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 | 24 | — |
| Target share | 20.5% | 151st / 534 |
| Catch rate | 50.0% | 461st / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 33.3% | 480th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 8.8 | 204th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 20.8% | 50th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 41.7% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 6 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Jr.'s plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
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 |  Massachusetts#128 · 4-4 | 5 | 39% | 12 | 211 | 1 | 20.5% |
| 2025 |  Wisconsin#72 · 4-8 | 1 | 2% | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.7% |
| 2023 |  Boston College#91 · 7-6 | 11 | 6% | 25 | 345 | 1 | 11.8% |
| 2022 | Boston College#108 · 3-9 | 8 | 37% | 18 | 234 | 5 | 8.2% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Joseph Griffin Jr.'s team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Joseph Griffin Jr.'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 | @ Rutgers | W 37–21 | 6.9 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 1 | 31 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Sacred Heart | W 37–10 | 6.8 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 39 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Stonehill | W 36–14 | 5.4 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 4 | @ Sacramento State | W 35–6 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  Eastern Michigan | L 14–38 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Miami (OH) | L 19–20 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 7 | @ Buffalo | L 18–25 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 8 | @ UConn | L 16–35 | 7.3 | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 0 | 41 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 4 games | 6.6 | 12 | 211 | 17.6 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 12 | 600th / 2089 |
| Yards | 211 | 416th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 17.6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 41 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4438th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 1 | — |
| Yards | 8 | — |
| Average | 8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 8 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Rutgers | ✓ WR | 63 | ~45 (30–55) | 4 | · | 1 | 1 | 71% |
| Wk 2 · Sacred Heart | ✓ WR | 40 | ~28 (9–38) | 4 | · | · | · | 70% |
| Wk 3 · Stonehill | ✓ WR | 60 | ~41 (27–50) | 6 | 1 | · | · | 68% |
| Wk 5 · Eastern Michigan | ✓ WR | 52 | ~17 (5–23) | 2 | · | · | · | 33% |
| Wk 8 · UConn | — | 66 | ~52 (34–63) | 8 | · | · | · | 79% |
| Season | 4 GS | 471 | 183 (104–241) | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39% |
Position Room
12 WRs on the Massachusetts roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | T.Y. Harding | WR | SR | 28 | 327 | 2 | 24% | +0.70 |
| 19 | Jabari Lewis | WR | SR | 20 | 284 | 0 | 17% | +0.56 |
| 8 | Kezion Dia-Johnson | WR | JR | 13 | 140 | 0 | 7% | +0.46 |
| 1 | Joseph Griffin Jr. | WR | SR | 12 | 211 | 1 | 18% | +0.26 |
| 17 | Dallas Elliott | WR | SR | 6 | 58 | 0 | 8% | +0.71 |
| 85 | Drew Alsup | WR | FR | 3 | 37 | 0 | 4% | +1.05 |
| 15 | Tavian Dashiell | WR | FR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2% | -0.36 |
| 3 | Elijah Pedro | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Devin Matthews | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | David Moore Jr. | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Kai Owens | WR | FR | — | — | — | 2% | -0.91 |
| 80 | Isaiah Simmons | 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. Massachusetts depth chart →