Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Charting
Where Phifer's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted6 targets charted
2025 charting · James Madison
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Phifer’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  UCLA#17 · 8-0 | 5 | 17% |
| 2025 |  James Madison#19 · 12-2 | 4 | 13% |
| 2024 | James Madison#46 · 9-4 | 2 | 5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Josh Phifer's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Josh Phifer'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 | @ California | W 45–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 |  San Diego State | W 28–10 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  Purdue | W 52–38 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 | @ Maryland | W 54–3 | 5.4 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | @ Oregon | W 17–15 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 |  Wisconsin | W 17–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 8 |  Michigan State | W 28–10 | 4.3 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 |  Nevada | W 27–0 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 4.8 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 3 | 1350th / 2089 |
| Yards | 18 | 1572nd / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 6 | — |
| 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 | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · California | ✓ TE | 53 | ~22 (10–31) | 1 | · | 42% |
| Wk 4 · Maryland | — | 63 | ~23 (11–33) | 2 | · | 37% |
| Wk 6 · Oregon | — | 70 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Wk 8 · Michigan State | — | 78 | ~25 (12–36) | 2 | · | 32% |
| Wk 9 · Nevada | — | 59 | ~24 (11–34) | 1 | · | 41% |
| Season | 1 GS | 541 | 94 (65–126) | 6 | 1 | 17% |
Position Room
7 TEs on the UCLA roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Brayden Loftin | TE | SR | 8 | 96 | 0 | 7% | +0.47 |
| 82 | Noah Fox-Flores | TE | SO | 3 | 20 | 0 | 6% | -1.22 |
| 89 | Josh Phifer | TE | SR | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6% | -0.27 |
| 19 | Harry Lodge | TE | SR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4% | -0.25 |
| 44 | Peter Bario | TE | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Dylan Sims | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Stevie Amar Jr. | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
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. UCLA depth chart →