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Tanook Hines
Tanook Hines

#16Tanook Hines

WR·USC·2025

Tanook Hines is a Slot Specialist WR for USC. Tanook's 2025 season produced 46.3 total EPA across 44 plays.

What projects, and what doesn't · WRs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.47
    Beats guessing the WR average by 16%. n=6,302 WR seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.09
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=5,767 WR seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.45
    Beats guessing the WR average by 12%. n=5,767 WR seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Tanook Hines's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2025 Production

Receiving
34 Receptions561 Rec yards2 Rec TD16.5 Yards/rec
Returns
3 Kick returns46 KR yards0 KR TD

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs WR peers

  • Efficiency100
  • Volume16
  • Explosiveness63
  • Consistency76
  • Pass-Down100
Player type
Slot Specialist WR

The offense's primary passing-down weapon — routes, separation, and reliability on 3rd down define this role.

3rd-down converterRoute technicianHigh passing-down share
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)100th %ile · elite
Game-to-game consistency76th %ile · above avg
Key findings
  • ▸Top-10% efficiency among WRs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
  • ▸Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
  • ▸High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
  • ▸9 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
  • ▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
  • ▸Peak game: 2.61 EPA/play in Wk 4 vs Michigan State (SP+ -3).

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗
Elite

Top-3 player at position nationally. Collective + national brand deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+2.610−2.61Wk 1 vs Missouri State: +1.15 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Georgia Southern: +0.39 EPA/play2Wk 3 vs Purdue: +0.78 EPA/play3Wk 4 vs Michigan State: +2.61 EPA/play4Wk 5 vs Illinois: +1.15 EPA/play5Wk 7 vs Michigan: -0.09 EPA/play7Wk 8 vs Notre Dame: +0.80 EPA/play8Wk 10 vs Nebraska: +1.75 EPA/play10Wk 11 vs Northwestern: +1.28 EPA/play11Wk 12 vs Iowa: -0.27 EPA/play12Wk 13 vs Oregon: +1.75 EPA/play13Wk 14 vs UCLA: +0.49 EPA/play14
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+RecRec YdsAvgRec TDLongEPA/play
1vsMissouri StateW73-13-10.711111.00111.15
2vsGeorgia SouthernW59-20-9.43217.0080.39
3@PurdueW33-17-6.122311.50250.78
4vsMichigan StateW45-31-3.4177.0172.61
5@IllinoisL32-3412.923316.50301.15
7vsMichiganW31-1312.4188.008-0.09
8@Notre DameL24-3424.456713.40240.80
10@NebraskaW21-176.224120.50291.75
11vsNorthwesternW38-175.811010.00101.28
12vsIowaW26-2119.7155.005-0.27
13@OregonL27-4225.9614123.51511.75
14vsUCLAW29-10-8.733110.30260.49
20vsTCUL27-308.3616327.2046—

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
5.6%
Passing plays
11.3%
Rushing plays
0.0%
Standard downs
3.4%
Passing downs
11.5%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.71
Passing downs
1.34
Pass / Rush EPA
1.05 / —

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.