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 | 5 | — |
| Target share | 4.7% | — |
| Catch rate | 80.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 60.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 7.2 | — |
| Explosive catches | 20.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 3 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Newell's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
2025 charting · Akron
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (1 of Newell’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted4 targets charted
Career
4 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 |  Toledo#79 · 5-2 | 5 | 18% | 4 | 36 | 1 | 4.7% |
| 2025 |  Akron#120 · 5-7 | 3 | 22% | 4 | 14 | 0 | 10.5% |
| 2024 | Akron#119 · 4-8 | 11 | 62% | 35 | 254 | 2 | 11.6% |
| 2023 | Akron#131 · 2-10 | 7 | 42% | 13 | 124 | 1 | 6.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Jacob Newell's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Jacob Newell'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 | @ Michigan State | L 20–30 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Central Connecticut | W 63–10 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Temple | W 49–48 | 7.7 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 1 | 20 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  San Diego State | W 41–16 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 | @ Ball State | W 39–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Buffalo | L 8–23 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 7 | @ Eastern Michigan | W 34–14 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2026 · 3 games | 5.0 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1115th / 1995 |
| Yards | 36 | 1188th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 9 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 346th / 825 |
| Long | 20 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4244th / 5408 |
| Solo | 0 | — |
| 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 | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Central Connecticut | ✓ TE | 77 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Wk 3 · Temple | — | 76 | ~36 (17–51) | 3 | · | 47% |
| Wk 4 · San Diego State | ✓ TE | 70 | ~25 (12–36) | 1 | · | 36% |
| Wk 5 · Ball State | — | 86 | ~26 (12–37) | 1 | · | 30% |
| Wk 6 · Buffalo | ✓ TE | 61 | · | · | · | — |
| Season | 3 GS | 481 | 87 (48–116) | 5 | 1 | 18% |
Position Room
5 TEs on the Toledo roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Sam Lee | TE | SR | 17 | 164 | 0 | 10% | +0.19 |
| 88 | Jacob Newell | TE | SR | 4 | 36 | 1 | 5% | +0.67 |
| 80 | Peyton Strickland | TE | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Ethan Malafa | TE | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Tucker Kelleher | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Toledo depth chart →