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 | 44 | — |
| Target share | 33.1% | 9th / 523 |
| Catch rate | 61.4% | 329th / 523 |
| Success rate per target | 59.1% | 102nd / 523 |
| Yards per target | 11.0 | 74th / 523 |
| Explosive catches | 18.2% | 95th / 523 |
| Deep-target rate | 20.5% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 11 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 5 | — |
Charting
Where Buchanan's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted38 targets charted
2025 charting · Utah
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Buchanan’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted32 targets charted
Career
2 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 |  Michigan#40 · 4-2 | 6 | 86% | 27 | 482 | 4 | 33.1% |
| 2025 |  Utah#7 · 11-2 | 11 | 56% | 26 | 427 | 5 | 14.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. JJ Buchanan's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
JJ Buchanan'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
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 27 | 106th / 1995 |
| Yards | 482 | 40th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 17.9 | 33rd / 461 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 42nd / 825 |
| Long | 49 | — |
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 1 · Western Michigan | ✓ WR | 48 | ~42 (28–48) | 9 | · | 88% |
| Wk 2 · Oklahoma | ✓ WR | 58 | ~49 (32–58) | 6 | · | 84% |
| Wk 3 · UTEP | ✓ WR | 70 | ~60 (39–70) | 9 | · | 86% |
| Wk 4 · Iowa | ✓ WR | 68 | ~58 (38–68) | 7 | 1 | 85% |
| Wk 5 · Minnesota | — | 49 | ~45 (30–49) | 8 | · | 92% |
| Wk 7 · Penn State | ✓ WR | 53 | ~45 (30–53) | 5 | · | 85% |
| Season | 5 GS | 346 | 299 (251–346) | 44 | 1 | 86% |
Position Room
12 WRs on the Michigan roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Andrew Marsh | WR | SO | 28 | 289 | 1 | 33% | +0.29 |
| 6 | JJ Buchanan | WR | SO | 27 | 482 | 4 | 31% | +0.70 |
| 12 | Salesi Moa | WR | FR | 2 | 23 | 1 | 6% | +0.13 |
| 13 | Travis Johnson | WR | FR | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9% | -0.13 |
| 0 | Kendrick Bell | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Channing Goodwin | WR | JR | — | — | — | 4% | -0.35 |
| 10 | Jaime Ffrench Jr. | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Jaylen Pile | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Braydon Alford | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Jamar Browder | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Logan Forbes | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Kaleb Schlecht | WR | 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. Michigan depth chart →