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 | 48 | — |
| Target share | 24.1% | 82nd / 534 |
| Catch rate | 64.6% | 273rd / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 56.2% | 118th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 10.1 | 101st / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 18.8% | 76th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 29.2% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 4 | — |
Charting
Where Sowell's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted42 targets charted
2025 charting · Iowa State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Sowell’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted31 targets charted
Career
5 seasons at 4 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 |  Penn State#26 · 4-4 | 7 | 64% | 34 | 510 | 3 | 24.1% |
| 2025 |  Iowa State#35 · 8-4 | 10 | 61% | 32 | 500 | 2 | 18.6% |
| 2024 |  East Carolina#79 · 8-5 | 9 | 38% | 34 | 678 | 3 | 12.4% |
| 2023 | East Carolina#105 · 2-10 | 11 | 62% | 47 | 622 | 1 | 16.8% |
| 2022 |  Colorado#128 · 1-11 | 1 | 7% | 2 | 23 | 0 | 6.1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Chase Sowell's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Chase Sowell'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 |  Marshall | W 45–0 | 5.9 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | @ Temple | W 27–9 | 7.3 | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 |  Buffalo | W 55–13 | 5.9 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 35 |
| 4 |  Wisconsin | L 20–24 | 7.2 | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | 22 |
| 5 | @ Northwestern | L 13–34 | 7.6 | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 |  USC | L 23–31 | 7.7 | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 0 | 47 |
| 7 | @ Michigan | L 18–21 | 9.4 | 11 | 151 | 13.7 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 |  Purdue | W 31–17 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 7 games | 7.3 | 34 | 510 | 15.0 | 3 | 47 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 34 | 105th / 2089 |
| Yards | 510 | 66th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 15 | 102nd / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 127th / 914 |
| Long | 47 | — |
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Marshall | ✓ WR | 72 | ~21 (7–29) | 2 | 29% |
| Wk 2 · Temple | ✓ WR | 64 | ~54 (35–64) | 7 | 84% |
| Wk 3 · Buffalo | ✓ WR | 67 | ~39 (12–53) | 3 | 58% |
| Wk 4 · Wisconsin | ✓ WR | 65 | ~57 (37–65) | 8 | 88% |
| Wk 5 · Northwestern | ✓ WR | 63 | ~57 (37–63) | 10 | 90% |
| Wk 6 · USC | ✓ WR | 63 | ~54 (35–63) | 6 | 86% |
| Wk 7 · Michigan | ✓ WR | 74 | ~68 (45–74) | 15 | 92% |
| Season | 7 GS | 544 | 350 (294–408) | 51 | 64% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Penn State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chase Sowell | WR | SR | 34 | 510 | 3 | 23% | +0.76 |
| 4 | Brett Eskildsen | WR | JR | 23 | 244 | 1 | 15% | +0.02 |
| 6 | Koby Howard | WR | SO | 12 | 344 | 2 | 20% | +1.50 |
| 2 | Zay Robinson | WR | FR | 9 | 129 | 1 | 5% | +0.68 |
| 9 | Amarion Jackson | WR | FR | 3 | 41 | 0 | 4% | +0.80 |
| 8 | Karon Brookins | WR | FR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6% | -0.50 |
| 7 | Peter Gonzalez | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Lyrick Samuel | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Hank Lustig | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Keith Jones Jr. | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Logan Cunningham | WR | SR | — | — | — | 0% | -0.08 |
| 37 | Max Heffner | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Ethan Black | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Penn State depth chart →