Player Dossier

2025-2025

TCU

Ed Small

WR • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Austin, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Ed Small reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

45

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

35

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · TCU

25

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Player Story

Ed Small built his college career in 2025 as a wide receiver from Austin, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Ed Small's career was his receiving role: 16 catches, 186 receiving yards, and...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8911

Anderson · Austin, TX

Committed To
TCU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Ed Small, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · TCU. Ed Small reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
186
Receptions
16
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Ed Small quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · WR
Career Receiving Yards
186
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 5 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · TCU
Top game
Kansas State
Recruit profile
4-star · Anderson · TCU
High school pipeline
Anderson · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Freshman
2025 Receiving yards rank
186 receiving yards · WR 488th (top 45%) · Big 12 77th (top 31%) · National 681st (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2025 Regular SeasonTCU516186261.7

Related Context

Ed Small played WR for TCU. Across 1 tracked season, Ed Small recorded -13 rushing yards, 186 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with TCU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

TCU paired 186 primary output with 71.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 71.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

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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2025 Regular Season · TCU

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

37.2

Efficiency

71.3

Usage

13.1

Consistency

32.1

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Abilene Christian: 45. SMU: 18. Arizona State: 11. Colorado: 11. Kansas State: 101

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. Abilene Christian: 6 by 50. SMU: 2 by 60. Arizona State: 1 by 73.3. Colorado: 1 by 73.3. Kansas State: 6 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins24.7 · Games = 3 · -31.3 vs Losses
Losses56 · Games = 2 · +31.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kansas State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Kansas State

Result
Sat 10/11@ Kansas State100 receiving yardsL 28-41610112.616.80041
Sat 10/4vs ColoradoW 35-211111111011
Sat 9/27@ Arizona StateL 24-271111111011
Sat 9/20vs SMUW 35-242189909
Sun 9/14vs Abilene Christian2+ TDW 42-216457.57.50215

Player Story

Ed Small story

Ed Small built his college career in 2025 as a wide receiver from Austin, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Ed Small's career was his receiving role: 16 catches, 186 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 5 career games in the available record. His career also includes 45 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ed Small's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    TCU

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 Regular SeasonTCU18671.313.1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 42 Kansas State

Week 7 · L 28-41 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

101

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Abilene Christian

Week 3 · W 42-21

45

Receiving Yards

58.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

45 receiving yards with a 50 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 23 SMU

Week 4 · W 35-24 · Ranked opponent

18

Receiving Yards

36 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.

#4

@ No. 60 Arizona State

Week 5 · L 24-27 · Conference game

11

Receiving Yards

33.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 96 Colorado

Week 6 · W 35-21 · Conference game

11

Receiving Yards

32.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · TCU

186 primary output · 71.3 efficiency · 13.1 usage

61.7

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games