Player Dossier

2012-2016

Syracuse

Amba Etta-Tawo

WR • 6'2" • Powder Springs, GA, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Amba Etta-Tawo reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Syracuse

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Maryland • Syracuse
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

Amba Etta-Tawo built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Powder Springs, GA wearing No. 84, spending time with Maryland and Syracuse. The clearest part of Amba Etta-Tawo's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8283

McEachern · Powder Springs, GA

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Amba Etta-Tawo, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Syracuse. Amba Etta-Tawo reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,420
Receptions
155
Touchdowns
17

Quick Answers

Amba Etta-Tawo quick answers

Latest team and position
Syracuse · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,420
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 35 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Syracuse
Top game
UConn
Recruit profile
3-star · McEachern · Maryland
High school pipeline
McEachern · 45 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 84 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
1,482 receiving yards · WR 8th (top 1%) · ACC 1st (top 1%) · National 8th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonMaryland0-00-
2013 PostseasonMaryland9251062.5
2013 Regular SeasonMaryland929449262.5
2014 PostseasonMaryland6118054.1
2014 Regular SeasonMaryland69204154.1
2015 Regular SeasonMaryland820216047.1
2016 Regular SeasonSyracuse12941,4821486.6

Related Context

Amba Etta-Tawo played WR for Maryland and Syracuse. Across 5 tracked seasons, Amba Etta-Tawo recorded 2,420 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 17 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Syracuse.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Syracuse paired 1,482 primary output with 88.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 95.6 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2016 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 Maryland, Syracuse.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

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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2014 Postseason · Maryland

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

37

Efficiency

95.6

Usage

10.5

Consistency

71

Best Game by takeover score

Rutgers

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 18. Iowa: 46. Penn State: 31. Michigan State: 11. Michigan: 45. Rutgers: 71

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. Stanford: 1 by 100. Iowa: 3 by 100. Penn State: 2 by 100. Michigan State: 1 by 73.3. Michigan: 2 by 100. Rutgers: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins40.7 · Games = 3 · +7.3 vs Losses
Losses33.3 · Games = 3 · -7.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Rutgers

Best efficiency game

100 vs Stanford

Result
Wed 12/31@ StanfordL 21-451181818018
Sat 11/29vs RutgersL 38-411717171171
Sat 11/22@ MichiganW 23-1624522.522.50036
Sun 11/16vs Michigan StateL 15-371111111011
Sat 11/1@ Penn StateW 20-1923115.515.50025
Sat 10/18vs IowaW 38-3134615.315.30026

Player Story

Amba Etta-Tawo story

Amba Etta-Tawo built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Powder Springs, GA wearing No. 84, spending time with Maryland and Syracuse. The clearest part of Amba Etta-Tawo's career was his receiving role: 155 catches, 2,420 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Syracuse. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Maryland and Syracuse.

The arc is straightforward: Amba Etta-Tawo moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Maryland

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Syracuse

    2016

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320132014201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonMaryland0
2013 PostseasonMaryland50083.319.4500
2013 Regular SeasonMaryland50083.319.40
2014 PostseasonMaryland22295.610.5-278
2014 Regular SeasonMaryland22295.610.50
2015 Regular SeasonMaryland21671.216.4-6
2016 Regular SeasonSyracuse1,48288.927.61,266

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UConn

Week 4 · W 31-24

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

270

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

270 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Syracuse

Week 11 · L 3-20 · Conference game

109

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

109 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ NC State

Week 14 · W 41-21 · Conference game

101

Receiving Yards

97.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Michigan State

Week 11 · L 7-24 · Conference game

63

Receiving Yards

94 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

63 receiving yards with a 84 efficiency score.

#5

vs Colgate

Week 1 · W 33-7

210

Receiving Yards

89.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

210 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Syracuse

1,482 primary output · 88.9 efficiency · 27.6 usage

86.6

#2

2013 Postseason · Maryland

62.5

500 primary · 83.3 efficiency · 19.4 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Maryland

62.5

500 primary · 83.3 efficiency · 19.4 usage

Milestones

9

100+ receiving yards

7

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games