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 | 29 | — |
| Target share | 13.4% | 395th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 72.4% | 131st / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 41.4% | 385th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 7.8 | 290th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 13.8% | 180th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 10.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 5 | — |
Charting
Where Charles's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted30 targets charted
2025 charting · UCF
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Charles’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted26 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 |  UCF#57 · 4-4 | 8 | 51% | 23 | 262 | 2 | 13.4% |
| 2025 | UCF#76 · 5-7 | 11 | 46% | 26 | 290 | 0 | 13.1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Waden Charles's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Waden Charles'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 |  Bethune-Cookman | W 73–6 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 | @ Pittsburgh | L 7–12 | 6.9 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 |  Georgia State | W 44–30 | 6.9 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 1 | 30 |
| 4 |  TCU | W 21–13 | 5.2 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | @ Houston | L 17–27 | 7.0 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | @ Oklahoma State | L 28–42 | 5.8 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 |  BYU | W 39–31 | 5.3 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 |  Baylor | L 9–41 | 6.5 | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2026 · 7 games | 6.2 | 23 | 262 | 11.4 | 2 | 35 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 23 | 245th / 2089 |
| Yards | 262 | 320th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 11.4 | 296th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 223rd / 914 |
| Long | 35 | — |
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 · Bethune-Cookman | ✓ WR | 60 | · | · | — |
| Wk 2 · Pittsburgh | ✓ WR | 54 | ~36 (11–49) | 5 | 67% |
| Wk 3 · Georgia State | ✓ WR | 56 | ~39 (12–53) | 4 | 70% |
| Wk 4 · TCU | ✓ WR | 53 | ~37 (12–51) | 3 | 70% |
| Wk 5 · Houston | — | 59 | ~40 (26–49) | 6 | 68% |
| Wk 6 · Oklahoma State | ✓ WR | 83 | ~26 (8–36) | 3 | 31% |
| Wk 8 · BYU | — | 82 | ~56 (37–68) | 5 | 68% |
| Wk 9 · Baylor | — | 67 | ~29 (9–40) | 6 | 43% |
| Season | 5 GS | 514 | 263 (163–319) | 32 | 51% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the UCF roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Josh Derry | WR | SR | 37 | 428 | 3 | 20% | +0.45 |
| 9 | Waden Charles | WR | SO | 23 | 262 | 2 | 13% | +0.31 |
| 2 | Tyren Hornes | WR | FR | 22 | 282 | 1 | 12% | +0.29 |
| 6 | Ric'Darious Farmer | WR | SO | 13 | 147 | 0 | 11% | +0.34 |
| Duane Thomas Jr. | WR | 7 | 44 | 0 | 11% | +0.20 | ||
| 3 | Jonathan Bibbs | WR | SO | 5 | 74 | 1 | 6% | +0.32 |
| 13 | Caleb Rollerson | WR | SO | 4 | 38 | 1 | 5% | +0.66 |
| 82 | Jordyn Bridgewater | WR | SO | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4% | -0.47 |
| 23 | Jordan Nunuha | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Andrea Parisi | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Elijah Hardy | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Zack Palmer | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Carson Hinshaw | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Chase Hinshaw | WR | 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. UCF depth chart →