Player Dossier

2023-2023

Colorado

Willie Gaines

WR • 5'9" • 165 lbs • Cocoa Beach, FL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Willie Gaines reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

12

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado

23

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Colorado
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.83

Cocoa · Cocoa, FL

Committed To
Toledo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Willie Gaines, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado. Willie Gaines reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
12
Receptions
2

Quick Answers

Willie Gaines quick answers

Latest team and position
Colorado · WR
Career Receiving Yards
12
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 2 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Colorado
Top game
USC
Recruit profile
3-star · Cocoa · Toledo
High school pipeline
Cocoa · 37 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Junior
2023 Receiving yards rank
12 receiving yards · WR 947th (top 92%) · Pac-12 164th (top 86%) · National 1,801st (top 87%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonColorado2212054.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Colorado to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted19.6Jan 3, 2024
2023Unlisted to ColoradoUnlisted to P480.5Apr 18, 2023

Willie Gaines played WR for Colorado. Across 1 tracked season, Willie Gaines recorded 12 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Colorado.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Colorado paired 12 primary output with 40 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 40 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: USC

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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2023 Regular Season · Colorado

Games

2

Receiving Yards / G

6

Efficiency

40

Usage

3.2

Consistency

66.7

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 3. USC: 9

Volume vs Efficiency

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Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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

Wins3 · Games = 1 · -6 vs Losses
Losses9 · Games = 1 · +6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

60 vs USC

Result
Sat 9/30vs USCL 41-48199909
Sat 9/9vs NebraskaW 36-14133303

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Colorado

    2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonColorado12403.2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs USC

Week 5 · L 41-48 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

9

Receiving Yards

57 takeover

9 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.

#2

vs Nebraska

Week 2 · W 36-14

3

Receiving Yards

21.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

3 receiving yards with a 20 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Colorado

12 primary output · 40 efficiency · 3.2 usage

54.4

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games