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 | 18 | — |
| Target share | 9.1% | 510th / 524 |
| Catch rate | 66.7% | 219th / 524 |
| Success rate per target | 55.6% | 143rd / 524 |
| Yards per target | 9.4 | 157th / 524 |
| Explosive catches | 22.2% | 52nd / 524 |
| Deep-target rate | 33.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 6 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Ross-Simmons's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted17 targets charted
2025 charting · Syracuse
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (1 of Ross-Simmons’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted4 targets charted
Career
5 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 |  Syracuse#68 · 2-4 | 5 | 39% | 12 | 170 | 0 | 9.1% |
| 2025 | Syracuse#106 · 3-9 | 7 | 40% | 20 | 312 | 5 | 16.4% |
| 2024 | Syracuse#47 · 10-3 | 5 | 10% | 9 | 202 | 2 | 4.3% |
| 2023 |  Colorado State#111 · 5-7 | 11 | 60% | 45 | 724 | 3 | 11.4% |
| 2022 | Colorado State#125 · 3-9 | 8 | 53% | 26 | 424 | 3 | 16.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Justus Ross-Simmons's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Justus Ross-Simmons'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 |  New Hampshire | W 66–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 |  California | L 18–21 | 7.9 | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 0 | 25 |
| 3 | @ Pittsburgh | L 13–27 | 5.5 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | @ UConn | W 42–41 | 5.9 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | @ Virginia | L 25–28 | 3.3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 |  Louisville | L 26–34 | 3.6 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 · 5 games | 5.2 | 12 | 170 | 14.2 | 0 | 25 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 12 | 467th / 1995 |
| Yards | 170 | 433rd / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 14.2 | 151st / 461 |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 25 | — |
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 2 · California | 86 | ~57 (37–69) | 8 | 66% |
| Wk 3 · Pittsburgh | 70 | ~37 (12–51) | 3 | 53% |
| Wk 5 · UConn | 85 | ~45 (30–55) | 4 | 53% |
| Wk 6 · Virginia | 82 | ~39 (12–53) | 2 | 48% |
| Wk 7 · Louisville | 84 | ~11 (3–18) | 1 | 13% |
| Season | 484 | 189 (107–249) | 18 | 39% |
Position Room
16 WRs on the Syracuse roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Umari Hatcher | WR | SR | 50 | 784 | 7 | 29% | +0.71 |
| 6 | Darius Johnson | WR | FR | 13 | 114 | 0 | — | — |
| 86 | Justus Ross-Simmons | WR | SR | 12 | 170 | 0 | 8% | +0.63 |
| 5 | Calvin Russell III | WR | FR | 8 | 67 | 1 | 11% | +0.16 |
| Cole Weaver | WR | 7 | 73 | 0 | 5% | +0.21 | ||
| Darien Williams | WR | 4 | 25 | 0 | 6% | -0.21 | ||
| 8 | Tyshawn Russell | WR | JR | 3 | 34 | 0 | 5% | -0.22 |
| 83 | Julian McFadden | WR | FR | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2% | -0.15 |
| 14 | Zamondre Merriweather | WR | JR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3% | -0.68 |
| 13 | Matthew Outten | WR | FR | — | — | — | 1% | -0.10 |
| 15 | Amare' Gough | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Elijah Moore | WR | SO | — | — | — | 3% | -0.29 |
| 18 | Phoenix Henriquez | WR | FR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.58 |
| 85 | BJ Garrett | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Nate Edwards | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Terrell Wilfong | WR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.94 |
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. Syracuse depth chart →