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 | 16 | — |
| Target share | 7.0% | — |
| Catch rate | 68.8% | — |
| Success rate per target | 62.5% | — |
| Yards per target | 11.1 | — |
| Explosive catches | 18.8% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 6.2% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 4 | — |
Charting
Where Roberts's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted15 targets charted
2025 charting · Ohio State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (2 of Roberts’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted4 targets charted
Career
2 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 |  Ohio State#2 · 6-2 | 8 | 49% | 11 | 178 | 2 | 7.0% |
| 2025 | Ohio State#2 · 12-2 | 3 | 10% | 4 | 30 | 0 | 6.9% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Nate Roberts's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Nate Roberts'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 |  Ball State | W 56–3 | 5.1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | @ Texas | L 23–24 | 6.1 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 |
| 3 |  Kent State | W 59–3 | 6.6 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  Illinois | W 42–19 | 6.9 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | @ Iowa | W 31–14 | 4.9 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 |  Maryland | W 45–16 | 8.6 | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 1 | 68 |
| 7 | @ Indiana | W 19–15 | 5.7 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | @ USC | L 18–30 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 7 games | 6.3 | 11 | 178 | 16.2 | 2 | 68 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 11 | 650th / 2089 |
| Yards | 178 | 479th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 16.2 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 223rd / 914 |
| Long | 68 | — |
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 · Ball State | ✓ TE | 72 | ~16 (7–23) | 1 | · | 22% |
| Wk 2 · Texas | — | 63 | ~18 (8–26) | 1 | · | 29% |
| Wk 3 · Kent State | ✓ TE | 66 | ~41 (35–50) | 2 | · | 62% |
| Wk 4 · Illinois | ✓ TE | 68 | ~45 (38–54) | 4 | 1 | 66% |
| Wk 5 · Iowa | ✓ TE | 74 | ~46 (39–56) | 2 | · | 62% |
| Wk 6 · Maryland | ✓ TE | 69 | ~42 (36–51) | 2 | · | 61% |
| Wk 7 · Indiana | — | 68 | ~19 (9–27) | 1 | · | 28% |
| Wk 9 · USC | ✓ TE | 81 | ~50 (42–60) | 3 | 1 | 62% |
| Season | 6 GS | 561 | 277 (212–386) | 16 | 2 | 49% |
Position Room
8 TEs on the Ohio State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Nate Roberts | TE | SO | 11 | 178 | 2 | 6% | +1.08 |
| Mason Williams | TE | 9 | 124 | 1 | 6% | +0.94 | ||
| 88 | Maxence LeBlanc | TE | JR | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3% | +0.04 |
| 87 | Brody Lennon | TE | SO | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | -0.15 |
| Hunter Welcing | TE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8% | -0.49 | ||
| 38 | Frankie McAllister | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Bennett Christian | TE | SR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.35 |
| 89 | Nick Lautar | TE | FR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.30 |
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. Ohio State depth chart →