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 | 15 | — |
| Target share | 7.5% | — |
| Catch rate | 53.3% | — |
| Success rate per target | 26.7% | — |
| Yards per target | 4.6 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 6 | — |
Charting
Where West's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted16 targets charted
2025 charting · Mississippi State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of West’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted6 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 |  Mississippi State#45 · 4-4 | 8 | 59% | 8 | 69 | 1 | 7.5% |
| 2025 | Mississippi State#71 · 5-8 | 5 | 20% | 5 | 41 | 1 | 4.3% |
| 2024 |  Indiana#8 · 11-2 | 1 | 5% | 1 | 37 | 0 | 5.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Sam West's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Sam West'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 | Defense | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  UL Monroe | W 62–13 | 5.1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 | @ Minnesota | W 38–13 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 3 | @ South Carolina | W 41–34 | 7.0 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 11 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Missouri | W 31–24 | 6.0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 |  Alabama | L 23–56 | 5.2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 7 | @ LSU | L 0–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 8 |  Oklahoma | L 15–23 | 7.0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 9 | @ Texas | L 3–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2026 · 5 games | 6.1 | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Passing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Completions | 1 | — |
| Attempts | 1 | — |
| Completion % | 100.0% | — |
| Yards | 18 | — |
| Yards / att. | 18 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | — |
| Interceptions | 0 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 8 | 841st / 2089 |
| Yards | 69 | 986th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 8.6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 12 | — |
| 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 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · UL Monroe | ✓ TE | 79 | ~32 (15–46) | 2 | · | · | 41% |
| Wk 2 · Minnesota | — | 68 | ~40 (34–48) | 1 | · | · | 59% |
| Wk 3 · South Carolina | ✓ TE | 60 | ~44 (37–53) | 4 | · | 1 | 73% |
| Wk 4 · Missouri | ✓ TE | 78 | ~61 (52–74) | 4 | · | · | 78% |
| Wk 5 · Alabama | — | 70 | ~29 (13–41) | 2 | 1 | · | 41% |
| Wk 7 · LSU | — | 68 | ~40 (34–48) | 1 | · | · | 59% |
| Wk 8 · Oklahoma | — | 63 | ~40 (34–48) | 2 | · | · | 63% |
| Wk 9 · Texas | — | 66 | ~38 (18–54) | 1 | · | · | 58% |
| Season | 3 GS | 552 | 324 (277–387) | 17 | 1 | 1 | 59% |
Position Room
6 TEs on the Mississippi State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam West | TE | 8 | 69 | 1 | 6% | +0.15 | ||
| 88 | Joeseph Skipworth | TE | FR | 4 | 26 | 0 | 7% | -0.38 |
| Riley Williams | TE | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4% | +0.17 | ||
| 4 | Zayion Cotton | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Adam Land | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Luke Hutchinson | TE | 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. Mississippi State depth chart →