Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Charting
Where Hairston'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 · Virginia Tech
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Hairston’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted8 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 |  Virginia Tech#47 · 5-2 | 4 | 12% | 5 | 75 | 2 | 4.2% |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech#91 · 3-9 | 8 | 36% | 12 | 112 | 3 | 6.8% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ja'Ricous Hairston's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Ja'Ricous Hairston'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 |  VMI | W 73–3 | 6.6 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2 |  Old Dominion | W 44–21 | 6.8 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | @ Maryland | W 35–26 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | @ Boston College | W 21–14 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 5 |  Pittsburgh | L 33–35 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 | @ California | L 20–25 | — | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 |  Georgia Tech | W 34–24 | 6.2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 · 5 games | 6.4 | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 2 | 33 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 5 | 991st / 1995 |
| Yards | 75 | 825th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 15 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 174th / 830 |
| Long | 33 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 1 | — |
| Yards | 18 | — |
| Average | 18 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 18 | — |
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 1 · VMI | 72 | ~15 (7–21) | 1 | 21% |
| Wk 2 · Old Dominion | 86 | ~18 (8–26) | 2 | 21% |
| Wk 3 · Maryland | 75 | ~12 (6–18) | 1 | 16% |
| Wk 7 · Georgia Tech | 63 | ~18 (8–26) | 1 | 29% |
| Season | 510 | 63 (43–85) | 5 | 12% |
Position Room
8 TEs on the Virginia Tech roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Luke Reynolds | TE | JR | 43 | 449 | 4 | 21% | +0.58 |
| 13 | Ja'Ricous Hairston | TE | SR | 5 | 75 | 2 | 3% | +1.64 |
| 82 | Benji Gosnell | TE | SR | 5 | 26 | 0 | 6% | -0.22 |
| 87 | Harrison Saint Germain | TE | SR | 3 | 15 | 0 | — | — |
| 88 | Pierce Petersohn | TE | FR | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7% | -0.30 |
| 36 | Brody Jones | TE | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Matt Henderson | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 99 | Cole Reemsnyder | TE | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Virginia Tech depth chart →