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 | 9 | — |
| Target share | 5.5% | — |
| Catch rate | 55.6% | — |
| Success rate per target | 22.2% | — |
| Yards per target | 3.4 | — |
| Explosive catches | 11.1% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 1 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Taylor's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted14 targets charted
2025 charting · Georgia Tech
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Taylor’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted7 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 |  Western Kentucky#115 · 3-5 | 7 | 24% | 8 | 122 | 1 | 5.5% |
| 2025 |  Georgia Tech#38 · 9-4 | 6 | 17% | 11 | 129 | 1 | 6.0% |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech#44 · 7-6 | 2 | 1% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Zion Taylor's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Zion Taylor'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
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 | @ Nevada | L 14–49 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2 | @ Georgia | L 20–70 | 5.4 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | @ Indiana | L 0–38 | — | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Mercyhurst | W 52–7 | 7.4 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 1 | 72 |
| 5 | @ New Mexico State | L 13–34 | 4.7 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 |  Missouri State | W 34–13 | 5.7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | @ Sam Houston | W 16–3 | — | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 9 |  Delaware | L 21–35 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 · 7 games | 5.7 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 122 | 15.3 | 1 | 72 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 4 | — |
| Yards | 23 | 877th / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 5.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 411th / 683 |
| Long | 11 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 8 | 841st / 2089 |
| Yards | 122 | 665th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 15.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 72 | — |
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 | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Georgia | 74 | ~25 (8–34) | 3 | 34% |
| Wk 3 · Indiana | 60 | ~13 (4–21) | 2 | 22% |
| Wk 4 · Mercyhurst | 65 | ~34 (11–47) | 3 | 52% |
| Wk 5 · New Mexico State | 74 | ~21 (7–29) | 3 | 28% |
| Wk 6 · Missouri State | 75 | ~11 (3–18) | 2 | 15% |
| Wk 7 · Sam Houston | 74 | ~8 (2–13) | 1 | 11% |
| Wk 9 · Delaware | 77 | ~29 (9–40) | 4 | 38% |
| Season | 582 | 141 (88–171) | 18 | 24% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Western Kentucky roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Jonathan Stafford Jr. | WR | FR | 46 | 439 | 1 | 22% | +0.25 |
| 8 | Moussa Barry | WR | SR | 17 | 202 | 0 | 8% | +0.42 |
| 4 | Cameron Flowers | WR | SO | 14 | 153 | 1 | 10% | +0.41 |
| 12 | Quincy Burroughs | WR | SR | 12 | 147 | 1 | 10% | -0.21 |
| 17 | Zion Taylor | WR | JR | 8 | 122 | 1 | 5% | +0.27 |
| 7 | Qua'Vez Humphreys | WR | SR | 7 | 76 | 0 | 6% | +0.08 |
| 13 | Jyziah Rockwell | WR | SR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2% | +0.52 |
| 18 | Devin Hamilton | WR | FR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | +0.20 |
| 21 | Nigel Johnson | WR | SR | 1 | 72 | 1 | 3% | +1.72 |
| 84 | Jeremiah Carroll | WR | SR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3% | -0.33 |
| 2 | K.D. Hutchinson | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Fonzy Smith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Tre'Von Mcgory | 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. Western Kentucky depth chart →