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 | 20 | — |
| Target share | 11.2% | 480th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 70.0% | 162nd / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 50.0% | 220th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 5.0 | 489th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | 495th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 5.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 10 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 6 | — |
Charting
Where Bates's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted19 targets charted
2025 charting · Boise State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Bates’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted28 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 |  Boise State#36 · 7-1 | 6 | 44% | 14 | 101 | 3 | 11.2% |
| 2025 | Boise State#46 · 9-5 | 12 | 43% | 17 | 302 | 1 | 10.8% |
| 2024 | Boise State#17 · 12-2 | 9 | 19% | 9 | 67 | 0 | 3.9% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Cam Bates's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Cam Bates'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 | Returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 | @ Oregon | L 27–34 | 6.0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 13 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Memphis | W 38–20 | 8.7 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | · | · | 1 | 72 | 1 |
| 3 |  South Dakota | W 38–24 | 2.0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 10 | · | · | 1 | -3 | · |
| 4 | @ Western Michigan | W 32–7 | 3.9 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 |  Utah State | W 37–18 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 | @ Fresno State | W 38–31 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 8 | @ Washington State | W 31–10 | 5.8 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 7 | · | · | 1 | 5 | · |
| 9 |  Texas State | W 46–45 | 4.7 | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 11 | · | · | 1 | -15 | · |
| 2026 · 6 games | 5.2 | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 3 | 13 | · | · | 4 | 59 | 1 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 14 | 510th / 2089 |
| Yards | 101 | 764th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 7.2 | — |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 127th / 914 |
| Long | 13 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4438th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 1 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 2 | — |
| Lost | 1 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 4 | — |
| Yards | 59 | — |
| Average | 14.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | — |
| Long | 72 | — |
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 · Oregon | ✓ WR | 64 | ~43 (28–52) | 3 | · | · | 67% |
| Wk 2 · Memphis | ✓ WR | 75 | ~51 (34–62) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 68% |
| Wk 3 · South Dakota | — | 79 | ~22 (7–30) | 2 | · | 1 | 28% |
| Wk 4 · Western Michigan | — | 65 | ~44 (29–54) | 2 | · | · | 68% |
| Wk 8 · Washington State | — | 61 | ~37 (12–51) | 3 | · | 1 | 61% |
| Wk 9 · Texas State | — | 86 | ~52 (34–63) | 5 | · | 1 | 60% |
| Season | 2 GS | 571 | 249 (209–290) | 20 | 1 | 4 | 44% |
Position Room
17 WRs on the Boise State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Rasean Jones | WR | FR | 37 | 545 | 4 | 25% | +0.79 |
| Akeem Wright | WR | 21 | 321 | 2 | 14% | +0.57 | ||
| 3 | Cam Bates | WR | JR | 14 | 101 | 3 | 11% | +0.68 |
| 82 | Ben Ford | WR | SR | 12 | 137 | 2 | 9% | +0.66 |
| Qumonte Williams Jr. | WR | 4 | 36 | 0 | 5% | +0.12 | ||
| 25 | Quinton Brown | WR | SO | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9% | -0.04 |
| 85 | Terrious Favors | WR | FR | 2 | 27 | 1 | 3% | +0.91 |
| 13 | Darren Morris | WR | SR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3% | -1.40 |
| 17 | AJ Jones | WR | FR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6% | +0.94 |
| 24 | AJ Maes | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Lincoln Dunn | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Jeremyah Lane | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Romeo Carter | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Kamryn Jones | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Gavin Packer | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | AJ Logan | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carson Monagan | 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. Boise State depth chart →