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 | 7 | — |
| Target share | 6.9% | — |
| Catch rate | 57.1% | — |
| Success rate per target | 28.6% | — |
| Yards per target | 3.6 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 14.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 1 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Williams's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted7 targets charted
2025 charting · Syracuse
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Williams’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted9 targets charted
Career
2 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 |  Syracuse#68 · 2-4 | 3 | 10% | 4 | 25 | 0 | 6.9% |
| 2025 | Syracuse#106 · 3-9 | 4 | 19% | 8 | 101 | 1 | 14.6% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Darien Williams's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Darien Williams'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 |  New Hampshire | W 66–3 | 2.4 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  California | L 18–21 | 6.1 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 29 | · | · | · |
| 3 | @ Pittsburgh | L 13–27 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 47 | · | · | · |
| 5 | @ UConn | W 42–41 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 | @ Virginia | L 25–28 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 7 |  Louisville | L 26–34 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2026 · 3 games | 4.3 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 76 | · | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1115th / 1995 |
| Yards | 25 | 1349th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 6.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 19 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 4 | — |
| Yards | 76 | — |
| Average | 19 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 29 | — |
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 · New Hampshire | 77 | ~7 (2–11) | 1 | · | 9% |
| Wk 2 · California | 86 | ~33 (11–45) | 5 | 1 | 38% |
| Wk 3 · Pittsburgh | 70 | ~8 (2–13) | 1 | 3 | 11% |
| Season | 484 | 48 (22–62) | 7 | 4 | 10% |
Position Room
16 WRs on the Syracuse roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Umari Hatcher | WR | SR | 50 | 784 | 7 | 29% | +0.71 |
| 6 | Darius Johnson | WR | FR | 13 | 114 | 0 | — | — |
| 86 | Justus Ross-Simmons | WR | SR | 12 | 170 | 0 | 8% | +0.63 |
| 5 | Calvin Russell III | WR | FR | 8 | 67 | 1 | 11% | +0.16 |
| Cole Weaver | WR | 7 | 73 | 0 | 5% | +0.21 | ||
| Darien Williams | WR | 4 | 25 | 0 | 6% | -0.21 | ||
| 8 | Tyshawn Russell | WR | JR | 3 | 34 | 0 | 5% | -0.22 |
| 83 | Julian McFadden | WR | FR | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2% | -0.15 |
| 14 | Zamondre Merriweather | WR | JR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3% | -0.68 |
| 13 | Matthew Outten | WR | FR | — | — | — | 1% | -0.10 |
| 15 | Amare' Gough | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Elijah Moore | WR | SO | — | — | — | 3% | -0.29 |
| 18 | Phoenix Henriquez | WR | FR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.58 |
| 85 | BJ Garrett | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Nate Edwards | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Terrell Wilfong | WR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.94 |
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. Syracuse depth chart →