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 | 17 | — |
| Target share | 12.0% | 446th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 64.7% | 271st / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 47.1% | 288th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 7.1 | 346th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 5.9% | 432nd / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Spence's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted18 targets charted
2025 charting · Vanderbilt
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Spence’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted9 targets charted
Career
4 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 |  Vanderbilt#64 · 3-5 | 5 | 36% | 11 | 121 | 0 | 12.0% |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt#11 · 10-3 | 7 | 32% | 15 | 233 | 2 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt#50 · 7-6 | 7 | 24% | 10 | 101 | 2 | 6.2% |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt#96 · 5-7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Cole Spence's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Cole Spence'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 |  Austin Peay | W 28–9 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 |  Delaware | W 35–26 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  NC State | W 35–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 | @ Auburn | L 15–21 | 5.8 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | @ Georgia | L 14–38 | 5.5 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 |  Ole Miss | L 17–52 | 6.4 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 |  Arkansas | L 21–31 | 5.2 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | @ Kentucky | L 17–34 | 7.6 | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026 · 5 games | 6.1 | 11 | 121 | 11.0 | 0 | 27 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 11 | 650th / 2089 |
| Yards | 121 | 670th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 11 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 27 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 · Auburn | — | 75 | ~37 (17–53) | 2 | · | 49% |
| Wk 5 · Georgia | ✓ TE | 50 | ~36 (17–50) | 3 | · | 72% |
| Wk 6 · Ole Miss | — | 73 | ~34 (16–49) | 4 | · | 47% |
| Wk 7 · Arkansas | ✓ TE | 60 | ~38 (18–54) | 4 | 1 | 63% |
| Wk 8 · Kentucky | — | 53 | ~33 (15–47) | 5 | · | 62% |
| Season | 2 GS | 500 | 178 (123–239) | 18 | 1 | 36% |
Position Room
8 TEs on the Vanderbilt roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Jayvontay Conner | TE | JR | 15 | 166 | 1 | 11% | +0.32 |
| Cole Spence | TE | 11 | 121 | 0 | 11% | +0.49 | ||
| Walter Taylor | TE | 4 | 67 | 1 | 7% | +0.87 | ||
| Maurice Veney | TE | 2 | 65 | 0 | 4% | +0.53 | ||
| 46 | Palmer Riley | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Elijah Rooney | TE | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Adam Gehm | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Tilden Riley | TE | 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. Vanderbilt depth chart →