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 | 13 | — |
| Target share | 16.5% | 266th / 523 |
| Catch rate | 46.2% | 484th / 523 |
| Success rate per target | 23.1% | 508th / 523 |
| Yards per target | 5.1 | 475th / 523 |
| Explosive catches | 7.7% | 369th / 523 |
| Deep-target rate | 23.1% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 6 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Brown's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted16 targets charted
2025 charting · San Diego State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (7 of Brown’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted35 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 |  San Diego State#98 · 3-4 | 4 | 31% | 7 | 75 | 0 | 16.5% |
| 2025 | San Diego State#54 · 9-4 | 12 | 64% | 33 | 518 | 2 | 23.8% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Donovan Brown's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Donovan Brown'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 |  Portland State | W 53–20 | 5.6 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | @ UCLA | L 10–28 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  James Madison | L 13–26 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 | @ Toledo | L 16–41 | 6.6 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 |  Texas State | W 31–29 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 | @ Oregon State | L 14–66 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 |  Fresno State | W 26–23 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 3 games | 4.9 | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 0 | 38 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 7 | 789th / 1995 |
| Yards | 75 | 820th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 10.7 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 38 | — |
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 | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Portland State | ✓ WR | 62 | ~36 (11–49) | 4 | 58% |
| Wk 2 · UCLA | ✓ WR | 56 | ~33 (11–45) | 4 | 59% |
| Wk 4 · Toledo | ✓ WR | 68 | ~54 (35–66) | 8 | 79% |
| Wk 5 · Texas State | ✓ WR | 52 | ~9 (3–15) | 1 | 17% |
| Season | 4 GS | 425 | 132 (75–174) | 17 | 31% |
Position Room
16 WRs on the San Diego State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Nathan Acevedo | WR | SR | 17 | 181 | 2 | 16% | +0.33 |
| 2 | Jordan Napier | WR | JR | 13 | 105 | 1 | 12% | +0.04 |
| 12 | Jaylon Hawkins | WR | FR | 12 | 158 | 2 | 15% | +0.38 |
| 5 | Bert Emanuel Jr. | WR | SR | 8 | 114 | 0 | 9% | +0.43 |
| 14 | Donovan Brown | WR | SR | 7 | 75 | 0 | 15% | +0.16 |
| 17 | Jacob Bostick | WR | SR | 6 | 92 | 1 | 12% | +0.00 |
| 18 | Daishaun Davis | WR | FR | 5 | 45 | 0 | 6% | +0.74 |
| 85 | Justius Lowe | WR | SR | 3 | 62 | 1 | 9% | +0.29 |
| 16 | Will Cianfrini | WR | SO | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5% | -1.49 |
| 82 | Carson Diehl | WR | FR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4% | +0.06 |
| 10 | Parker Threatt | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | De'yhare Overstreet-Glover | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Aldrich Doe | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | Craig Walker | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Derek Stevenson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 93 | Ayo Shotomide-King | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. San Diego State depth chart →