Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Utah#8 · 6-0 | 1 | 2% |
| 2024 | Utah#57 · 5-7 | 4 | 17% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Daidren Zipperer's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Daidren Zipperer'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
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| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Southern Utah | W 49–0 | 6.2 | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 19 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Baylor | W 23–12 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 3 | @ Utah State | W 38–21 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 4 | @ Oklahoma State | W 22–19 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  Arizona | L 10–23 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 7 | @ Arizona State | L 19–27 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 8 |  TCU | L 7–13 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 9 | @ Houston | L 14–17 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 11 |  BYU | L 21–22 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 12 | @ Colorado | L 24–49 | 5.4 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 13 |  Iowa State | L 28–31 | 7.0 | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 46 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 14 | @ UCF | W 28–14 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2024 · 4 games | 6.2 | 8 | 122 | 15.3 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Arkansas | 62 | ~9 (3–15) | 1 | 15% |
| Season | 429 | 9 (3–15) | 1 | 2% |
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 →