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 | 21 | — |
| Target share | 11.4% | 471st / 534 |
| Catch rate | 71.4% | 139th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 57.1% | 99th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 6.9 | 372nd / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | 495th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 14.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 5 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Claiborne's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted21 targets charted
Game Log
Ty Claiborne'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 |  Southeast Missouri State | W 38–10 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 | @ Iowa | L 13–16 | 5.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 |  Bowling Green | W 55–7 | 5.7 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 |  Utah | L 17–31 | 3.6 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |  West Virginia | W 45–42 | 5.7 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | @ BYU | L 10–24 | 5.9 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | @ Arizona | L 3–39 | 5.5 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 |  Oklahoma State | W 51–49 | 6.0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026 · 7 games | 5.3 | 16 | 156 | 9.8 | 0 | 17 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 16 | 434th / 2089 |
| Yards | 156 | 544th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 9.8 | 367th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 17 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Iowa | ✓ WR | 53 | ~31 (10–42) | 3 | · | 58% |
| Wk 3 · Bowling Green | — | 63 | ~34 (11–47) | 2 | · | 54% |
| Wk 4 · Utah | — | 73 | ~11 (3–18) | 1 | · | 15% |
| Wk 5 · West Virginia | — | 76 | ~51 (34–62) | 4 | · | 67% |
| Wk 6 · BYU | — | 57 | ~42 (28–51) | 4 | · | 74% |
| Wk 8 · Arizona | — | 58 | ~35 (11–48) | 3 | · | 60% |
| Wk 9 · Oklahoma State | — | 72 | ~49 (32–60) | 4 | 1 | 68% |
| Season | 1 GS | 500 | 253 (157–307) | 21 | 1 | 51% |
Position Room
15 WRs on the Iowa State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Omari Hayes | WR | SR | 21 | 246 | 1 | 14% | +0.39 |
| 89 | Ty Claiborne | WR | SR | 16 | 156 | 0 | 11% | +0.23 |
| 13 | Jamal Polite Jr. | WR | FR | 14 | 286 | 2 | 14% | +0.49 |
| 2 | Cody Jackson | WR | SR | 13 | 236 | 1 | 11% | +0.69 |
| 11 | Dominic Overby | WR | SO | 10 | 212 | 1 | 19% | +0.34 |
| Malcolm Watkins | WR | 2 | 13 | 0 | 14% | -0.04 | ||
| 4 | Carter Pabst | WR | SO | 1 | 24 | 0 | 11% | +1.27 |
| 8 | Evan Boyd | WR | JR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6% | -0.48 |
| 23 | Carson Robbins | WR | SO | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6% | +1.39 |
| 12 | Braden Goellner | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jordyn Bailey | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Zach Eskildsen | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Jeffrey Roberts | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Trevor Fortenberry | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Ray Coffey | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
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 State depth chart →