Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
2025 charting · Akron
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Polk’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted24 targets charted
Career
4 seasons at 3 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 |  Oklahoma State#35 · 5-3 | 1 | 1% | 1 | 12 | 0 | — |
| 2025 |  Akron#120 · 5-7 | 12 | 65% | 33 | 525 | 8 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | Akron#119 · 4-8 | 11 | 55% | 24 | 201 | 0 | 9.6% |
| 2023 |  Pittsburgh#84 · 3-9 | 1 | 1% | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Israel Polk's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Israel Polk'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 | @ Tulsa | L 10–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 |  Oregon | W 39–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  Murray State | W 59–0 | 4.7 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | @ West Virginia | W 41–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 |  UCF | W 42–28 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 | @ Houston | L 32–35 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 8 |  Colorado | W 57–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 9 | @ Iowa State | L 49–51 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 1 game | 4.7 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 1 | 1711th / 2089 |
| Yards | 12 | 1705th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 12 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 12 | — |
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 | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 · Murray State | 73 | ~8 (2–13) | 1 | 11% |
| Season | 580 | 8 (2–13) | 1 | 1% |
Position Room
15 WRs on the Oklahoma State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Young | WR | 43 | 713 | 8 | 20% | +0.70 | ||
| 0 | Justin Bowick | WR | SR | 41 | 731 | 9 | 21% | +1.00 |
| 1 | Miles Coleman | WR | JR | 25 | 365 | 2 | 12% | +0.47 |
| 3 | Terrence Lewis | WR | SO | 19 | 204 | 2 | 9% | +0.27 |
| 2 | Chris Barnes | WR | SO | 11 | 179 | 0 | 8% | +0.38 |
| 15 | Kam Powell | WR | FR | 3 | 14 | 0 | 11% | +0.04 |
| 5 | Israel Polk | WR | JR | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4% | +1.39 |
| 14 | Jabarie Thornton | WR | FR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4% | -0.67 |
| 11 | Rodney Harris II | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Dayvon Standard | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Malachi Jackson | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Braylin Presley | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Matrail Lopez | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Blake Hogshooter | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Quincy Shelton | 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. Oklahoma State depth chart →