Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
2025 charting · Iowa
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Howard’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
Career
3 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 |  Iowa#20 · 5-1 | 1 | 6% | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.1% |
| 2025 | Iowa#14 · 9-4 | 6 | 16% | 8 | 91 | 1 | 7.3% |
| 2024 | Iowa#21 · 8-5 | 4 | 11% | 4 | 62 | 1 | 5.6% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Dayton Howard's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Dayton Howard'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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Northern Illinois | W 40–0 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 |  Iowa State | W 16–13 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  Northern Iowa | W 55–0 | 4.6 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | @ Michigan | W 20–19 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 5 |  Ohio State | L 14–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 | @ Washington | W 41–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 1 game | 4.6 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 1 | 1613th / 1995 |
| Yards | 11 | 1658th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 11 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 11 | — |
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 3 · Northern Iowa | 64 | ~22 (7–30) | 2 | 34% |
| Season | 368 | 22 (7–30) | 2 | 6% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Iowa roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Tony Diaz | WR | JR | 28 | 329 | 1 | 27% | +0.08 |
| 2 | Reece Vander Zee | WR | JR | 16 | 247 | 3 | 3% | +2.57 |
| 8 | Evan James | WR | SO | 7 | 58 | 0 | 7% | -0.18 |
| 0 | Jarriett Buie | WR | JR | 5 | 63 | 0 | 6% | +0.47 |
| 7 | Dayton Howard | WR | SR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8% | +0.04 |
| 1 | KJ Parker | WR | JR | — | — | — | 4% | -0.47 |
| 6 | Xavier Stinson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Brody Schaffer | WR | FR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.79 |
| 12 | Diondre Smith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Alex Eichmann | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Jackson Naeve | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Apollo Payne | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Lance Beeghley | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Isaiah Oliver | WR | 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. Iowa depth chart →