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 | 24 | — |
| Target share | 11.8% | 453rd / 534 |
| Catch rate | 37.5% | 526th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 29.2% | 507th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 5.3 | 480th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 8.3% | 360th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 37.5% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 10 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Where Dalton'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 (2 of Dalton’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
5 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 | Southern Miss#121 · 3-5 | 6 | 44% | 10 | 133 | 1 | 11.8% |
| 2025 | Southern Miss#102 · 7-6 | 3 | 4% | 4 | 82 | 1 | 4.0% |
| 2024 | Southern Miss#133 · 1-11 | 9 | 45% | 15 | 172 | 2 | 7.9% |
| 2023 | Southern Miss#114 · 3-9 | 3 | 10% | 6 | 75 | 0 | 7.0% |
| 2022 | Southern Miss#88 · 7-6 | 1 | 1% | 1 | 27 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Davis Dalton's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Davis Dalton'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 | W 49–3 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 2 | @ | L 8–43 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 | L 20–48 | 5.3 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| 4 | @ | L 21–24 | 7.6 | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | @ | L 34–55 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 | L 13–23 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 8 | W 35–31 | 5.4 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 9 | @ | W 35–21 | 5.5 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026 · 4 games | 5.9 | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 1 | 32 | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 10 | 705th / 2089 |
| Yards | 133 | 616th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 13.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 32 | — |
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 3 · UConn | — | 78 | ~46 (30–56) | 6 | 59% |
| Wk 4 · Tulane | ✓ WR | 64 | ~48 (32–58) | 7 | 75% |
| Wk 6 · Troy | ✓ WR | 66 | ~8 (2–13) | 1 | 12% |
| Wk 7 · Arkansas State | ✓ WR | 60 | ~35 (11–48) | 3 | 58% |
| Wk 8 · Louisiana | ✓ WR | 81 | ~59 (39–72) | 6 | 73% |
| Wk 9 · UL Monroe | — | 72 | ~49 (32–60) | 4 | 68% |
| Season | 4 GS | 563 | 245 (206–285) | 27 | 44% |
14 WRs on the Southern Miss roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Sanders | WR | SR | 44 | 600 | 5 | 26% | +0.45 |
| 8 | AJ Little | WR | JR | 18 | 275 | 1 | 11% | +0.48 |
| 7 | Kaden Saunders | WR | JR | 16 | 211 | 0 | 12% | +0.02 |
| 3 | MJ Johnson | WR | JR | 11 | 145 | 0 | 6% | +0.59 |
| 11 | Davis Dalton | WR | SR | 10 | 133 | 1 | 12% | -0.11 |
| 13 | Grant Page | WR | SR | 7 | 78 | 1 | 6% | +0.67 |
| 9 | Jaylen Himes | WR | SO | 6 | 42 | 1 | 8% | -0.10 |
| 0 | Eelijah Singleton | WR | JR | 3 | 17 | 0 | 6% | -0.62 |
| 19 | Cace Reed | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Trey Horne | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Nehemiah Taylor | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | King David Aboya | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Dillon Rowley | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Israel Leamon | 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. Southern Miss depth chart →