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 | 5 | — |
| Target share | 4.8% | — |
| Catch rate | 80.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 80.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 7.0 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 1 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Rios's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Michigan State#63 · 2-5 | 4 | 18% |
| 2025 | Michigan State#83 · 4-8 | 1 | 5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Kai Rios's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Kai Rios'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 |  Toledo | W 30–20 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 |  Eastern Michigan | W 35–7 | 4.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | @ Notre Dame | L 10–27 | 4.9 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 |  Nebraska | L 13–31 | 5.6 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | @ Wisconsin | L 3–31 | 4.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 |  Illinois | L 37–38 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 |  Northwestern | L 21–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 4 games | 4.6 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 16 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1114th / 1994 |
| Yards | 35 | 1202nd / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 8.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 16 | — |
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 · Eastern Michigan | 71 | ~22 (10–31) | 1 | 31% |
| Wk 3 · Notre Dame | 46 | ~14 (7–21) | 1 | 30% |
| Wk 4 · Nebraska | 60 | ~17 (8–24) | 1 | 28% |
| Wk 5 · Wisconsin | 78 | ~30 (14–43) | 2 | 38% |
| Season | 450 | 83 (57–112) | 5 | 18% |
Position Room
8 TEs on the Michigan State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Jayden Savoury | TE | FR | 27 | 261 | 0 | 17% | +0.35 |
| 82 | Brennan Parachek | TE | JR | 5 | 54 | 0 | 5% | +0.82 |
| 88 | Kai Rios | TE | SR | 4 | 35 | 0 | 4% | -0.00 |
| 12 | Carson Gulker | TE | SR | — | — | — | 2% | +0.17 |
| 48 | Charlie Baker | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Eddie Whiting | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Ethan Melville | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Joe Caudill | 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. Michigan State depth chart →