Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Utah#8 · 8-0 | 7 | 7% |
| 2025 | Utah#7 · 11-2 | 8 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Mana Carvalho's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Mana Carvalho'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 | 6.1 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | · | · | 2 | 33 | · |
| 2 |  Arkansas | W 43–10 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 3 |  Utah State | W 33–0 | 3.6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | · | · | 2 | 6 | · |
| 4 | @ Iowa State | W 31–17 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 9 | · |
| 6 |  Kansas | W 41–24 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 6 | · |
| 7 | @ Colorado | W 27–24 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 15 | · |
| 8 |  Houston | W 21–13 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 8 | · |
| 9 | @ Cincinnati | W 49–25 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · |
| 2026 · 7 games | 4.8 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 23 | · | · | 13 | 78 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 2 | 1510th / 2089 |
| Yards | 38 | 1258th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 19 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 23 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 13 | — |
| Yards | 78 | — |
| Average | 6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 25 | — |
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 | ~26 (8–36) | 3 | 2 | 35% |
| Wk 3 · Utah State | 74 | ~12 (4–20) | 1 | 2 | 16% |
| Wk 4 · Iowa State | 60 | · | · | 2 | — |
| Wk 6 · Kansas | 78 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Wk 7 · Colorado | 80 | · | · | 3 | — |
| Wk 8 · Houston | 61 | · | · | 2 | — |
| Wk 9 · Cincinnati | 73 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Season | 563 | 38 (17–50) | 4 | 13 | 7% |
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 →