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 | 8 | — |
| Target share | 5.2% | — |
| Catch rate | 62.5% | — |
| Success rate per target | 37.5% | — |
| Yards per target | 7.4 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Simmons's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted11 targets charted
2025 charting · Utah
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Simmons’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted21 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 2 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 |  Utah#8 · 8-0 | 6 | 28% | 8 | 120 | 0 | 5.2% |
| 2025 | Utah#7 · 11-2 | 9 | 43% | 15 | 280 | 6 | 10.7% |
| 2024 |  Southern Miss#133 · 1-11 | 12 | 66% | 27 | 421 | 1 | 10.2% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Larry Simmons's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Larry Simmons'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 |  Idaho | W 66–14 | 6.2 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 26 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Arkansas | W 43–10 | 5.1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Utah State | W 33–0 | 6.1 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 19 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Iowa State | W 31–17 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 |  Kansas | W 41–24 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 7 | @ Colorado | W 27–24 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 8 |  Houston | W 21–13 | 5.1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 9 | @ Cincinnati | W 49–25 | 2.5 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 31 | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 5 games | 5.0 | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 31 | · | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 8 | 841st / 2089 |
| Yards | 120 | 674th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 15 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 26 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 2 | — |
| Yards | 31 | — |
| Average | 15.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 22 | — |
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 | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Idaho | 75 | ~18 (6–25) | 2 | · | 24% |
| Wk 2 · Arkansas | 62 | ~36 (11–49) | 2 | · | 58% |
| Wk 3 · Utah State | 74 | ~20 (6–27) | 2 | · | 27% |
| Wk 7 · Colorado | 80 | ~10 (3–16) | 1 | · | 13% |
| Wk 8 · Houston | 61 | ~33 (11–45) | 2 | · | 54% |
| Wk 9 · Cincinnati | 73 | ~38 (12–52) | 2 | 2 | 52% |
| Season | 563 | 155 (96–188) | 11 | 2 | 28% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Utah roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Braden Pegan | WR | SR | 39 | 505 | 6 | 24% | +0.52 |
| Creed Whittemore | WR | 21 | 347 | 0 | 13% | +0.64 | ||
| 11 | Ricky Johnson | WR | SO | 17 | 248 | 1 | 11% | +0.45 |
| 12 | Larry Simmons | WR | SR | 8 | 120 | 0 | 6% | +0.68 |
| 8 | Mana Carvalho | WR | SO | 2 | 38 | 0 | 6% | -0.74 |
| 0 | Kyri Shoels | WR | SR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | -0.63 |
| 18 | Tobias Merriweather | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Matt Clark | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Peyton Rice | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Junior Coughlin | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Bryson Baker | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Max Ausmus | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daidren Zipperer | WR | — | — | — | 3% | -3.88 |
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. Utah depth chart →