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 | 32 | — |
| Target share | 14.6% | 350th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 56.2% | 414th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 43.8% | 347th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 12.3 | 26th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 12.5% | 209th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 25.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 8 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
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 targeted32 targets charted
2025 charting · Sam Houston
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 targeted23 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 |  Sam Houston#129 · 1-7 | 8 | 49% | 18 | 392 | 3 | 14.6% |
| 2025 | Sam Houston#134 · 2-10 | 10 | 34% | 12 | 228 | 1 | 9.3% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Tim Burns Jr.'s team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Tim Burns 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 | Returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 | @ Troy | L 21–24 | 6.4 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | · |
| 2 |  Tulsa | L 17–23 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 24 | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Nicholls | W 59–0 | 7.3 | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 7 | · |
| 4 | @ Texas Tech | L 14–49 | 7.2 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 1 | 52 | · | · | 1 | 4 | · |
| 6 | @ Liberty | L 3–35 | 5.4 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 13 | · |
| 7 |  Western Kentucky | L 3–16 | 5.0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 50 | · |
| 8 |  New Mexico State | L 24–30 | 8.4 | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 1 | 81 | · | · | 2 | 11 | · |
| 9 | @ Missouri State | L 3–24 | 2.7 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 46 | · | · | 3 | -2 | · |
| 2026 · 8 games | 6.1 | 18 | 392 | 21.8 | 3 | 81 | 5 | 96 | 16 | 94 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 18 | 367th / 2089 |
| Yards | 392 | 151st / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 21.8 | 3rd / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 127th / 914 |
| Long | 81 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 1 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 5 | — |
| Yards | 96 | — |
| Average | 19.2 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 29 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 16 | — |
| Yards | 94 | — |
| Average | 5.9 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 25 | — |
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 · Troy | ✓ WR | 70 | ~44 (29–54) | 7 | 3 | · | 63% |
| Wk 2 · Tulsa | ✓ WR | 64 | · | · | 1 | · | — |
| Wk 3 · Nicholls | — | 75 | ~42 (28–51) | 4 | 3 | · | 56% |
| Wk 4 · Texas Tech | ✓ WR | 67 | ~26 (8–36) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 39% |
| Wk 6 · Liberty | ✓ WR | 59 | ~36 (11–49) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 61% |
| Wk 7 · Western Kentucky | ✓ WR | 57 | ~24 (8–33) | 5 | 6 | · | 42% |
| Wk 8 · New Mexico State | ✓ WR | 52 | ~31 (10–42) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 60% |
| Wk 9 · Missouri State | ✓ WR | 60 | ~42 (28–51) | 5 | 3 | · | 70% |
| Season | 7 GS | 504 | 245 (152–297) | 33 | 21 | 3 | 49% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Sam Houston roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Grady O'Neill | WR | SR | 36 | 348 | 2 | 20% | +0.21 |
| 2 | Chris Reed | WR | SR | 22 | 357 | 3 | 17% | +0.10 |
| 3 | Tim Burns Jr. | WR | SR | 18 | 392 | 3 | 13% | +0.82 |
| 5 | Kyan Berry-Johnson | WR | JR | 18 | 195 | 1 | 10% | +0.42 |
| 0 | Darrick Bledsoe III | WR | SR | 11 | 92 | 2 | 8% | +0.54 |
| 12 | Kamari Maxwell | WR | SO | 6 | 139 | 1 | 4% | +0.33 |
| 1 | Aviyon Smith-Mack | WR | SR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3% | -0.41 |
| 4 | Alijah Cason | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Kaleb Mitchell | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Ty Sexton | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Konner Dandridge | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Matthew Tatum | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Terrence Guillory II | 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. Sam Houston depth chart →