Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
2025 charting · James Madison
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Phifer’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  UCLA#16 · 6-0 | 3 | 11% |
| 2025 |  James Madison#19 · 12-2 | 4 | 13% |
| 2024 | James Madison#46 · 9-4 | 2 | 5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Josh Phifer's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Josh Phifer'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 | 2 | 1401st / 1995 |
| Yards | 12 | 1617th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 12 | — |
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 · California | ✓ TE | 53 | ~22 (10–31) | 1 | · | 42% |
| Wk 4 · Maryland | — | 63 | ~23 (11–33) | 2 | · | 37% |
| Wk 6 · Oregon | — | 70 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Season | 1 GS | 404 | 45 (18–64) | 3 | 1 | 11% |
Position Room
7 TEs on the UCLA roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Brayden Loftin | TE | SR | 6 | 88 | 0 | 7% | +0.86 |
| 82 | Noah Fox-Flores | TE | SO | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4% | -2.57 |
| 89 | Josh Phifer | TE | SR | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6% | -0.18 |
| 19 | Harry Lodge | TE | SR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4% | -0.25 |
| 44 | Peter Bario | TE | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Dylan Sims | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Stevie Amar Jr. | 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. UCLA depth chart →