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Stanford · 2026

Marcus Brown

WRSophomore5' 10", 170 lbsHuntington Beach, CA
Stanford Cardinal3-4 · TDC #104
Snap share
2%
likely 0–2%

Efficiency & Role

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

EPA per play by situation

1 plays · +0.5 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.51
Passing+0.51
2nd down+0.51
Standard downs+0.51
BrownWR/TE average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays2%
Pass plays2%
Run plays0%
1st down0%
2nd down5%
3rd down0%
Standard downs2%
Passing downs0%
BrownWR/TE average
2025 charting · Stanford

2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Brown’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.

Charted targets
15
8 caught (53%)
Avg. depth of target
6.2
air yards per target
YAC per catch
4.4
35 yds after the catch
Air yards caught
36
of 71 yds on charted catches
Deep targets
0%
20+ air yards

Where he's targeted15 targets charted

52% comp6.2 avg. depth4.4 YAC/catch0% 20+ air yds1–0 TD–INT
101020203030LOSLeft, Behind air yards: noneLeft, 0–4 air yards: 3 targets (20%), 2 caught (67%), 5 yds, 1.7 per target367% · 5yLeft, 5–9 air yards: 1 targets (7%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yLeft, 10–14 air yards: noneLeft, 15–19 air yards: noneLeft, 20–29 air yards: noneLeft, 30+ air yards: noneMiddle, Behind air yards: noneMiddle, 0–4 air yards: noneMiddle, 5–9 air yards: 3 targets (20%), 2 caught (67%), 19 yds, 6.3 per target367% · 19yMiddle, 10–14 air yards: noneMiddle, 15–19 air yards: noneMiddle, 20–29 air yards: noneMiddle, 30+ air yards: noneRight, Behind air yards: 1 targets (7%), 1 caught (100%), 13 yds, 13.0 per target1100% · 13yRight, 0–4 air yards: noneRight, 5–9 air yards: 5 targets (33%), 3 caught (60%), 34 yds, 6.8 per target560% · 34yRight, 10–14 air yards: 1 targets (7%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 15–19 air yards: 1 targets (7%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 20–29 air yards: noneRight, 30+ air yards: none
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.

Career

3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnapsRecRec ydsRec TDTgt share
2026 so farStanford#104 · 3-412%1100—
2025Stanford#93 · 4-8630%128617.0%
2024Stanford#105 · 3-911%170—

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Marcus Brown's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Marcus Brown'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

4.5 avg. game scoreBest: 4.5 vs Miami (Week 1)0 of 1 games at 8.0+
Receiving
WkOpponentResultGame scoreRecYdsY/RTDLong
1Hawai'iW 37–27—no stats recorded
1MiamiL 6–454.511010.0010
3@DukeL 7–35—no stats recorded
4Georgia TechW 34–27—no stats recorded
5@Wake ForestL 3–57—no stats recorded
6@Notre DameL 7–58—no stats recorded
7ElonW 34–7—no stats recorded
2026 · 1 game4.511010.0010

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions11613th / 1995
Yards101683rd / 1981
Yards / catch10—
Touchdowns0—
Long10—

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

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · Miami65~7 (2–11)111%
Season4507 (2–11)12%

Position Room

15 WRs on the Stanford roster, ordered by rec

#PlayerPosClassRecYdsTDTgt shareEPA/play
0Caden HighWRSR21307316%+0.55
23Nico BrownWRJR18193117%+0.39
4Jordan OnovugheWRJR1615608%+0.54
11JonAnthony HallWRFR1322308%+0.67
89Atticus JosephWRFR88317%+0.65
2Zion RobinsonWRFR715508%-0.08
Liam ThorpeWR556010%+0.39
3Marcus BrownWRSO11002%+0.51
18Langdon HoraceWRFR1903%+0.58
14Dre PollardWRFR—————
15Carter ShawWRJR—————
19David PantelisWRSR———3%-1.17
22Daylen SharperWRFR—————
80Jacob ButlerWRFR———0%-1.23
82Tyler KuoWRJR———3%-0.46

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. Stanford depth chart →