Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
2025 charting · Charlotte
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Nicholas’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted38 targets charted
Career
5 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 |  Duke#39 · 6-2 | 3 | 7% | 4 | 57 | 0 | 4.8% |
| 2025 |  Charlotte#135 · 1-11 | 12 | 78% | 60 | 740 | 5 | 24.5% |
| 2024 |  LSU#15 · 9-4 | 3 | 3% | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | LSU#13 · 10-3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | LSU#13 · 10-4 | 3 | 1% | 1 | 2 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Javen Nicholas's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Javen Nicholas'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 |  Tulane | W 17–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 | @ Illinois | W 31–27 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  Stanford | W 35–7 | 2.5 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  William & Mary | W 62–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 | @ Georgia Tech | L 25–28 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 |  North Carolina | L 20–24 | 5.1 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | @ Virginia | W 19–16 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 9 |  Boston College | W 47–2 | 6.2 | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2026 · 3 games | 4.6 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 44 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1233rd / 2089 |
| Yards | 57 | 1084th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 14.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 44 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 · Stanford | 71 | ~9 (3–15) | 1 | · | 13% |
| Wk 7 · North Carolina | 71 | ~21 (7–29) | 2 | 1 | 30% |
| Wk 9 · Boston College | 66 | ~8 (2–13) | 1 | · | 12% |
| Season | 537 | 38 (11–62) | 4 | 1 | 7% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Duke roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Jonah Burton | WR | SR | 21 | 299 | 1 | 13% | +0.55 |
| 17 | Jared Richardson | WR | SR | 18 | 226 | 2 | 13% | +0.51 |
| 4 | Jaivon Solomon | WR | FR | 11 | 207 | 1 | 10% | +0.72 |
| 7 | Kavon Simmons | WR | FR | 8 | 97 | 1 | 8% | +0.59 |
| 8 | Jayden Moore | WR | SO | 7 | 111 | 1 | 9% | +0.06 |
| 18 | Brody Keefe | WR | FR | 6 | 85 | 2 | 11% | +0.57 |
| 5 | Javen Nicholas | WR | SR | 4 | 57 | 0 | 5% | +0.71 |
| 9 | Kavon Conciauro | WR | FR | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6% | +0.40 |
| 88 | Paxon Kettering | WR | SO | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3% | +3.14 |
| 1 | Jamien Little | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Blake Rohrer | WR | SR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.83 |
| 21 | Qeanu Johnson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Jackson Maggiore | 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. Duke depth chart →