EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Grove’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | Northwestern#24 · 6-2 | 2 | 2% |
| 2025 | Northwestern#59 · 7-6 | 2 | 12% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Carson Grove's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Carson Grove'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
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 1 | — |
| Yards | 4 | — |
| Average | 4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 4 | — |
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 | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 · Colorado | 73 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Wk 9 · Oregon | 74 | ~9 (3–15) | 1 | · | 12% |
| Season | 518 | 9 (3–15) | 1 | 1 | 2% |
13 WRs on the Northwestern roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Wilde | WR | 44 | 761 | 5 | 25% | +1.09 | ||
| Drew Wagner | WR | 30 | 261 | 2 | 19% | +0.34 | ||
| 8 | Hayden Eligon II | WR | JR | 6 | 79 | 0 | 7% | +0.42 |
| 10 | Ricky Ahumaraeze | WR | JR | 6 | 74 | 0 | 9% | +0.30 |
| 3 | Frank Covey IV | WR | JR | — | — | — | 5% | -0.75 |
| 11 | Keaton Reinke | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Dube Enongene | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Camp Magee | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Chase Farrell | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Braden Blueitt | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Jaden McDuffie | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Carson Grove | WR | SO | — | — | — | 2% | -1.10 |
| 89 | Cam Russell | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Northwestern depth chart →