This post is not about actual hands-on value or eye tests or blocking skills or route-running. It’s not about toughness and playing through pain, though no doubt every player endures that over the course of a long season. This isn’t science. It’s just goofy, nerdy fun for me. And though I didn’t settle my all-state ballot based strictly on these numbers, it was fun in the process. And, yes, it helped open my eyes to some of our lesser-known WRs out there. It began with a comparison of two excellent WRs: Noah Esprecion of Campbell and Martin Tigilau of Kailua.
¥ point value (reception = 1 pt; 1 yard = .1 pt; TD = 6 pts)
$ strength of schedule (5 pts per Top 10 opponent)
REC Noah Esprecion CAM
vs. Martin Tigilau KAIL
Noah Esprecion 10g 73-859, 5 TD (85.9 ypg)
> Led OIA in receptions despite lack of ground attack
> Six of 10 games against Top 10 teams
¥ 188.9 pts / ¥18.9 pg
$ +30 (six gm vs Top10 * 5 pts)
¥$ 218.9 / ¥$21.9 pg
Martin Tigilau 10g 43-676, 12 TD (67.6 ypg)
> Second in OIA in TD catches
> OIA Blue
> Four of 10 opponents in Top 10
¥ 182.6 pts / ¥18.3 pg
$ +20
¥$ 202.6 / ¥$20.3 pg
Kingston Moses-Sanchez FAR
11g 52-824, 8 TD (74.9 ypg)
> OIA Blue
> Five of 11 games against Top 10 teams
> Huge first half against Waianae in playoffs, shut out in second half
¥ 182.4 pts / ¥16.6 pg
$ +25
¥$ 207.4 / ¥$18.9 pg
Ethan Takeyama PUN
10g 53-691, 9 TD (69.1 ypg)
>> Eight of 10 games vs. Top 10 level teams (ILH Division I)
¥ 176.1 pts / ¥17.6 pg
$ +40
¥$ 216.1 / ¥$21.6 pg
Andrew Simanu WAIP
8g 50-779, 5 TD (97.4 ypg)
> WAIP no running game
> OIA Red
> Four of eight opponents in Top 10
> One game against McKinley, a depleted team (before it forfeited its last few games)
¥ 157.9 pts / ¥19.7 pg
$ +20
¥$177.9 / ¥$22.2 pg
Drew Kobayashi STL
10g 34-695, 4 TD (69.5 ypg)
> Hampered by injuries early in season and injuries to his QB at midseason
> Eight of 10 games against Top 10 teams (includes Liberty)
¥ 127.5 pts / ¥12.8 pg
$ +40
¥$ 167.5 / ¥$16.8 pg
Keoni-Kordell Makekau IOL
8g 53-717, 5 TD (89.6 ypg)
> Sat out one game
> Seven of his team’s nine games vs. Top 10 teams (ILH Division I)
¥ 154.7 pts / ¥19.3 pg
$ +35
¥$189.7 / ¥$23.7 pg
Ty-Noah Williams KPO
10g 50-1,051, 9 TD (105.1 ypg)
> 313 yards in playoff win over Castle
> Shut down by KAH in playoff loss until garbage time
> OIA Blue
> Five of 10 games against Top 10 teams including two vs. Kahuku
¥ 209.1 pts / ¥20.9 pg
> Factor out the Castle outlier (313 yds+rec+TDs against a roster of 25 tired and mostly two-way players — McGoldrick started and played both DB and WR all game) and Williams’ ¥pg would have been roughly 5 points lower, at ¥15 or ¥16 pg. Then again, few WRs had to face Kahuku’s secondary (three all-state first-team DBs) TWICE in one season.
$ +25
¥$224.1 / ¥$22.4 pg
Jeremy McGoldrick CAS
8g 43-690, 15 TD (86.3 ypg)
> Shut down for two receptions, 0 TD by KPO in playoffs
> OIA Red
> Four of eight games vs. Top 10 teams
¥ 202.0 pts / ¥25.3 pg
$ +20
¥$222.0 / ¥$27.8 pg
Kumoku Noa KS
9g 55-1,200, 15 TD (133.3 ypg)
> Seven of nine opponents in Top 10
¥ 265.0 pts / ¥29.4 pg
$ +35
¥$300.0 / ¥$33.3 pg
Note: This does not incorporate all of his impact-making plays as a kick returner.
Kalakaua Timoteo MIL
12g 70-1,345, 22 TD (112.1 ypg)
> Seven of 12 opponents in Top 10 (counting Liberty)
¥ 336.0 pts / ¥28.0 pg
$ +35
¥$371.0 / ¥$30.9 pg
Next: Part 2, a look at many, many more receivers.
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