EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 25 | — |
| Target share | 13.3% | 402nd / 534 |
| Catch rate | 64.0% | 280th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 44.0% | 344th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 7.4 | 318th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 8.0% | 375th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 16.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 9 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 5 | — |
Where Lyons's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Lyons’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
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 | UNLV#88 · 5-3 | 7 | 49% | 16 | 185 | 1 | 13.3% |
| 2025 | UNLV#64 · 10-4 | 8 | 22% | 16 | 241 | 3 | 7.6% |
| 2024 | Utah#57 · 5-7 | 1 | 2% | 1 | 4 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Taeshaun Lyons's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Taeshaun Lyons'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 | L 21–27 | 5.5 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| 1 | @ | W 21–6 | 4.8 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | @ | L 6–44 | 6.3 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | @ | W 38–10 | 6.4 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | W 39–31 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 6 | W 13–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 7 | @ | L 31–41 | 5.0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | W 31–24 | 7.1 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 1 | 27 | |
| 2026 · 6 games | 5.9 | 16 | 185 | 11.6 | 1 | 36 | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 16 | 434th / 2089 |
| Yards | 185 | 464th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 11.6 | 280th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 36 | — |
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 · Memphis | ✓ WR | 78 | ~22 (7–30) | 2 | · | 28% |
| Wk 1 · Hawai'i | ✓ WR | 61 | ~42 (28–51) | 2 | · | 69% |
| Wk 2 · North Texas | ✓ WR | 72 | ~42 (28–51) | 5 | · | 58% |
| Wk 4 · Akron | ✓ WR | 63 | ~38 (12–52) | 5 | · | 60% |
| Wk 6 · North Dakota State | ✓ WR | 63 | ~31 (10–42) | 1 | 1 | 49% |
| Wk 7 · Air Force | — | 64 | ~37 (12–51) | 4 | · | 58% |
| Wk 9 · Northern Illinois | ✓ WR | 62 | ~46 (30–56) | 6 | · | 74% |
| Season | 6 GS | 523 | 258 (160–313) | 25 | 1 | 49% |
15 WRs on the UNLV roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Kayden McGee | WR | SO | 21 | 442 | 5 | 13% | +1.03 |
| 2 | Taz Reddicks | WR | JR | 18 | 310 | 2 | 14% | +0.28 |
| 8 | Taeshaun Lyons | WR | JR | 16 | 185 | 1 | 12% | +0.55 |
| 81 | Vincent Carner | WR | FR | 7 | 68 | 0 | 9% | +0.11 |
| 10 | Troy Stellato | WR | SR | 6 | 61 | 0 | 7% | +0.02 |
| 5 | Tavian McNair | WR | FR | 4 | 79 | 1 | 4% | +1.23 |
| 4 | DeAngelo Irvin Jr. | WR | SR | 3 | 30 | 0 | 10% | -0.20 |
| Peyton Zachary | WR | 3 | 31 | 0 | 7% | -0.28 | ||
| 15 | Tatum Bell Jr. | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Danny Boden | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Jesse Harden | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Cassidee Miles | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | David Titone-Perez | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Demari Nunley | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amorion Walker | WR | — | — | — | 5% | -3.89 |
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. UNLV depth chart →