#87
Notre Dame · 2026

Cooper Flanagan

TESenior6' 6", 255 lbsPleasant Hill, CA
Notre Dame Fighting Irish6-1 · TDC #1
Snap share
29%
4 of 5 started · likely 20–39%
Receptions
6
876th of 1995 in FBS
Rec. yards
48
1060th of 1981 in FBS
Yards / catch
8.0
Rec. TD
2
172nd of 825 in FBS
EPA / play
+0.00
7 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

7 plays · 0.0 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.00
Passing+0.00
1st down+0.28
2nd down+0.60
Standard downs+0.02
Passing downs-0.12
FlanaganWR/TE average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays3%
Pass plays8%
Run plays0%
1st down2%
2nd down7%
3rd down0%
Standard downs4%
Passing downs2%
FlanaganWR/TE average

Advanced

Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume

ReceivingValueFBS rank
Targets7—
Target share9.5%—
Catch rate57.1%—
Success rate per target42.9%—
Yards per target6.3—
Explosive catches14.3%—
Deep-target rate28.6%—
3rd-down targets0—
Red-zone targets1—

Charting

Where Flanagan's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Targets
9
6 caught (67%)
Avg. depth of target
7.9
air yards per target
YAC per catch
3.2
16 yds after the catch
Air yards caught
30
of 46 yds on charted catches
Deep targets
25%
20+ air yards

Where he's targeted8 targets charted

67% comp7.9 avg. depth3.2 YAC/catch25% 20+ air yds2–0 TD–INT
101020203030LOSLeft, Behind air yards: noneLeft, 0–4 air yards: 1 targets (13%), 1 caught (100%), 4 yds, 4.0 per target1100% · 4yLeft, 5–9 air yards: noneLeft, 10–14 air yards: noneLeft, 15–19 air yards: noneLeft, 20–29 air yards: noneLeft, 30+ air yards: noneMiddle, Behind air yards: noneMiddle, 0–4 air yards: 3 targets (38%), 2 caught (67%), 10 yds, 3.3 per target367% · 10yMiddle, 5–9 air yards: 1 targets (13%), 1 caught (100%), 5 yds, 5.0 per target1100% · 5yMiddle, 10–14 air yards: 1 targets (13%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yMiddle, 15–19 air yards: noneMiddle, 20–29 air yards: 1 targets (13%), 1 caught (100%), 27 yds, 27.0 per target1100% · 27yMiddle, 30+ air yards: noneRight, Behind air yards: noneRight, 0–4 air yards: noneRight, 5–9 air yards: noneRight, 10–14 air yards: noneRight, 15–19 air yards: noneRight, 20–29 air yards: 1 targets (13%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 30+ air yards: none
fewer more targets
Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.

Career

3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnapsRecRec ydsRec TDTgt share
2026 so farNotre Dame#1 · 6-1529%64829.5%
2024Notre Dame#2 · 14-2311%45525.3%
2023Notre Dame#7 · 10-312%1191—

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Cooper Flanagan's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Cooper Flanagan'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

5.6 avg. game scoreBest: 7.3 at Purdue (Week 4)0 of 4 games at 8.0+
Receiving
WkOpponentResultGame scoreRecYdsY/RTDLong
1vsWisconsinW 41–135.52136.508
2RiceW 52–06.0122.012
3Michigan StateW 27–10—no stats recorded
4@PurdueW 49–107.322914.5127
5@North CarolinaW 37–263.7144.004
6StanfordW 58–7—no stats recorded
7@BYUL 24–28—no stats recorded
2026 · 4 games5.66488.0227

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions6876th / 1995
Yards481060th / 1981
Yards / catch8—
Touchdowns2172nd / 825
Long27—

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

GameStartTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedPenaltiesSnap share
Wk 1 · Wisconsin✓ TE61~26 (12–37)2·43%
Wk 2 · Rice✓ TE65~36 (17–51)1·55%
Wk 3 · Michigan State✓ TE67···—
Wk 4 · Purdue✓ TE58~32 (15–46)2·55%
Wk 5 · North Carolina—75~45 (38–54)4160%
Season4 GS481139 (96–187)9129%

Position Room

8 TEs on the Notre Dame roster, ordered by rec

#PlayerPosClassRecYdsTDTgt shareEPA/play
85Jack LarsenTEJR64409%+0.27
87Cooper FlanaganTESR64828%+0.00
88James FlaniganTESO52216%+0.23
Ty WashingtonTE21203%-0.20
24Ian PremerTEFR11404%+1.06
42Henry GarrityTESR—————
84Preston FryzelTEFR—————
89Austin RatiganTEFR—————

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. Notre Dame depth chart →