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 | 85 | — |
| Target share | 31.0% | 15th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 78.8% | 54th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 55.3% | 142nd / 534 |
| Yards per target | 9.9 | 112th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 15.3% | 139th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 16.5% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 18 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 7 | — |
Charting
Where Messer's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted89 targets charted
2025 charting · Florida Atlantic
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Messer’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted52 targets charted
Career
5 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 |  Florida Atlantic#99 · 5-3 | 8 | 80% | 72 | 891 | 9 | 31.0% |
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic#110 · 4-8 | 12 | 77% | 104 | 1052 | 6 | 23.5% |
| 2024 |  Western Kentucky#82 · 8-6 | 14 | 67% | 55 | 793 | 4 | 14.3% |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky#66 · 8-5 | 12 | 39% | 42 | 484 | 4 | 10.6% |
| 2022 | Western Kentucky#47 · 9-5 | 1 | 1% | 1 | 44 | 1 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Easton Messer's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Easton Messer'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 | @ Florida | L 21–66 | 7.3 | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 25 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Navy | W 38–30 | 9.9 | 8 | 179 | 22.4 | 2 | 76 | · | · | 2 | 22 | · |
| 3 |  Florida International | W 16–10 | 7.6 | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 0 | 38 | · | · | 1 | 8 | · |
| 4 | @ UL Monroe | W 45–17 | 8.5 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 | · | · | 1 | 73 | 1 |
| 5 |  Texas Southern | W 66–10 | 8.0 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 1 | 30 | · | · | 1 | 11 | · |
| 7 | @ Army | L 24–56 | 8.6 | 14 | 102 | 7.3 | 1 | 24 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 8 |  Rice | W 51–49 | 10.0 | 12 | 162 | 13.5 | 2 | 68 | · | · | 1 | 82 | 1 |
| 9 | @ North Texas | L 41–48 | 10.0 | 16 | 189 | 11.8 | 3 | 34 | · | · | 1 | 17 | · |
| 2026 · 8 games | 8.7 | 72 | 891 | 12.4 | 9 | 76 | · | · | 7 | 213 | 2 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Passing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Completions | 0 | — |
| Attempts | 2 | — |
| Completion % | 0.0% | — |
| Yards | 0 | — |
| Yards / att. | 0 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Interceptions | 0 | — |
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 3 | — |
| Yards | 18 | 952nd / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 266th / 683 |
| Long | 11 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 72 | 2nd / 2089 |
| Yards | 891 | 5th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 12.4 | 236th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 9 | 5th / 914 |
| Long | 76 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4438th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 2 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 7 | — |
| Yards | 213 | — |
| Average | 30.4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | — |
| Long | 82 | — |
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 | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Florida | ✓ WR | 90 | ~77 (51–90) | 13 | 1 | · | 86% |
| Wk 2 · Navy | ✓ WR | 77 | ~61 (40–74) | 9 | · | 2 | 79% |
| Wk 3 · Florida International | ✓ WR | 67 | ~58 (38–67) | 11 | · | 1 | 87% |
| Wk 4 · UL Monroe | ✓ WR | 89 | ~50 (33–61) | 6 | · | 1 | 56% |
| Wk 5 · Texas Southern | ✓ WR | 54 | ~36 (11–49) | 5 | · | 1 | 67% |
| Wk 7 · Army | ✓ WR | 77 | ~67 (44–77) | 17 | · | · | 87% |
| Wk 8 · Rice | ✓ WR | 80 | ~73 (48–80) | 17 | · | 1 | 91% |
| Wk 9 · North Texas | ✓ WR | 85 | ~74 (49–85) | 17 | · | 1 | 87% |
| Season | 8 GS | 619 | 496 (416–578) | 95 | 1 | 7 | 80% |
Position Room
15 WRs on the Florida Atlantic roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Easton Messer | WR | SR | 72 | 891 | 9 | 27% | +0.73 |
| Kelby Valsin | WR | 60 | 752 | 6 | 24% | +0.56 | ||
| 9 | Dominique Henry | WR | SR | 39 | 440 | 3 | 16% | +0.53 |
| 0 | Branden Hoch | WR | SO | 13 | 152 | 2 | 12% | +0.07 |
| 3 | Tucker Holloway | WR | SR | 8 | 112 | 1 | 4% | +1.02 |
| 6 | RJ Garcia II | WR | SR | 4 | 37 | 0 | 6% | +0.00 |
| Antojuan Woody | WR | 4 | 20 | 0 | 4% | -0.04 | ||
| 13 | Jahmari Powell-Wonson | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Nicsaint Joseph Jr. | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Chase Hanning | WR | SR | — | — | — | 7% | -0.91 |
| 80 | Grayson Gibson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Dyson Sims | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Dveyoun Bonwell-Witte | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Spencer Martin | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elijah West | WR | — | — | — | 2% | -0.60 |
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. Florida Atlantic depth chart →