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 | 64 | — |
| Target share | 27.6% | 32nd / 534 |
| Catch rate | 73.4% | 114th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 53.1% | 175th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 10.8 | 72nd / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 17.2% | 92nd / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 20.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 16 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 4 | — |
Charting
Where Sherrill's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted66 targets charted
2025 charting · Vanderbilt
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Sherrill’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted38 targets charted
Career
4 seasons 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 |  Vanderbilt#64 · 3-5 | 8 | 79% | 49 | 706 | 4 | 27.6% |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt#11 · 10-3 | 13 | 74% | 54 | 784 | 7 | 19.8% |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt#50 · 7-6 | 13 | 70% | 29 | 411 | 3 | 11.2% |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt#115 · 2-10 | 12 | 35% | 20 | 293 | 3 | 7.6% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Junior Sherrill's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Junior Sherrill'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 | Returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 |  Austin Peay | W 28–9 | 6.9 | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 14 | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Delaware | W 35–26 | 7.9 | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 51 | · | · | · |
| 3 |  NC State | W 35–31 | 8.8 | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 2 | 43 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Auburn | L 15–21 | 7.8 | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 0 | 39 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 | @ Georgia | L 14–38 | 8.6 | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 1 | 60 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 6 |  Ole Miss | L 17–52 | 6.8 | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | 17 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 |  Arkansas | L 21–31 | 8.6 | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 78 | · | · | · |
| 8 | @ Kentucky | L 17–34 | 7.5 | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 0 | 16 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 8 games | 7.9 | 49 | 706 | 14.4 | 4 | 60 | 6 | 143 | · | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 2 | — |
| Yards | 5 | 1205th / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 2.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 3 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 49 | 22nd / 2089 |
| Yards | 706 | 20th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 14.4 | 125th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 69th / 914 |
| Long | 60 | — |
| 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 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 0 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 6 | — |
| Yards | 143 | — |
| Average | 23.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 33 | — |
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Austin Peay | — | 62 | ~46 (30–56) | 6 | · | 1 | 74% |
| Wk 2 · Delaware | ✓ WR | 69 | ~62 (41–69) | 12 | · | 2 | 90% |
| Wk 3 · NC State | ✓ WR | 58 | ~46 (30–56) | 7 | · | · | 79% |
| Wk 4 · Auburn | ✓ WR | 75 | ~51 (34–62) | 7 | · | · | 68% |
| Wk 5 · Georgia | ✓ WR | 50 | ~48 (32–50) | 11 | 1 | · | 96% |
| Wk 6 · Ole Miss | — | 73 | ~45 (30–55) | 6 | · | · | 62% |
| Wk 7 · Arkansas | ✓ WR | 60 | ~52 (34–60) | 10 | · | 3 | 87% |
| Wk 8 · Kentucky | — | 53 | ~46 (30–53) | 10 | · | · | 87% |
| Season | 5 GS | 500 | 396 (332–461) | 69 | 1 | 6 | 79% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Vanderbilt roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Junior Sherrill | WR | SR | 49 | 706 | 4 | 26% | +0.68 |
| 5 | Tristen Brown | WR | JR | 15 | 176 | 0 | 8% | +0.44 |
| Ja'Cory Thomas | WR | 15 | 230 | 2 | 9% | +0.85 | ||
| 13 | Kayleb Barnett | WR | SO | 7 | 36 | 0 | 6% | -0.07 |
| 7 | Cole Adams | WR | SR | 5 | 58 | 0 | 5% | +0.32 |
| 9 | Brycen Coleman | WR | JR | 4 | 44 | 0 | 4% | -0.08 |
| 80 | Claiborne Richards | WR | SR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | -0.16 |
| 15 | Joseph McVay | WR | JR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.95 |
| 81 | Kahden Smith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Owen Cabell | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Lebron Hill | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Ty Burd | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Wils Jackson | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Cameran Dickson | WR | 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. Vanderbilt depth chart →