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 | 54 | — |
| Target share | 21.3% | 135th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 53.7% | 441st / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 44.4% | 330th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 10.6 | 75th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 18.5% | 82nd / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 33.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 13 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 3 | — |
Charting
Where Hicks's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted59 targets charted
2025 charting · Pittsburgh
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Hicks’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted21 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 |  Pittsburgh#38 · 6-3 | 9 | 72% | 34 | 698 | 6 | 21.3% |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh#31 · 8-5 | 11 | 57% | 24 | 422 | 4 | 11.3% |
| 2024 |  Louisville#14 · 9-4 | 6 | 16% | 12 | 149 | 0 | 6.3% |
| 2023 | Louisville#23 · 10-4 | 1 | 1% | 1 | 11 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Cataurus Hicks's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Cataurus Hicks'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 |  Miami (OH) | W 59–14 | 8.5 | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 1 | 53 | · | · | 2 | 15 | · |
| 2 |  UCF | W 12–7 | 6.7 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 41 | · | · | 3 | 17 | · |
| 3 |  Syracuse | W 27–13 | 4.2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Bucknell | W 59–0 | 5.9 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 34 | · | · | 1 | 11 | · |
| 5 | @ Virginia Tech | W 35–33 | 8.0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 2 | 29 | · | · | 3 | 36 | · |
| 6 |  North Carolina | L 17–21 | 6.8 | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 0 | 14 | · | · | 4 | 33 | · |
| 7 | @ Boston College | L 21–27 | 8.9 | 5 | 135 | 27.0 | 1 | 75 | · | · | 1 | 9 | · |
| 8 | @ Miami | L 23–52 | 9.0 | 5 | 149 | 29.8 | 1 | 53 | · | · | 1 | 2 | · |
| 9 |  Georgia Tech | W 34–11 | 6.8 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | 30 | · | · | 4 | 23 | · |
| 2026 · 9 games | 7.2 | 34 | 698 | 20.5 | 6 | 75 | · | · | 19 | 146 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 34 | 105th / 2089 |
| Yards | 698 | 21st / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 20.5 | 8th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 22nd / 914 |
| Long | 75 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4438th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 1 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 19 | — |
| Yards | 146 | — |
| Average | 7.7 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 25 | — |
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 · Miami (OH) | — | 75 | ~60 (39–73) | 9 | · | 2 | 80% |
| Wk 2 · UCF | ✓ WR | 71 | ~51 (34–62) | 6 | · | 3 | 72% |
| Wk 3 · Syracuse | ✓ WR | 60 | ~32 (10–44) | 2 | · | · | 53% |
| Wk 4 · Bucknell | ✓ WR | 82 | ~55 (36–67) | 8 | · | 1 | 67% |
| Wk 5 · Virginia Tech | ✓ WR | 61 | ~52 (34–61) | 6 | · | 3 | 85% |
| Wk 6 · North Carolina | — | 85 | ~64 (42–78) | 9 | 1 | 4 | 75% |
| Wk 7 · Boston College | ✓ WR | 64 | ~50 (33–61) | 8 | · | 1 | 78% |
| Wk 8 · Miami | ✓ WR | 61 | ~50 (33–61) | 9 | · | 1 | 82% |
| Wk 9 · Georgia Tech | — | 88 | ~51 (34–62) | 4 | · | 4 | 58% |
| Season | 6 GS | 647 | 465 (400–550) | 61 | 1 | 19 | 72% |
Position Room
15 WRs on the Pittsburgh roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cataurus Hicks | WR | SR | 34 | 698 | 6 | 19% | +0.51 |
| 10 | Censere Lee | WR | SR | 24 | 270 | 4 | 12% | +0.30 |
| Bryce Yates | WR | 18 | 255 | 1 | 8% | +0.58 | ||
| 7 | Malik Knight | WR | SR | 15 | 204 | 1 | 14% | +0.32 |
| 2 | Tony Kinsler | WR | SO | 6 | 69 | 0 | 6% | +0.04 |
| 24 | Tyreek Robinson | WR | JR | 5 | 78 | 1 | 5% | +1.04 |
| 87 | Demetrice McCray | WR | FR | 5 | 97 | 2 | 5% | +0.75 |
| Dylan Wester | WR | 3 | 32 | 0 | 4% | +0.73 | ||
| 22 | Bryan Hamilton | WR | FR | 1 | 36 | 1 | 4% | +1.87 |
| 84 | Cam Sapp | WR | SO | 1 | 49 | 1 | 3% | +4.08 |
| 14 | Benny Haselrig | WR | SR | — | — | — | 2% | -1.05 |
| 23 | Jake Sassic | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Jack Lesniewicz | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Amah Agwu | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Rodney Dunbar | 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. Pittsburgh depth chart →