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 | 73 | — |
| Target share | 36.3% | 5th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 76.7% | 70th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 63.0% | 41st / 534 |
| Yards per target | 11.6 | 44th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 15.1% | 142nd / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 11.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 16 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 13 | — |
Charting
Where Hernandez's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted71 targets charted
2025 charting · Wake Forest
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (7 of Hernandez’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted38 targets charted
Career
4 seasons at 2 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 |  Wake Forest#14 · 7-1 | 8 | 73% | 57 | 856 | 5 | 36.3% |
| 2025 | Wake Forest#57 · 9-4 | 13 | 61% | 40 | 611 | 3 | 17.5% |
| 2024 |  Washington State#66 · 8-5 | 8 | 36% | 31 | 397 | 5 | 17.7% |
| 2023 | Washington State#52 · 5-7 | 8 | 29% | 24 | 258 | 0 | 6.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Carlos Hernandez's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Carlos Hernandez'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 |  Akron | W 38–16 | 9.6 | 5 | 165 | 33.0 | 1 | 78 | · | · | 1 | 18 | · |
| 2 | @ Purdue | W 38–36 | 7.6 | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 0 | 25 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Miami | L 20–33 | 7.8 | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 1 | 21 | · | · | 2 | 14 | · |
| 4 | @ Louisville | W 30–27 | 9.4 | 9 | 194 | 21.6 | 1 | 77 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 |  Stanford | W 57–3 | 7.4 | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 0 | 19 | · | · | 1 | -1 | · |
| 6 | @ NC State | W 38–14 | 8.7 | 12 | 117 | 9.8 | 1 | 24 | · | · | 2 | 8 | · |
| 7 | @ California | W 41–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 9 |  Virginia | W 51–7 | 8.9 | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 1 | 33 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 7 games | 8.5 | 57 | 856 | 15.0 | 5 | 78 | · | · | 6 | 39 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 57 | 11th / 2089 |
| Yards | 856 | 8th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 15 | 102nd / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 5 | 38th / 914 |
| Long | 78 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 2 | — |
| Lost | 1 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 6 | — |
| Yards | 39 | — |
| Average | 6.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 18 | — |
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 | Special teams | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Akron | ✓ WR | 67 | ~54 (35–66) | 9 | 1 | · | 81% |
| Wk 2 · Purdue | ✓ WR | 68 | ~47 (31–57) | 7 | · | · | 69% |
| Wk 3 · Miami | ✓ WR | 63 | ~54 (35–63) | 14 | 2 | 1 | 86% |
| Wk 4 · Louisville | ✓ WR | 61 | ~55 (36–61) | 11 | · | · | 90% |
| Wk 5 · Stanford | — | 66 | ~56 (37–66) | 10 | 1 | · | 85% |
| Wk 6 · NC State | — | 70 | ~61 (40–70) | 14 | 2 | · | 87% |
| Wk 7 · California | ✓ WR | 62 | · | · | · | · | — |
| Wk 9 · Virginia | — | 72 | ~57 (37–69) | 9 | · | · | 79% |
| Season | 5 GS | 529 | 384 (322–447) | 74 | 6 | 1 | 73% |
Position Room
16 WRs on the Wake Forest roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Carlos Hernandez | WR | SR | 57 | 856 | 5 | 32% | +0.98 |
| 10 | Jack Foley | WR | FR | 22 | 395 | 4 | 14% | +0.66 |
| 5 | Kam Shanks | WR | JR | 18 | 262 | 1 | 12% | +0.41 |
| 14 | Antonio Meeks | WR | SR | 11 | 187 | 1 | 10% | +0.23 |
| 18 | Drayden Dickmann | WR | JR | 11 | 117 | 0 | 6% | +0.48 |
| 88 | Bryce Kania | WR | FR | 4 | 53 | 1 | 6% | +1.50 |
| 38 | Walker Bryson | WR | FR | 2 | 15 | 0 | 4% | +1.42 |
| 28 | Hugh O'Brien | WR | FR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | +0.52 |
| 82 | Devin Goldston | WR | FR | 1 | 51 | 0 | 3% | +3.05 |
| 7 | Wondame Davis Jr. | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Ny Carr | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Elijah Otieno | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Zeek Jackson | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Eli Potts | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Kobe Adeleke-Hokes | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chase Tyler | WR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.87 |
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. Wake Forest depth chart →