Usage Score
16.3
Player Dossier
2022-2025Tulsa
WR • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Little Elm, TX, USA
Zion Steptoe reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Usage Score
16.3
Efficiency
73.4
Consistency
55.1
Season Value
56.3
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Purdue
Snapshot
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Zion Steptoe, WR. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Purdue. Zion Steptoe reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
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.
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.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
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
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Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
30.2
Efficiency
73.4
Usage
16.3
Consistency
55.1
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
Active game
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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
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
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
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 11/29 | vs UAB | L 24-31 | — | 3 | 59 | 14.4 | 19.70 | 0 | 42 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Army | W 26-25 | — | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 15.20 | 0 | 33 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 21-40 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Temple | L 37-38 | — | — | — | 5.7 | — | — | — |
| Thu 10/16 | @ East Carolina | L 27-41 | — | 4 | 57 | 17.8 | 14.30 | 0 | 19 |
| Sun 10/5 | @ Memphis | L 7-45 | — | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Tulane | L 14-31 | — | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 0 | 10 |
| Fri 9/19 | @ Oklahoma State | W 19-12 | — | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 0 | 16 |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Navy | L 23-42 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
Purdue
2022-2023
Opening stop
Tulsa
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Progression
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tulsa | 203 | 70 | 10.4 | 203 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tulsa | 272 | 73.4 | 16.3 | 69 |
#1 Featured game
Army
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
76
Primary metric
76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
Unknown
88
Primary metric
Game with an explosive receiving profile.
88 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
UAB
59
Primary metric
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
East Carolina
57
Primary metric
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
57 receiving yards with a 95 efficiency score.
#5
East Carolina
31
Primary metric
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
31 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#1 Season by value score
2023 Regular Season · Purdue
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2025 Regular Season · Tulsa
56.3
272 primary · 73.4 efficiency · 16.3 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Tulsa
45.5
203 primary · 70 efficiency · 10.4 usage
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
Recruit Profile
Class 2026 · Rating 0.83
Laurel · Laurel, MS
Career Facts
2
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
475
Career Receiving Yards
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 22 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.