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 | 34 | — |
| Target share | 16.1% | 285th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 70.6% | 156th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 61.8% | 51st / 534 |
| Yards per target | 7.5 | 311th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 8.8% | 347th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 9 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 4 | — |
Charting
Where Lyons's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted34 targets charted
2025 charting · USC
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Lyons’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted9 targets charted
Career
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 |  BYU#21 · 7-1 | 8 | 63% | 24 | 255 | 1 | 16.1% |
| 2025 |  USC#13 · 9-4 | 11 | 41% | 20 | 223 | 2 | 7.3% |
| 2024 | USC#18 · 7-6 | 3 | 13% | 6 | 36 | 0 | 3.2% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Walker Lyons's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Walker 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 |  Utah Tech | W 63–7 | 6.1 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 |  Arizona | W 28–17 | 6.2 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | @ Colorado State | W 41–23 | 6.9 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | @ TCU | W 17–10 | 4.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 |  Iowa State | W 24–10 | 7.9 | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 |  Notre Dame | W 28–24 | 8.2 | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | @ UCF | L 31–39 | 4.5 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 |  Arizona State | W 27–20 | 7.6 | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026 · 8 games | 6.4 | 24 | 255 | 10.6 | 1 | 26 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 24 | 229th / 2089 |
| Yards | 255 | 334th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 10.6 | 334th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 26 | — |
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 · Utah Tech | ✓ TE | 68 | ~46 (39–56) | 4 | 68% |
| Wk 2 · Arizona | ✓ TE | 56 | ~38 (18–54) | 4 | 68% |
| Wk 3 · Colorado State | ✓ TE | 58 | ~36 (17–51) | 2 | 62% |
| Wk 5 · TCU | ✓ TE | 63 | ~25 (12–36) | 1 | 40% |
| Wk 6 · Iowa State | ✓ TE | 61 | ~43 (36–52) | 6 | 70% |
| Wk 7 · Notre Dame | ✓ TE | 67 | ~42 (36–51) | 6 | 63% |
| Wk 8 · UCF | — | 68 | ~43 (36–52) | 4 | 63% |
| Wk 9 · Arizona State | ✓ TE | 61 | ~45 (38–54) | 7 | 74% |
| Season | 7 GS | 502 | 318 (243–444) | 34 | 63% |
Position Room
8 TEs on the BYU roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Walker Lyons | TE | JR | 24 | 255 | 1 | 15% | +0.32 |
| 2 | Roger Saleapaga II | TE | JR | 12 | 146 | 0 | 11% | +0.20 |
| 45 | Keayen Nead | TE | SR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6% | +0.21 |
| 44 | Josh Davis | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Jacob Nye | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Noah Moeaki | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Matthew Fredrick | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Will Zundel | TE | — | — | — | — | — |
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. BYU depth chart →