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 | 27 | — |
| Target share | 12.7% | 422nd / 534 |
| Catch rate | 51.9% | 451st / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 51.9% | 197th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 11.6 | 43rd / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 14.8% | 149th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 29.6% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 6 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 4 | — |
Charting
Where Black's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted28 targets charted
2025 charting · UCF
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Black’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted15 targets charted
Career
2 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 |  South Carolina#28 · 5-3 | 7 | 48% | 15 | 330 | 2 | 12.7% |
| 2025 |  UCF#76 · 5-7 | 11 | 55% | 22 | 273 | 2 | 11.4% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. DJ Black's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
DJ Black'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 |  Kent State | W 57–0 | 6.8 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 33 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Towson | W 45–9 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Mississippi State | L 34–41 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 4 | @ Alabama | L 18–49 | 5.7 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 17 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 |  Kentucky | L 34–35 | 7.6 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 6 | @ Florida | W 38–19 | 6.3 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 17 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 8 |  Tennessee | W 27–24 | 6.5 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 27 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 9 | @ Oklahoma | W 42–25 | 7.7 | 1 | 84 | 84.0 | 1 | 84 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 6 games | 6.8 | 15 | 330 | 22.0 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 15 | 468th / 2089 |
| Yards | 330 | 211th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 22 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 223rd / 914 |
| Long | 84 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3934th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 0 | — |
| Recovered | 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 · Kent State | ✓ WR | 72 | ~40 (26–49) | 4 | · | · | 56% |
| Wk 3 · Mississippi State | — | 79 | ~13 (4–21) | 1 | · | · | 16% |
| Wk 4 · Alabama | — | 73 | ~40 (26–49) | 4 | · | · | 55% |
| Wk 5 · Kentucky | — | 74 | ~44 (29–54) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 59% |
| Wk 6 · Florida | ✓ WR | 72 | ~41 (27–50) | 6 | · | · | 57% |
| Wk 8 · Tennessee | ✓ WR | 64 | ~54 (35–64) | 7 | · | · | 84% |
| Wk 9 · Oklahoma | ✓ WR | 71 | ~41 (27–50) | 3 | · | · | 58% |
| Season | 4 GS | 572 | 273 (170–331) | 29 | 2 | 1 | 48% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the South Carolina roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Mazeo Bennett Jr. | WR | JR | 35 | 431 | 4 | 17% | +0.61 |
| 8 | Nyck Harbor | WR | SR | 20 | 334 | 3 | 16% | +0.42 |
| 83 | DJ Black | WR | SR | 15 | 330 | 2 | 11% | +0.53 |
| 6 | Donovan Murph | WR | SO | 11 | 205 | 3 | 7% | +0.58 |
| 0 | Lex Cyrus | WR | FR | 6 | 86 | 1 | 7% | +0.65 |
| Nitro Tuggle | WR | 4 | 39 | 0 | 6% | -0.11 | ||
| 13 | Malik Clark | WR | FR | 3 | 36 | 0 | 3% | -1.17 |
| 23 | Sequel Patterson | WR | FR | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4% | -0.38 |
| 18 | Stone Furrey | WR | FR | 2 | 24 | 0 | 5% | +0.37 |
| 84 | Charly Mullaly | WR | JR | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4% | +0.97 |
| 7 | Jordon Gidron | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Jayden Gibson | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jayden Sellers | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Jackson Repp | 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. South Carolina depth chart →