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 | 30 | — |
| Target share | 14.2% | 369th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 73.3% | 115th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 70.0% | 10th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 10.5 | 80th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 10.0% | 306th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 20.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 5 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 4 | — |
Charting
Where Zee's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted32 targets charted
2025 charting · Iowa
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Zee’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted15 targets charted
Career
3 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 |  Iowa#16 · 6-2 | 8 | 68% | 25 | 367 | 4 | 14.2% |
| 2025 | Iowa#14 · 9-4 | 8 | 33% | 15 | 219 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | Iowa#21 · 8-5 | 6 | 32% | 14 | 176 | 3 | 9.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Reece Vander Zee's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Reece Vander Zee'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 |  Northern Illinois | W 40–0 | 5.9 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | · | · | 2 | 16 | · |
| 2 |  Iowa State | W 16–13 | 6.2 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 13 | · | · | 2 | 23 | · |
| 3 |  Northern Iowa | W 55–0 | 4.8 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Michigan | W 20–19 | 7.9 | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 2 | 16 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 |  Ohio State | L 14–31 | 6.0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 18 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 6 | @ Washington | W 41–24 | 7.5 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 1 | 31 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 8 | @ Minnesota | L 10–13 | 7.6 | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 1 | 37 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 9 |  Wisconsin | W 30–0 | 6.7 | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 16 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 8 games | 6.6 | 25 | 367 | 14.7 | 4 | 37 | · | · | 4 | 39 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 25 | 217th / 2089 |
| Yards | 367 | 170th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 14.7 | 109th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 69th / 914 |
| Long | 37 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 4 | — |
| Yards | 39 | — |
| Average | 9.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 15 | — |
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 | Special teams | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Northern Illinois | ✓ WR | 78 | ~53 (35–65) | 4 | 2 | · | 68% |
| Wk 2 · Iowa State | ✓ WR | 59 | ~46 (30–56) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 78% |
| Wk 3 · Northern Iowa | ✓ WR | 64 | ~9 (3–15) | 1 | · | · | 14% |
| Wk 4 · Michigan | ✓ WR | 58 | ~47 (31–57) | 5 | · | · | 81% |
| Wk 5 · Ohio State | ✓ WR | 52 | ~44 (29–52) | 6 | · | · | 85% |
| Wk 6 · Washington | ✓ WR | 57 | ~46 (30–56) | 4 | · | · | 81% |
| Wk 8 · Minnesota | — | 66 | ~49 (32–60) | 5 | · | · | 74% |
| Wk 9 · Wisconsin | — | 66 | ~47 (31–57) | 6 | · | · | 71% |
| Season | 6 GS | 500 | 341 (286–397) | 35 | 4 | 1 | 68% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Iowa roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Tony Diaz | WR | JR | 33 | 461 | 2 | 24% | +0.25 |
| 2 | Reece Vander Zee | WR | JR | 25 | 367 | 4 | 3% | +2.57 |
| 8 | Evan James | WR | SO | 7 | 58 | 0 | 6% | -0.24 |
| 0 | Jarriett Buie | WR | JR | 5 | 63 | 0 | 5% | +0.08 |
| 7 | Dayton Howard | WR | SR | 2 | 28 | 0 | 5% | +0.61 |
| 1 | KJ Parker | WR | JR | — | — | — | 4% | -0.47 |
| 6 | Xavier Stinson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Brody Schaffer | WR | FR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.79 |
| 12 | Diondre Smith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Alex Eichmann | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Jackson Naeve | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Apollo Payne | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Lance Beeghley | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Isaiah Oliver | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Iowa depth chart →