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 | 19.0% | 177th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 50.0% | 461st / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 50.0% | 220th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 7.8 | 291st / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 6.2% | 425th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 18.8% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 5 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Jr.'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 · Louisiana
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Jr.’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted43 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 |  Louisiana#89 · 5-3 | 5 | 26% | 8 | 124 | 0 | 19.0% |
| 2025 | Louisiana#103 · 6-7 | 9 | 59% | 32 | 537 | 6 | 26.9% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Shelton Sampson Jr.'s team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Shelton Sampson Jr.'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 |  Lamar | W 38–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 | @ USC | L 30–49 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  UAB | W 21–14 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 | @ Charlotte | W 34–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 5 |  Arkansas State | W 23–20 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 31–32 | 6.7 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 41 |
| 7 |  Troy | W 33–6 | 3.9 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | @ Southern Miss | L 31–35 | 6.8 | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026 · 3 games | 5.8 | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 0 | 41 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 8 | 841st / 2089 |
| Yards | 124 | 656th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 15.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 41 | — |
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Lamar | ✓ WR | 69 | · | · | — |
| Wk 5 · Arkansas State | ✓ WR | 63 | · | · | — |
| Wk 6 · Louisiana Tech | — | 57 | ~31 (10–42) | 3 | 54% |
| Wk 7 · Troy | ✓ WR | 72 | ~49 (32–60) | 3 | 68% |
| Wk 8 · Southern Miss | ✓ WR | 81 | ~64 (42–78) | 10 | 79% |
| Season | 4 GS | 544 | 144 (112–170) | 16 | 26% |
Position Room
11 WRs on the Louisiana roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Trenton Chaney | WR | FR | 17 | 217 | 1 | 13% | +0.56 |
| 10 | Russell Babineaux | WR | FR | 17 | 138 | 1 | 10% | +0.48 |
| 9 | KeDarius Wade | WR | JR | 13 | 279 | 2 | 12% | +0.54 |
| 17 | Landon Strother | WR | SO | 12 | 116 | 0 | 18% | +0.14 |
| 87 | Kristion Brooks | WR | FR | 11 | 117 | 0 | 6% | +0.86 |
| 6 | Shelton Sampson Jr. | WR | JR | 8 | 124 | 0 | 17% | +0.02 |
| 15 | Ja'Corian Norris | WR | SO | 2 | 21 | 0 | 5% | -0.14 |
| 2 | Rahji Dennis | WR | SO | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1% | +1.08 |
| 8 | Jaydon Johnson | WR | SR | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4% | +0.60 |
| 80 | Jayden Lewis | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Landon Baptiste | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Louisiana depth chart →