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 | 43 | — |
| Target share | 20.1% | 159th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 44.2% | 508th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 34.9% | 473rd / 534 |
| Yards per target | 7.1 | 347th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 9.3% | 333rd / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 18.6% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 17 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 5 | — |
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 targeted44 targets charted
2025 charting · Northern Illinois
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of III’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted11 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 |  Nevada#103 · 3-5 | 8 | 67% | 19 | 305 | 1 | 20.1% |
| 2025 |  Northern Illinois#119 · 3-9 | 7 | 64% | 12 | 145 | 1 | 18.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Gary Givens III's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Gary Givens 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 |  Western Kentucky | W 49–14 | 7.3 | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 0 | 73 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Montana State | L 7–20 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 3 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 20–27 | 6.1 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 34 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Air Force | L 33–36 | 6.3 | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 22 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 6 | @ UTEP | W 30–13 | 6.5 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 20 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 | @ North Dakota State | L 17–31 | 7.1 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 8 |  San José State | W 28–13 | 6.4 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 19 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 9 | @ UCLA | L 0–27 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2026 · 7 games | 6.6 | 19 | 305 | 16.1 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 19 | 340th / 2089 |
| Yards | 305 | 249th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 16.1 | 67th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 73 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3934th / 5664 |
| Solo | 2 | — |
| 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 · Western Kentucky | — | 58 | ~35 (11–48) | 3 | · | · | 60% |
| Wk 2 · Montana State | ✓ WR | 71 | ~43 (28–52) | 5 | · | · | 61% |
| Wk 3 · Middle Tennessee | ✓ WR | 59 | ~31 (10–42) | 2 | · | · | 53% |
| Wk 4 · Air Force | ✓ WR | 66 | ~39 (12–53) | 6 | · | · | 59% |
| Wk 6 · UTEP | ✓ WR | 72 | ~63 (41–72) | 9 | · | · | 88% |
| Wk 7 · North Dakota State | — | 57 | ~46 (30–56) | 8 | 1 | · | 81% |
| Wk 8 · San José State | — | 74 | ~45 (30–55) | 6 | · | 1 | 61% |
| Wk 9 · UCLA | ✓ WR | 59 | ~42 (28–51) | 5 | 1 | · | 71% |
| Season | 5 GS | 516 | 344 (289–401) | 44 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
Position Room
15 WRs on the Nevada roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Damien Morgan | WR | SR | 31 | 179 | 0 | 23% | -0.06 |
| 7 | Gary Givens III | WR | JR | 19 | 305 | 1 | 20% | +0.25 |
| 9 | Marshaun Brown | WR | JR | 16 | 199 | 2 | 14% | +0.53 |
| 5 | Donnie Cheers | WR | JR | 8 | 162 | 1 | 9% | +0.06 |
| 3 | Jaceon Doss | WR | SR | 4 | 76 | 0 | 5% | +0.45 |
| 18 | Don Henry | WR | JR | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3% | +2.46 |
| 88 | Perrion Williams | WR | FR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7% | -0.59 |
| 8 | Daijon Calimon | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Isaiah Williams | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Gerick Robinson | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Mack Kump | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Alex Grush | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Deven Vigue | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Joe Stimpson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Amari Nash | 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. Nevada depth chart →