Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 41 | — |
| Target share | 20.7% | 145th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 73.2% | 121st / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 51.2% | 215th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 9.8 | 118th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 12.2% | 227th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 19.5% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 9 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 6 | — |
Charting
Where Sparks's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted40 targets charted
2025 charting · Texas State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Sparks’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted47 targets charted
Career
3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Texas State#60 · 4-4 | 7 | 52% | 30 | 402 | 3 | 20.7% |
| 2025 | Texas State#62 · 7-6 | 13 | 86% | 84 | 1200 | 10 | 31.9% |
| 2024 | Texas State#51 · 8-5 | 11 | 24% | 25 | 271 | 2 | 6.6% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Beau Sparks's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Beau Sparks's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 | @ Texas | L 7–59 | 5.5 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 |  UTSA | L 26–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  North Texas | W 49–35 | 3.9 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 |  Incarnate Word | W 63–10 | 7.4 | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 1 | 63 |
| 5 | @ San Diego State | L 29–31 | 9.4 | 10 | 153 | 15.3 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 |  Colorado State | W 66–27 | 6.7 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 43 |
| 8 |  Utah State | W 20–17 | 6.4 | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | @ Boise State | L 45–46 | 7.6 | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 1 | 44 |
| 2026 · 7 games | 6.7 | 30 | 402 | 13.4 | 3 | 63 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 1 | — |
| Yards | 9 | 1101st / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 9 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 9 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 30 | 146th / 2089 |
| Yards | 402 | 140th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 13.4 | 175th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 127th / 914 |
| Long | 63 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Texas | ✓ WR | 70 | ~39 (12–53) | 5 | · | 56% |
| Wk 3 · North Texas | — | 71 | ~21 (7–29) | 2 | · | 30% |
| Wk 4 · Incarnate Word | ✓ WR | 68 | ~14 (4–23) | 2 | · | 21% |
| Wk 5 · San Diego State | ✓ WR | 102 | ~81 (53–99) | 12 | · | 79% |
| Wk 7 · Colorado State | ✓ WR | 74 | ~42 (28–51) | 3 | 1 | 57% |
| Wk 8 · Utah State | — | 68 | ~58 (38–68) | 8 | · | 85% |
| Wk 9 · Boise State | ✓ WR | 63 | ~52 (34–63) | 10 | · | 83% |
| Season | 5 GS | 594 | 307 (258–358) | 42 | 1 | 52% |
Position Room
11 WRs on the Texas State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Dawn Jr. | WR | SR | 41 | 467 | 5 | 27% | +0.21 |
| 11 | Beau Sparks | WR | SR | 30 | 402 | 3 | 19% | +0.58 |
| 3 | Zechariah Sample | WR | SO | 13 | 250 | 2 | 12% | +0.52 |
| 2 | Kylen Evans | WR | SO | 12 | 214 | 0 | 10% | +1.14 |
| 13 | Tucker Cusano | WR | FR | 12 | 168 | 0 | 8% | +0.51 |
| 14 | Jordan Martin | WR | SO | 5 | 34 | 1 | 6% | +0.40 |
| 20 | Dameon Crowe | WR | FR | 4 | 37 | 0 | 8% | +0.53 |
| 12 | La'Keyleon Graves | WR | FR | 2 | 56 | 1 | 5% | +2.09 |
| 25 | Skylar Lewis | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Blake Mclane | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Jonah Jones | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Texas State depth chart →