EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 33 | — |
| Target share | 15.4% | 311th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 60.6% | 353rd / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 54.5% | 150th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 9.6 | 129th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 18.2% | 84th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 27.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 9 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Where Whittemore's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Whittemore’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
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 | Utah#8 · 8-0 | 8 | 58% | 21 | 347 | 0 | 15.4% |
| 2025 | Utah#7 · 11-2 | 4 | 23% | 12 | 92 | 1 | 14.9% |
| 2024 | Mississippi State#92 · 2-10 | 3 | 8% | 4 | 65 | 0 | 5.6% |
| 2023 | Mississippi State#77 · 5-7 | 5 | 24% | 11 | 102 | 2 | 7.1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Creed Whittemore's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Creed Whittemore'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 | W 66–14 | 5.7 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 14 | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 2 | W 43–10 | 5.1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 3 | W 33–0 | 6.2 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 36 | · | · | 1 | 5 | · | |
| 4 | @ | W 31–17 | 6.4 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 30 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 6 | W 41–24 | 6.2 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 11 | · | · | 2 | 18 | · | |
| 7 | @ | W 27–24 | 7.5 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 0 | 43 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 8 | W 21–13 | 6.7 | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | 21 | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 9 | @ | W 49–25 | 6.2 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 29 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 8 games | 6.3 | 21 | 347 | 16.5 | 0 | 43 | · | · | 3 | 23 | · | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 21 | 299th / 2089 |
| Yards | 347 | 189th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 16.5 | 56th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 43 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 3 | — |
| Yards | 23 | — |
| Average | 7.7 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 15 | — |
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 1 · Idaho | 75 | ~45 (30–55) | 4 | · | 60% |
| Wk 2 · Arkansas | 62 | ~13 (4–21) | 1 | · | 21% |
| Wk 3 · Utah State | 74 | ~44 (29–54) | 6 | 1 | 59% |
| Wk 4 · Iowa State | 60 | ~38 (12–52) | 3 | · | 63% |
| Wk 6 · Kansas | 78 | ~62 (41–75) | 6 | 2 | 79% |
| Wk 7 · Colorado | 80 | ~49 (32–60) | 5 | · | 61% |
| Wk 8 · Houston | 61 | ~52 (34–61) | 7 | · | 85% |
| Wk 9 · Cincinnati | 73 | ~23 (7–31) | 2 | · | 32% |
| Season | 563 | 326 (274–380) | 34 | 3 | 58% |
13 WRs on the Utah roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Braden Pegan | WR | SR | 39 | 505 | 6 | 24% | +0.52 |
| Creed Whittemore | WR | 21 | 347 | 0 | 13% | +0.64 | ||
| 11 | Ricky Johnson | WR | SO | 17 | 248 | 1 | 11% | +0.45 |
| 12 | Larry Simmons | WR | SR | 8 | 120 | 0 | 6% | +0.68 |
| 8 | Mana Carvalho | WR | SO | 2 | 38 | 0 | 6% | -0.74 |
| 0 | Kyri Shoels | WR | SR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | -0.63 |
| 18 | Tobias Merriweather | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Matt Clark | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Peyton Rice | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Junior Coughlin | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Bryson Baker | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Max Ausmus | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daidren Zipperer | WR | — | — | — | 3% | -3.88 |
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. Utah depth chart →