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 | 15 | — |
| Target share | 8.2% | — |
| Catch rate | 73.3% | — |
| Success rate per target | 40.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 4.8 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 6.7% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
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 targeted20 targets charted
2025 charting · Western Kentucky
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (1 of Howard’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted3 targets charted
Career
3 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 |  Western Kentucky#111 · 3-4 | 7 | 53% | 15 | 131 | 1 | 8.2% |
| 2025 | Western Kentucky#78 · 9-4 | 3 | 10% | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5.1% |
| 2024 | Western Kentucky#82 · 8-6 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Lofton Howard's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Lofton 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 | @ Nevada | L 14–49 | 4.0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | @ Georgia | L 20–70 | 5.5 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | @ Indiana | L 0–38 | 5.9 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 |  Mercyhurst | W 52–7 | 6.7 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | @ New Mexico State | L 13–34 | 6.1 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 |  Missouri State | W 34–13 | 7.8 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 | @ Sam Houston | W 16–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 6 games | 6.0 | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 1 | 27 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 15 | 356th / 1995 |
| Yards | 131 | 532nd / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 8.7 | 403rd / 461 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 346th / 825 |
| Long | 27 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 1 | — |
| Yards | 5 | — |
| Average | 5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 5 | — |
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 | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Nevada | 83 | ~34 (16–49) | 2 | · | 41% |
| Wk 2 · Georgia | 74 | ~42 (36–51) | 4 | 1 | 57% |
| Wk 3 · Indiana | 60 | ~31 (14–44) | 3 | · | 52% |
| Wk 4 · Mercyhurst | 65 | ~27 (13–39) | 2 | · | 42% |
| Wk 5 · New Mexico State | 74 | ~54 (46–65) | 3 | · | 73% |
| Wk 6 · Missouri State | 75 | ~48 (41–58) | 4 | · | 64% |
| Wk 7 · Sam Houston | 74 | ~30 (14–43) | 2 | · | 41% |
| Season | 505 | 266 (203–371) | 20 | 1 | 53% |
Position Room
7 TEs on the Western Kentucky roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Lofton Howard | TE | JR | 15 | 131 | 1 | 8% | +0.32 |
| 14 | CC Ezirim | TE | SR | 8 | 125 | 0 | 9% | +0.49 |
| 87 | Coleson Arends | TE | JR | 8 | 80 | 2 | 5% | +0.74 |
| 44 | Griffin Reimer | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Arlando Crafton Jr. | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Aiden Miller | TE | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Cross Nimmo | 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. Western Kentucky depth chart →