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 | 11.3% | 455th / 523 |
| Catch rate | 50.0% | 447th / 523 |
| Success rate per target | 33.3% | 454th / 523 |
| Yards per target | 6.0 | 424th / 523 |
| Explosive catches | 8.3% | 349th / 523 |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Spence's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted13 targets charted
2025 charting · Vanderbilt
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Spence’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted9 targets charted
Career
4 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 |  Vanderbilt#59 · 3-4 | 4 | 32% | 6 | 72 | 0 | 11.3% |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt#11 · 10-3 | 7 | 32% | 15 | 233 | 2 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt#50 · 7-6 | 7 | 24% | 10 | 101 | 2 | 6.2% |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt#96 · 5-7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Cole Spence's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Cole Spence'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
Austin Peay
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 6 | 876th / 1995 |
| Yards | 72 | 846th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 12 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 27 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 · Auburn | — | 75 | ~37 (17–53) | 2 | · | 49% |
| Wk 5 · Georgia | ✓ TE | 50 | ~36 (17–50) | 3 | · | 72% |
| Wk 6 · Ole Miss | — | 73 | ~34 (16–49) | 4 | · | 47% |
| Wk 7 · Arkansas | ✓ TE | 60 | ~38 (18–54) | 4 | 1 | 63% |
| Season | 2 GS | 447 | 145 (100–195) | 13 | 1 | 32% |
Position Room
8 TEs on the Vanderbilt roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Jayvontay Conner | TE | JR | 13 | 146 | 0 | 11% | +0.20 |
| Cole Spence | TE | 6 | 72 | 0 | 10% | +0.40 | ||
| Walter Taylor | TE | 4 | 67 | 1 | 7% | +0.87 | ||
| Maurice Veney | TE | 2 | 65 | 0 | 4% | +0.53 | ||
| 46 | Palmer Riley | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Elijah Rooney | TE | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Adam Gehm | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Tilden Riley | TE | 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. Vanderbilt depth chart →