EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Where Simmons's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Simmons’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
3 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 | Utah#8 · 6-0 | 4 | 20% | 5 | 95 | 0 | 3.6% |
| 2025 | Utah#7 · 11-2 | 9 | 43% | 15 | 280 | 6 | 10.7% |
| 2024 | Southern Miss#133 · 1-11 | 12 | 66% | 27 | 421 | 1 | 10.2% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Larry Simmons's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Larry 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
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 5 | 984th / 1994 |
| Yards | 95 | 690th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 19 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 26 | — |
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 · Idaho | 75 | ~18 (6–25) | 2 | 24% |
| Wk 2 · Arkansas | 62 | ~36 (11–49) | 2 | 58% |
| Wk 3 · Utah State | 74 | ~20 (6–27) | 2 | 27% |
| Wk 7 · Colorado | 80 | ~10 (3–16) | 1 | 13% |
| Season | 429 | 84 (48–110) | 7 | 20% |
13 WRs on the Utah roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Braden Pegan | WR | SR | 32 | 422 | 6 | 25% | +0.56 |
| 11 | Ricky Johnson | WR | SO | 16 | 233 | 1 | 12% | +0.51 |
| Creed Whittemore | WR | 15 | 253 | 0 | 13% | +0.60 | ||
| 12 | Larry Simmons | WR | SR | 5 | 95 | 0 | 5% | +1.04 |
| 8 | Mana Carvalho | WR | SO | 2 | 38 | 0 | 6% | -0.74 |
| 0 | Kyri Shoels | WR | SR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | -0.47 |
| 18 | Tobias Merriweather | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Matt Clark | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Peyton Rice | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Junior Coughlin | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Bryson Baker | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Max Ausmus | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daidren Zipperer | WR | — | — | — | 3% | -3.88 |
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. Utah depth chart →