Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Charting
Where Wolford's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted6 targets charted
2025 charting · Kent State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Wolford’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted11 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 |  Cincinnati#55 · 4-2 | 3 | 14% | 4 | 18 | 0 | 4.6% |
| 2025 |  Kent State#129 · 5-7 | 11 | 52% | 19 | 509 | 7 | 13.2% |
| 2024 | Kent State#134 · 0-12 | 2 | 8% | — | — | — | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Cade Wolford's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Cade Wolford'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 |  Boston College | W 34–15 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 12 | · |
| 2 |  Western Carolina | W 62–10 | 5.4 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 12 | · | · | 3 | 22 | · |
| 3 |  Miami (OH) | W 35–31 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 9 | · |
| 4 |  Kansas State | W 31–26 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 5 | @ Arizona | L 7–34 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 7 | @ West Virginia | L 42–45 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2026 · 3 games | 5.4 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 12 | · | · | 6 | 43 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1115th / 1995 |
| Yards | 18 | 1478th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 4.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 12 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 0 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 6 | — |
| Yards | 43 | — |
| Average | 7.2 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 12 | — |
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 | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Boston College | 61 | · | · | 2 | — |
| Wk 2 · Western Carolina | 78 | ~44 (29–54) | 5 | 3 | 56% |
| Wk 3 · Miami (OH) | 76 | ~10 (3–16) | 1 | 2 | 13% |
| Season | 394 | 54 (24–71) | 6 | 7 | 14% |
Position Room
15 WRs on the Cincinnati roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | JV Gibson | WR | SR | 25 | 342 | 4 | 21% | +0.73 |
| 0 | Isaiah Johnson | WR | JR | 24 | 227 | 1 | 19% | +0.53 |
| 2 | Larenzo Fenner | WR | SR | 10 | 124 | 0 | 8% | +0.69 |
| 9 | Malachi Henry | WR | SR | 8 | 266 | 1 | 8% | +1.55 |
| 18 | Giyahni Kontosis | WR | SO | 5 | 39 | 0 | 5% | -0.07 |
| Cade Wolford | WR | 4 | 18 | 0 | 8% | -0.23 | ||
| 14 | Elijah Jones | WR | JR | 2 | 17 | 0 | 3% | +0.16 |
| 16 | Flynn Schiele | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | H'eij Jackson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Dadrien Waller | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Joshua Smith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Taizaun Burns | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Ryan Taleb | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Christian Moulton | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Pierce Ayers | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Cincinnati depth chart →