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Northern Illinois · 2026

Kelan McInerney

WRSophomore6' 2", 170 lbsHinsdale, IL

Northern Illinois Huskies0-6 · TDC #132

Snap share

15%

likely 5–25%

Receptions

1117th of 1995 in FBS

Rec. yards

951st of 1981 in FBS

Yards / catch

15.0

Rec. TD

EPA / play

+0.67

8 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

8 plays · +5.3 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet

All plays+0.67

Passing+0.67

1st down-0.52

2nd down+0.74

3rd down+1.80

Standard downs-0.57

Passing downs+1.90

McInerneyWR/TE average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries

All plays3%

Pass plays5%

Run plays0%

1st down3%

2nd down2%

3rd down5%

Standard downs2%

Passing downs4%

McInerneyWR/TE average

Charting

Where McInerney's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Targets

4 caught (50%)

Avg. depth of target

12.2

air yards per target

YAC per catch

4.8

19 yds after the catch

Air yards caught

of 60 yds on charted catches

Deep targets

13%

20+ air yards

Where he's targeted8 targets charted

50% comp12.2 avg. depth4.8 YAC/catch13% 20+ air yds0–0 TD–INT

fewer more targets

Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.

Game Log

Kelan McInerney'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

5.2 avg. game scoreBest: 6.7 at Iowa (Week 1)0 of 2 games at 8.0+

				Receiving
Wk	Opponent	Result	Game score	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Long
1	@Iowa	L 0–40	6.7	3	55	18.3	0	22
2	Illinois State	L 24–28	—	no stats recorded
3	@Arizona	L 17–42	3.6	1	5	5.0	0	5
4	@Georgia State	L 14–35	—	no stats recorded
6	Air Force	L 7–28	—	no stats recorded
7	@Wyoming	L 23–41	—	no stats recorded
2026 · 2 games			5.2	4	60	15.0	0	22

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Receiving	2026	FBS rank
Receptions	4	1117th / 1995
Yards	60	951st / 1981
Yards / catch	15	—
Touchdowns	0	—
Long	22	—

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 1 · Iowa	55	~31 (10–42)	4	56%
Wk 3 · Arizona	67	~10 (3–16)	2	15%
Wk 4 · Georgia State	73	~9 (3–15)	1	12%
Wk 7 · Wyoming	73	~7 (2–11)	1	10%
Season	376	57 (17–93)	8	15%

Position Room

14 WRs on the Northern Illinois roster, ordered by rec

#	Player	Pos	Class	Rec	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA/play
1	DeAree Rogers	WR	SR	49	422	2	28%	+0.40
0	La'Don Bryant	WR	SO	21	286	1	16%	+0.09
7	Cam Thompson	WR	SR	14	151	1	13%	+0.23
9	George Dimopoulos	WR	JR	8	97	0	7%	+0.37
3	Rickey Taylor Jr.	WR	SO	5	57	0	16%	+0.47
19	Kelan McInerney	WR	SO	4	60	0	5%	+0.67
88	Zaire McKinney	WR	FR	2	17	0	7%	+0.76
4	Kenji Lewis	WR	SR	1	4	0	3%	-0.58
6	Afy Ibekwe	WR	FR	1	13	0	6%	+0.17
12	Tavaris Coles	WR	JR	—	—	—	—	—
13	Kevin Holmes Jr.	WR	JR	—	—	—	—	—
21	Jermaine Green Jr.	WR	FR	—	—	—	—	—
80	Braylon Agee	WR	FR	—	—	—	—	—
81	Justin Faulkner	WR	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. Northern Illinois depth chart →