EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Nicholas’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
5 seasons at 3 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 | Duke#50 · 4-2 | 2 | 7% | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4.6% |
| 2025 | Charlotte#135 · 1-11 | 12 | 78% | 60 | 740 | 5 | 24.5% |
| 2024 | LSU#15 · 9-4 | 3 | 3% | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | LSU#13 · 10-3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | LSU#13 · 10-4 | 3 | 1% | 1 | 2 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Javen Nicholas's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Javen Nicholas'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
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 3 | 1249th / 1995 |
| Yards | 13 | 1582nd / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 4.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 13 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 · Stanford | 71 | ~9 (3–15) | 1 | · | 13% |
| Wk 7 · North Carolina | 71 | ~21 (7–29) | 2 | 1 | 30% |
| Season | 421 | 30 (13–39) | 3 | 1 | 7% |
13 WRs on the Duke roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Jonah Burton | WR | SR | 16 | 230 | 1 | 13% | +0.52 |
| 17 | Jared Richardson | WR | SR | 12 | 166 | 2 | 11% | +0.76 |
| 4 | Jaivon Solomon | WR | FR | 7 | 128 | 1 | 8% | +0.88 |
| 8 | Jayden Moore | WR | SO | 7 | 111 | 1 | 9% | +0.06 |
| 7 | Kavon Simmons | WR | FR | 5 | 71 | 1 | 6% | +0.66 |
| 5 | Javen Nicholas | WR | SR | 3 | 13 | 0 | 5% | -0.13 |
| 9 | Kavon Conciauro | WR | FR | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6% | +0.40 |
| 18 | Brody Keefe | WR | FR | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3% | +3.42 |
| 88 | Paxon Kettering | WR | SO | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3% | +3.14 |
| 1 | Jamien Little | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Blake Rohrer | WR | SR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.83 |
| 21 | Qeanu Johnson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Jackson Maggiore | 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. Duke depth chart →