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 | 25 | — |
| Target share | 14.8% | 330th / 527 |
| Catch rate | 60.0% | 346th / 527 |
| Success rate per target | 52.0% | 205th / 527 |
| Yards per target | 10.1 | 117th / 527 |
| Explosive catches | 20.0% | 69th / 527 |
| Deep-target rate | 32.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Charting
Where Whittemore's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted25 targets charted
2025 charting · Utah
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Whittemore’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted20 targets charted
Career
4 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 |  Utah#8 · 6-0 | 6 | 59% | 15 | 253 | 0 | 14.8% |
| 2025 | Utah#7 · 11-2 | 4 | 23% | 12 | 92 | 1 | 14.9% |
| 2024 |  Mississippi State#92 · 2-10 | 3 | 8% | 4 | 65 | 0 | 5.6% |
| 2023 | Mississippi State#77 · 5-7 | 5 | 24% | 11 | 102 | 2 | 7.1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Creed Whittemore's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Creed Whittemore'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 |  Idaho | W 66–14 | 5.7 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 14 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Arkansas | W 43–10 | 5.1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Utah State | W 33–0 | 6.2 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 36 | · | · | 1 | 5 | · |
| 4 | @ Iowa State | W 31–17 | 6.4 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 30 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 6 |  Kansas | W 41–24 | 6.2 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 11 | · | · | 2 | 18 | · |
| 7 | @ Colorado | W 27–24 | 7.5 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 0 | 43 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 6 games | 6.2 | 15 | 253 | 16.9 | 0 | 43 | · | · | 3 | 23 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 15 | 361st / 1995 |
| Yards | 253 | 246th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 16.9 | 51st / 463 |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 43 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 3 | — |
| Yards | 23 | — |
| Average | 7.7 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 15 | — |
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 · Idaho | 75 | ~45 (30–55) | 4 | · | 60% |
| Wk 2 · Arkansas | 62 | ~13 (4–21) | 1 | · | 21% |
| Wk 3 · Utah State | 74 | ~44 (29–54) | 6 | 1 | 59% |
| Wk 4 · Iowa State | 60 | ~38 (12–52) | 3 | · | 63% |
| Wk 6 · Kansas | 78 | ~62 (41–75) | 6 | 2 | 79% |
| Wk 7 · Colorado | 80 | ~49 (32–60) | 5 | · | 61% |
| Season | 429 | 251 (211–292) | 25 | 3 | 59% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Utah roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Braden Pegan | WR | SR | 32 | 422 | 6 | 25% | +0.56 |
| 11 | Ricky Johnson | WR | SO | 16 | 233 | 1 | 12% | +0.51 |
| Creed Whittemore | WR | 15 | 253 | 0 | 13% | +0.60 | ||
| 12 | Larry Simmons | WR | SR | 5 | 95 | 0 | 5% | +1.04 |
| 8 | Mana Carvalho | WR | SO | 2 | 38 | 0 | 6% | -0.74 |
| 0 | Kyri Shoels | WR | SR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | -0.47 |
| 18 | Tobias Merriweather | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Matt Clark | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Peyton Rice | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Junior Coughlin | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Bryson Baker | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Max Ausmus | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daidren Zipperer | WR | — | — | — | 3% | -3.88 |
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. Utah depth chart →