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 | 9.7% | — |
| Catch rate | 76.9% | — |
| Success rate per target | 61.5% | — |
| Yards per target | 8.2 | — |
| Explosive catches | 7.7% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Grover's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted13 targets charted
2025 charting · Cincinnati
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (1 of Grover’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted1 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 |  Cincinnati#55 · 4-2 | 6 | 50% | 10 | 106 | 0 | 9.7% |
| 2025 | Cincinnati#58 · 7-6 | 3 | 11% | 4 | 58 | 0 | 5.2% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Gavin Grover's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Gavin Grover'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 |  Boston College | W 34–15 | 4.7 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Western Carolina | W 62–10 | 5.2 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Miami (OH) | W 35–31 | 7.6 | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 11 | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Kansas State | W 31–26 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 5 | @ Arizona | L 7–34 | 4.9 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 | @ West Virginia | L 42–45 | 2.5 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 5 games | 5.0 | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 13 | · | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 10 | 582nd / 1994 |
| Yards | 106 | 631st / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 10.6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 29 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 2 | — |
| Yards | 13 | — |
| Average | 6.5 | — |
| 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 | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Boston College | ✓ TE | 61 | ~35 (16–50) | 1 | · | 57% |
| Wk 2 · Western Carolina | ✓ TE | 78 | ~27 (13–39) | 1 | · | 35% |
| Wk 3 · Miami (OH) | ✓ TE | 76 | ~61 (52–74) | 7 | 1 | 80% |
| Wk 4 · Kansas State | ✓ TE | 52 | · | · | · | — |
| Wk 5 · Arizona | ✓ TE | 57 | ~36 (17–51) | 2 | · | 63% |
| Wk 7 · West Virginia | — | 70 | ~38 (18–54) | 2 | 1 | 54% |
| Season | 5 GS | 394 | 197 (136–265) | 13 | 2 | 50% |
Position Room
6 TEs on the Cincinnati roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | Gavin Grover | TE | JR | 10 | 106 | 0 | 8% | +0.39 |
| 85 | Lyviel Waters | TE | JR | 4 | 30 | 1 | 5% | +0.60 |
| 82 | Ka'Maurri Smith | TE | SO | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | -0.17 |
| 86 | Kellen Davis | TE | JR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3% | -3.27 |
| Devyn Zahursky | TE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3% | +1.66 | ||
| 84 | Gavin Gregory | TE | 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. Cincinnati depth chart →