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 | 13 | — |
| Target share | 7.6% | — |
| Catch rate | 69.2% | — |
| Success rate per target | 53.8% | — |
| Yards per target | 6.2 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 3 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Charting
Where III's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted15 targets charted
2025 charting · Sam Houston
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (1 of III’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted3 targets charted
Career
2 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 |  Sam Houston#129 · 1-7 | 6 | 24% | 11 | 92 | 2 | 7.6% |
| 2025 | Sam Houston#134 · 2-10 | 6 | 17% | 7 | 86 | 0 | 8.3% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Darrick Bledsoe III's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Darrick Bledsoe III'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 | Defense | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | @ Troy | L 21–24 | 6.5 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 1 | 14 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Tulsa | L 17–23 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Nicholls | W 59–0 | 6.7 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | 13 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Texas Tech | L 14–49 | 5.4 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 6 | @ Liberty | L 3–35 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 7 |  Western Kentucky | L 3–16 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 8 |  New Mexico State | L 24–30 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 9 | @ Missouri State | L 3–24 | 4.6 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 5 games | 5.8 | 11 | 92 | 8.4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 11 | 650th / 2089 |
| Yards | 92 | 820th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 8.4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 223rd / 914 |
| Long | 14 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4438th / 5664 |
| Solo | 0 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Troy | ✓ WR | 70 | ~27 (9–37) | 5 | · | · | 39% |
| Wk 2 · Tulsa | — | 64 | ~16 (5–22) | 1 | · | · | 25% |
| Wk 3 · Nicholls | — | 75 | ~44 (29–54) | 5 | · | · | 59% |
| Wk 4 · Texas Tech | — | 67 | ~16 (5–22) | 2 | · | 1 | 24% |
| Wk 6 · Liberty | — | 59 | · | · | 1 | · | — |
| Wk 9 · Missouri State | — | 60 | ~17 (5–23) | 2 | · | · | 28% |
| Season | 1 GS | 504 | 120 (68–158) | 15 | 1 | 1 | 24% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Sam Houston roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Grady O'Neill | WR | SR | 36 | 348 | 2 | 20% | +0.21 |
| 2 | Chris Reed | WR | SR | 22 | 357 | 3 | 17% | +0.10 |
| 3 | Tim Burns Jr. | WR | SR | 18 | 392 | 3 | 13% | +0.82 |
| 5 | Kyan Berry-Johnson | WR | JR | 18 | 195 | 1 | 10% | +0.42 |
| 0 | Darrick Bledsoe III | WR | SR | 11 | 92 | 2 | 8% | +0.54 |
| 12 | Kamari Maxwell | WR | SO | 6 | 139 | 1 | 4% | +0.33 |
| 1 | Aviyon Smith-Mack | WR | SR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3% | -0.41 |
| 4 | Alijah Cason | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Kaleb Mitchell | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Ty Sexton | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Konner Dandridge | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Matthew Tatum | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Terrence Guillory II | 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. Sam Houston depth chart →