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 | 16 | — |
| Target share | 8.0% | — |
| Catch rate | 68.8% | — |
| Success rate per target | 62.5% | — |
| Yards per target | 9.4 | — |
| Explosive catches | 6.2% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Charting
Where Jr.'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 · Florida International
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (2 of Jr.’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted4 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 |  Florida International#112 · 3-4 | 6 | 29% | 11 | 150 | 0 | 8.0% |
| 2025 | Florida International#104 · 7-6 | 5 | 10% | 8 | 125 | 1 | 4.9% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Eric Nelson Jr.'s team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Eric Nelson Jr.'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 | Defense | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | @ South Florida | L 9–19 | 6.4 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 16 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Buffalo | W 33–20 | 6.6 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 36 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 10–16 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Long Island University | W 20–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  New Mexico State | W 22–3 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 7 | @ Jacksonville State | L 24–27 | 5.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 8 |  Middle Tennessee | L 23–26 | 5.7 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 18 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 5 games | 5.5 | 10 | 142 | 14.2 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 11 | 520th / 1994 |
| Yards | 150 | 479th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 13.6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 35 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4239th / 5406 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
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 | Plays made | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · South Florida | 75 | ~42 (28–51) | 5 | · | 1 | 56% |
| Wk 2 · Buffalo | 78 | ~28 (9–38) | 4 | · | · | 36% |
| Wk 4 · Long Island University | 59 | ~19 (6–26) | 2 | · | · | 32% |
| Wk 6 · New Mexico State | 66 | ~12 (4–20) | 1 | 1 | · | 18% |
| Wk 7 · Jacksonville State | 73 | ~8 (2–13) | 1 | · | · | 11% |
| Wk 8 · Middle Tennessee | 57 | ~33 (11–45) | 3 | · | · | 58% |
| Season | 486 | 142 (88–172) | 16 | 1 | 1 | 29% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Florida International roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Maguire Anderson | WR | JR | 36 | 569 | 4 | 23% | +0.75 |
| 7 | Kyle McNeal | WR | JR | 16 | 177 | 1 | 10% | +0.03 |
| 0 | Jojo Stone | WR | SO | 14 | 185 | 1 | 11% | +0.20 |
| 6 | Eric Nelson Jr. | WR | SO | 11 | 150 | 0 | 8% | +0.85 |
| 8 | Greg Gaines III | WR | SR | 9 | 119 | 0 | 7% | -0.13 |
| 13 | Tyson Carter | WR | SO | 9 | 153 | 1 | 7% | +0.84 |
| 12 | Amari Isaac | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Donovan Giles | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Andre Brown | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Dylan Herman | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Justin Little | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Malik Penson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Barrett Schulz | 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. Florida International depth chart →