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 (3 of Sapp’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
4 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 | West Virginia#70 · 4-3 | 5 | 15% | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 2025 | Clemson#36 · 7-6 | 10 | 27% | 11 | 150 | 0 | 4.8% |
| 2024 | Clemson#16 · 10-4 | 6 | 18% | 6 | 63 | 0 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | Clemson#21 · 9-4 | 5 | 17% | 7 | 60 | 2 | 5.1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Josh Sapp's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Josh Sapp'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 | W 31–24 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 2 | W 52–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 3 | vs | W 38–27 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 | L 24–41 | 3.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | @ | L 42–45 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 | L 31–52 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 7 | W 45–42 | 6.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2026 · 2 games | 4.7 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | 4 | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 2 | 1396th / 1994 |
| Yards | 7 | 1760th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 3.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 345th / 824 |
| Long | 4 | — |
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Coastal Carolina | ✓ TE | 75 | · | · | — |
| Wk 2 · UT Martin | ✓ TE | 63 | · | · | — |
| Wk 3 · Virginia | ✓ TE | 68 | · | · | — |
| Wk 4 · Oklahoma State | — | 88 | ~52 (44–63) | 1 | 59% |
| Wk 7 · Cincinnati | — | 79 | ~27 (13–39) | 1 | 34% |
| Season | 3 GS | 539 | 79 (32–113) | 2 | 15% |
6 TEs on the West Virginia roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Ward | TE | 5 | 98 | 1 | 7% | +1.09 | ||
| 0 | Josh Sapp | TE | SR | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3% | +1.07 |
| 10 | Cam Ball | TE | SR | — | — | — | 6% | -0.65 |
| 46 | Xavier Anderson | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Kade Bush | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Sam Hamilton | TE | 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. West Virginia depth chart →