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 | 12 | — |
| Target share | 11.0% | 465th / 523 |
| Catch rate | 66.7% | 219th / 523 |
| Success rate per target | 41.7% | 366th / 523 |
| Yards per target | 4.9 | 481st / 523 |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | 479th / 523 |
| Deep-target rate | 8.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 6 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 3 | — |
Charting
Where Bates's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted11 targets charted
2025 charting · Boise State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Bates’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted28 targets charted
Career
3 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 |  Boise State#36 · 5-1 | 4 | 38% | 8 | 59 | 2 | 11.0% |
| 2025 | Boise State#46 · 9-5 | 12 | 43% | 17 | 302 | 1 | 10.8% |
| 2024 | Boise State#17 · 12-2 | 9 | 19% | 9 | 67 | 0 | 3.9% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Cam Bates's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Cam Bates'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 | Defense | Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 | @ Oregon | L 27–34 | 6.0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 13 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Memphis | W 38–20 | 8.7 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 72 | 1 |
| 3 |  South Dakota | W 38–24 | 2.0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 10 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | -3 | · |
| 4 | @ Western Michigan | W 32–7 | 3.9 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 |  Utah State | W 37–18 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | @ Fresno State | W 38–31 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 · 4 games | 5.1 | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 | 69 | 1 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 8 | 697th / 1995 |
| Yards | 59 | 957th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 7.4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 172nd / 825 |
| Long | 13 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4244th / 5408 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 1 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 1 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 2 | — |
| Yards | 69 | — |
| Average | 34.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | — |
| 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 | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Plays made | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Oregon | ✓ WR | 64 | ~43 (28–52) | 3 | · | · | 67% |
| Wk 2 · Memphis | ✓ WR | 75 | ~51 (34–62) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 68% |
| Wk 3 · South Dakota | — | 79 | ~22 (7–30) | 2 | · | 1 | 28% |
| Wk 4 · Western Michigan | — | 65 | ~44 (29–54) | 2 | · | · | 68% |
| Season | 2 GS | 424 | 160 (135–189) | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38% |
Position Room
17 WRs on the Boise State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Rasean Jones | WR | FR | 23 | 359 | 1 | 24% | +0.81 |
| 82 | Ben Ford | WR | SR | 12 | 137 | 2 | 9% | +0.66 |
| Akeem Wright | WR | 11 | 181 | 1 | 12% | +0.45 | ||
| 3 | Cam Bates | WR | JR | 8 | 59 | 2 | 10% | +0.57 |
| Qumonte Williams Jr. | WR | 4 | 36 | 0 | 6% | +0.22 | ||
| 25 | Quinton Brown | WR | SO | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9% | -0.04 |
| 85 | Terrious Favors | WR | FR | 2 | 27 | 1 | 6% | +0.88 |
| 13 | Darren Morris | WR | SR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3% | -1.40 |
| 17 | AJ Jones | WR | FR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6% | +0.94 |
| 24 | AJ Maes | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Lincoln Dunn | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Jeremyah Lane | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Romeo Carter | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Kamryn Jones | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Gavin Packer | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | AJ Logan | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carson Monagan | 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. Boise State depth chart →