#18Sterling Berkhalter

WR·Wake Forest·2025

Sterling Berkhalter is a Slot Specialist WR for Wake Forest. Sterling's 2025 season produced 25.5 total EPA across 49 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 Sterling Berkhalter'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

30 Receptions416 Rec yards2 Rec TD13.9 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs WR peers

Efficiency100
Volume16
Explosiveness46
Consistency57
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 consistency57th %ile · average

Key findings

▸Top-10% efficiency among WRs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
▸Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
▸5 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
▸Production faded as the season progressed — 1.01 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
▸Peak game: 3.71 EPA/play in Wk 2 vs Western Carolina.

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.

Historical Comparables · WR · efficiency + volume + value

Players from 2013–2025 matched on EPA efficiency, play volume, and adjusted value tier — not just one metric.

Player	Team	Yr	Plays	WEPA/play	Line val	Total EPA
Savion Williams	TCU	2024	56	0.450	1.1	25.2
DeAndre Hughes	Air Force	2021	60	0.470	1.3	28.2
Keytaon Thompson	Mississippi State	2017	70	0.460	1.2	32.2
Dane Kinamon	Air Force	2021	39	0.410	0.7	16.0
Quadree Henderson	Pittsburgh	2016	63	0.530	1.6	33.4

Comps are statistical — efficiency, volume, and value tier all factor in. Style and conference context differ.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Rec	Rec Yds	Avg	Rec TD	Long	EPA/play
1	vsKennesaw State	W10-9	-5.4	3	34	11.3	0	18	1.50
2	vsWestern Carolina	W42-10	—	2	72	36.0	1	51	3.71
3	vsNC State	L24-34	4.8	3	43	14.3	0	26	0.17
5	vsGeorgia Tech	L29-30	9.3	2	50	25.0	0	39	1.00
7	@Oregon State	W39-14	-15.9	3	26	8.7	0	11	0.64
9	vsSMU	W13-12	13.4	5	58	11.6	0	22	0.27
10	@Florida State	L7-42	7.2	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.08
11	@Virginia	W16-9	11.1	1	9	9.0	0	9	-0.51
12	vsNorth Carolina	W28-12	-6.6	2	19	9.5	0	13	0.10
13	vsDelaware	W52-14	-10.9	2	42	21.0	1	23	1.18
14	@Duke	L32-49	6.6	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.15
20	vsMississippi State	W43-29	4.1	5	34	6.8	0	15	—

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

5.7%

Passing plays

11.9%

Rushing plays

0.0%

Standard downs

3.5%

Passing downs

10.1%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: 0.08
Passing downs: 0.82
Pass / Rush EPA: 0.52 / —

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