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 | 17 | — |
| Target share | 9.0% | — |
| Catch rate | 52.9% | — |
| Success rate per target | 47.1% | — |
| Yards per target | 8.4 | — |
| Explosive catches | 11.8% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 23.5% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 3 | — |
Charting
Where III's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted18 targets charted
2025 charting · Rutgers
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of III’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted10 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 |  Rutgers#94 · 2-6 | 8 | 47% | 10 | 195 | 2 | 9.0% |
| 2025 | Rutgers#65 · 5-7 | 10 | 22% | 8 | 119 | 1 | 10.4% |
| 2024 | Rutgers#52 · 7-6 | 10 | 20% | 12 | 157 | 1 | 4.9% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ben Black III's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Ben Black III'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 | Defense | Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 |  Massachusetts | L 21–37 | 6.2 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 | @ Boston College | L 21–28 | 5.8 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 20 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  USC | L 35–42 | 6.3 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 31 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Howard | W 58–7 | 6.1 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 16 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 |  Indiana | L 15–47 | 7.0 | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 1 | 53 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 | @ Maryland | W 37–30 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 25 | · | · | · |
| 8 | @ Northwestern | L 14–42 | 5.5 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | 2 | 47 | · | · | · |
| 9 |  Michigan | L 21–28 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 · 7 games | 6.1 | 10 | 195 | 19.5 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | 3 | 72 | · | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 10 | 705th / 2089 |
| Yards | 195 | 447th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 19.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 223rd / 914 |
| Long | 53 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3934th / 5664 |
| Solo | 2 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 3 | — |
| Yards | 72 | — |
| Average | 24 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 29 | — |
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 | Plays made | Special teams | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Massachusetts | ✓ WR | 62 | ~17 (5–23) | 2 | 1 | · | · | 27% |
| Wk 2 · Boston College | ✓ WR | 68 | ~36 (11–49) | 2 | · | · | · | 53% |
| Wk 3 · USC | ✓ WR | 69 | ~39 (12–53) | 3 | · | · | 1 | 57% |
| Wk 4 · Howard | ✓ WR | 72 | ~42 (28–51) | 3 | · | · | · | 58% |
| Wk 5 · Indiana | ✓ WR | 55 | ~32 (10–44) | 2 | · | · | 2 | 58% |
| Wk 7 · Maryland | — | 74 | ~21 (7–29) | 2 | · | 1 | · | 28% |
| Wk 8 · Northwestern | ✓ WR | 66 | ~38 (12–52) | 3 | 1 | 2 | · | 58% |
| Wk 9 · Michigan | — | 40 | ~12 (4–20) | 1 | · | · | · | 30% |
| Season | 6 GS | 506 | 237 (147–288) | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 47% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Rutgers roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | KJ Duff | WR | JR | 45 | 774 | 9 | 36% | +0.76 |
| 4 | Jourdin Houston | WR | SO | 18 | 264 | 1 | 14% | +0.40 |
| 0 | Dyzier Carter | WR | FR | 11 | 151 | 0 | 12% | +0.56 |
| 2 | Ben Black III | WR | JR | 10 | 195 | 2 | 8% | +1.01 |
| 5 | Vernon Allen III | WR | SO | 5 | 72 | 2 | 5% | +1.32 |
| 13 | Elias Coke | WR | FR | 3 | 29 | 1 | 6% | -0.05 |
| 7 | Dylan Braithwaite | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Sah'nye Degraffenreidt | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Trent Osborn | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Salomon Ealey | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Dino Kaliakmanis | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Justice Hurt | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quentin Redding | WR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Rutgers depth chart →