Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
2025 charting · Northwestern
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Welcing’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted20 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 2 schools 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 |  Ohio State#2 · 6-1 | 1 | 7% | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8.3% |
| 2025 |  Northwestern#59 · 7-6 | 12 | 62% | 28 | 296 | 2 | 11.8% |
| 2024 | Northwestern#91 · 4-8 | 1 | 3% | 1 | 20 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Hunter Welcing's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Hunter Welcing'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 |  Ball State | W 56–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 | @ Texas | L 23–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  Kent State | W 59–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 |  Illinois | W 42–19 | 3.7 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | @ Iowa | W 31–14 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 |  Maryland | W 45–16 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 | @ Indiana | W 19–15 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 1 game | 3.7 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 1 | 1611th / 1994 |
| Yards | 4 | 1874th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 4 | — |
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 4 · Illinois | 68 | ~34 (16–49) | 3 | 50% |
| Season | 480 | 34 (16–49) | 3 | 7% |
Position Room
8 TEs on the Ohio State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Nate Roberts | TE | SO | 11 | 178 | 2 | 6% | +1.43 |
| Mason Williams | TE | 7 | 82 | 1 | 6% | +0.79 | ||
| 88 | Maxence LeBlanc | TE | JR | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3% | +0.04 |
| 87 | Brody Lennon | TE | SO | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | -0.15 |
| Hunter Welcing | TE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8% | -0.49 | ||
| 38 | Frankie McAllister | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Bennett Christian | TE | SR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.35 |
| 89 | Nick Lautar | TE | FR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.30 |
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. Ohio State depth chart →