: 3 by 57.8. Tulane: 3 by 57.8. Memphis: 2 by 83.3. East Carolina: 4 by 95. Army: 5 by 100. UAB: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins51 · Games = 2 · +26.7 vs Losses
Losses24.3 · Games = 7 · -26.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Army

Best efficiency game

100 vs UAB

Result
Sat 11/29vs UABL 24-3135914.419.70042
Sat 11/22@ ArmyW 26-2557615.215.20033
Sat 11/8@ Florida AtlanticL 21-403
Sat 10/25vs TempleL 37-385.7
Thu 10/16@ East CarolinaL 27-4145717.814.30019
Sun 10/5@ MemphisL 7-4522512.512.50015
Sat 9/27vs TulaneL 14-313268.78.70010
Fri 9/19@ Oklahoma StateW 19-123268.78.70016
Sun 9/14vs NavyL 23-42133303

Player Story

Zion Steptoe story

Zion Steptoe built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with Purdue and Tulsa. The clearest part of Zion Steptoe's career was his receiving role: 36 catches, 475 receiving yards, and 65 rushing yards across 22 career games in the available record. His career also includes 65 rushing yards and 13 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Zion Steptoe's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Purdue

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tulsa

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue0
2023 Regular SeasonPurdue00
2024 Regular SeasonTulsa2037010.4203
2025 Regular SeasonTulsa27273.416.369

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 74 Army

Week 13 · W 26-25 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

76

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Northwestern State

Week 1 · W 62-28

88

Receiving Yards

90.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

88 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 125 UAB

Week 14 · L 24-31 · Conference game

59

Receiving Yards

89.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ No. 38 East Carolina

Week 8 · L 27-41 · Conference game

57

Receiving Yards

76 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

57 receiving yards with a 95 efficiency score.

#5

vs East Carolina

Week 12 · L 31-38 · Conference game

31

Receiving Yards

56.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

31 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Purdue

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2025 Regular Season · Tulsa

70.7

272 primary · 73.4 efficiency · 16.3 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Tulsa

55.2

203 primary · 70 efficiency · 10.4 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games