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 | 14 | — |
| Target share | 22.2% | 117th / 522 |
| Catch rate | 71.4% | 141st / 522 |
| Success rate per target | 64.3% | 39th / 522 |
| Yards per target | 21.9 | 1st / 522 |
| Explosive catches | 42.9% | 1st / 522 |
| Deep-target rate | 28.6% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 4 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 3 | — |
Charting
Where Howard's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted15 targets charted
2025 charting · Penn State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Howard’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted8 targets charted
Career
2 seasons 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 |  Penn State#28 · 3-4 | 3 | 30% | 12 | 344 | 2 | 22.2% |
| 2025 | Penn State#18 · 7-6 | 5 | 13% | 7 | 133 | 0 | 7.7% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Koby Howard's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Koby Howard'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 |  Marshall | W 45–0 | 9.4 | 6 | 161 | 26.8 | 1 | 42 |
| 2 | @ Temple | W 27–9 | 7.0 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 56 |
| 3 |  Buffalo | W 55–13 | 9.1 | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 1 | 70 |
| 4 |  Wisconsin | L 20–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 5 | @ Northwestern | L 13–34 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 |  USC | L 23–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 | @ Michigan | L 18–21 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 3 games | 8.5 | 12 | 344 | 28.7 | 2 | 70 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 2 | — |
| Yards | 24 | 814th / 1453 |
| Yards / carry | 12 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 359th / 630 |
| Long | 20 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 12 | 463rd / 1994 |
| Yards | 344 | 117th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 28.7 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 171st / 824 |
| Long | 70 | — |
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Marshall | — | 72 | ~49 (32–60) | 7 | 68% |
| Wk 2 · Temple | ✓ WR | 64 | ~48 (32–58) | 5 | 75% |
| Wk 3 · Buffalo | — | 67 | ~42 (28–51) | 6 | 63% |
| Season | 1 GS | 468 | 139 (109–165) | 18 | 30% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Penn State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chase Sowell | WR | SR | 34 | 510 | 3 | 23% | +0.76 |
| 4 | Brett Eskildsen | WR | JR | 22 | 227 | 1 | 15% | +0.07 |
| 6 | Koby Howard | WR | SO | 12 | 344 | 2 | 20% | +1.50 |
| 2 | Zay Robinson | WR | FR | 8 | 122 | 1 | 6% | +0.67 |
| 8 | Karon Brookins | WR | FR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6% | -0.50 |
| 9 | Amarion Jackson | WR | FR | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2% | +0.51 |
| 7 | Peter Gonzalez | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Lyrick Samuel | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Hank Lustig | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Keith Jones Jr. | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Logan Cunningham | WR | SR | — | — | — | 0% | -0.08 |
| 37 | Max Heffner | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Ethan Black | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Penn State depth chart →