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 | 8 | — |
| Target share | 5.4% | — |
| Catch rate | 75.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 50.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 8.1 | — |
| Explosive catches | 12.5% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 1 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Burkle's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted7 targets charted
2025 charting · Iowa State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Burkle’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted11 targets charted
Career
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 |  Penn State#26 · 4-4 | 6 | 18% | 6 | 65 | 0 | 5.4% |
| 2025 |  Iowa State#35 · 8-4 | 9 | 42% | 26 | 302 | 1 | 13.1% |
| 2024 | Iowa State#30 · 11-3 | 9 | 36% | 26 | 296 | 1 | 9.0% |
| 2023 | Iowa State#34 · 7-6 | 3 | 3% | 2 | 9 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Gabe Burkle's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Gabe Burkle'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 |  Marshall | W 45–0 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 | @ Temple | W 27–9 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  Buffalo | W 55–13 | 3.7 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Wisconsin | L 20–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 5 | @ Northwestern | L 13–34 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 |  USC | L 23–31 | 6.6 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | @ Michigan | L 18–21 | 5.8 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 |  Purdue | W 31–17 | 5.2 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026 · 4 games | 5.3 | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 0 | 20 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 6 | 1004th / 2089 |
| Yards | 65 | 1010th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 10.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 20 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Temple | ✓ TE | 64 | · | · | · | — |
| Wk 3 · Buffalo | ✓ TE | 67 | ~18 (8–26) | 2 | · | 27% |
| Wk 4 · Wisconsin | ✓ TE | 65 | ~24 (11–34) | 1 | 1 | 37% |
| Wk 6 · USC | ✓ TE | 63 | ~27 (13–39) | 3 | · | 43% |
| Wk 7 · Michigan | ✓ TE | 74 | ~13 (6–20) | 1 | · | 18% |
| Wk 9 · Purdue | — | 76 | ~15 (7–21) | 1 | · | 20% |
| Season | 5 GS | 544 | 97 (67–130) | 8 | 1 | 18% |
Position Room
6 TEs on the Penn State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | Andrew Rappleyea | TE | JR | 28 | 225 | 3 | 16% | +0.41 |
| 18 | Benjamin Brahmer | TE | SR | 25 | 264 | 3 | 16% | +0.23 |
| 84 | Gabe Burkle | TE | SR | 6 | 65 | 0 | 5% | +0.22 |
| 89 | Finn Furmanek | TE | JR | 1 | 31 | 0 | 6% | -0.11 |
| 80 | Cooper Alexander | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Brian Kortovich | TE | 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. Penn State depth chart →