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 | 57 | — |
| Target share | 26.6% | 43rd / 534 |
| Catch rate | 63.2% | 301st / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 57.9% | 94th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 8.5 | 229th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 12.3% | 225th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 26.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 11 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 8 | — |
Charting
Where Pegan's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted62 targets charted
2025 charting · Utah State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Pegan’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted49 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 3 schools 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 |  Utah#8 · 8-0 | 8 | 80% | 39 | 505 | 6 | 26.6% |
| 2025 |  Utah State#79 · 6-7 | 12 | 78% | 60 | 926 | 5 | 27.5% |
| 2023 |  UCLA#35 · 8-5 | 1 | 1% | 1 | 7 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Braden Pegan's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Braden Pegan'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 |  Idaho | W 66–14 | 8.4 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 1 | 31 |
| 2 |  Arkansas | W 43–10 | 6.0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Utah State | W 33–0 | 9.1 | 8 | 122 | 15.3 | 2 | 37 |
| 4 | @ Iowa State | W 31–17 | 7.4 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 |  Kansas | W 41–24 | 7.2 | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | @ Colorado | W 27–24 | 8.5 | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 |  Houston | W 21–13 | 6.1 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | @ Cincinnati | W 49–25 | 6.5 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026 · 8 games | 7.4 | 39 | 505 | 12.9 | 6 | 37 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 2 | — |
| Yards | 12 | 1037th / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 411th / 683 |
| Long | 12 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 39 | 64th / 2089 |
| Yards | 505 | 70th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 12.9 | 207th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 22nd / 914 |
| Long | 37 | — |
| Interceptions | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 1 | 145th / 627 |
| Return yards | 5 | — |
| Pick-sixes | 0 | — |
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Idaho | ✓ WR | 75 | ~54 (35–66) | 6 | · | · | 72% |
| Wk 2 · Arkansas | ✓ WR | 62 | ~44 (29–54) | 6 | · | · | 71% |
| Wk 3 · Utah State | ✓ WR | 74 | ~62 (41–74) | 11 | · | · | 84% |
| Wk 4 · Iowa State | ✓ WR | 60 | ~48 (32–58) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 80% |
| Wk 6 · Kansas | ✓ WR | 78 | ~71 (47–78) | 12 | · | · | 91% |
| Wk 7 · Colorado | ✓ WR | 80 | ~69 (45–80) | 13 | · | · | 86% |
| Wk 8 · Houston | ✓ WR | 61 | ~42 (28–51) | 3 | · | · | 69% |
| Wk 9 · Cincinnati | — | 73 | ~59 (39–72) | 8 | · | · | 81% |
| Season | 7 GS | 563 | 449 (377–523) | 64 | 1 | 1 | 80% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Utah roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Braden Pegan | WR | SR | 39 | 505 | 6 | 24% | +0.52 |
| Creed Whittemore | WR | 21 | 347 | 0 | 13% | +0.64 | ||
| 11 | Ricky Johnson | WR | SO | 17 | 248 | 1 | 11% | +0.45 |
| 12 | Larry Simmons | WR | SR | 8 | 120 | 0 | 6% | +0.68 |
| 8 | Mana Carvalho | WR | SO | 2 | 38 | 0 | 6% | -0.74 |
| 0 | Kyri Shoels | WR | SR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | -0.63 |
| 18 | Tobias Merriweather | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Matt Clark | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Peyton Rice | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Junior Coughlin | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Bryson Baker | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Max Ausmus | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daidren Zipperer | WR | — | — | — | 3% | -3.88 |
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. Utah depth chart →