Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Career
3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Vanderbilt#59 · 3-4 | 1 | 2% |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt#11 · 10-3 | 4 | 3% |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt#50 · 7-6 | 2 | 4% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Joseph McVay's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Joseph McVay'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 |  Charleston Southern | W 45–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2 | @ Virginia Tech | W 44–20 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 3 | @ South Carolina | W 31–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Georgia State | W 70–21 | 3.6 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 |  Utah State | W 55–35 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 6 | @ Alabama | L 14–30 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 8 |  LSU | W 31–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 9 |  Missouri | W 17–10 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 10 | @ Texas | L 31–34 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 11 |  Auburn | W 45–38 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 13 |  Kentucky | W 45–17 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 14 | @ Tennessee | W 45–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| Bowls | vs Iowa | L 27–34 | 6.0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 16 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 · 4 games | 4.8 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
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 · Auburn | 75 | ~8 (2–13) | 1 | 11% |
| Season | 447 | 8 (2–13) | 1 | 2% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Vanderbilt roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Junior Sherrill | WR | SR | 41 | 628 | 4 | 26% | +0.66 |
| 5 | Tristen Brown | WR | JR | 12 | 145 | 0 | 9% | +0.41 |
| Ja'Cory Thomas | WR | 12 | 195 | 1 | 8% | +0.98 | ||
| 13 | Kayleb Barnett | WR | SO | 7 | 36 | 0 | 6% | -0.07 |
| 7 | Cole Adams | WR | SR | 5 | 58 | 0 | 5% | +0.32 |
| 9 | Brycen Coleman | WR | JR | 4 | 44 | 0 | 4% | -0.08 |
| 15 | Joseph McVay | WR | JR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.95 |
| 80 | Claiborne Richards | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Kahden Smith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Owen Cabell | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Lebron Hill | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Ty Burd | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Wils Jackson | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Cameran Dickson | WR | 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. Vanderbilt depth chart →