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 | 13 | — |
| Target share | 6.7% | — |
| Catch rate | 84.6% | — |
| Success rate per target | 76.9% | — |
| Yards per target | 13.7 | — |
| Explosive catches | 23.1% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 7.7% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Charting
Where Roberts's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted12 targets charted
2025 charting · Ohio State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (2 of Roberts’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted4 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 |  Ohio State#2 · 6-1 | 7 | 47% | 11 | 178 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2025 | Ohio State#2 · 12-2 | 3 | 10% | 4 | 30 | 0 | 6.9% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Nate Roberts's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Nate Roberts'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
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 11 | 522nd / 1995 |
| Yards | 178 | 408th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 16.2 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 172nd / 825 |
| Long | 68 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Ball State | ✓ TE | 72 | ~16 (7–23) | 1 | · | 22% |
| Wk 2 · Texas | — | 63 | ~18 (8–26) | 1 | · | 29% |
| Wk 3 · Kent State | ✓ TE | 66 | ~41 (35–50) | 2 | · | 62% |
| Wk 4 · Illinois | ✓ TE | 68 | ~45 (38–54) | 4 | 1 | 66% |
| Wk 5 · Iowa | ✓ TE | 74 | ~46 (39–56) | 2 | · | 62% |
| Wk 6 · Maryland | ✓ TE | 69 | ~42 (36–51) | 2 | · | 61% |
| Wk 7 · Indiana | — | 68 | ~19 (9–27) | 1 | · | 28% |
| Season | 5 GS | 480 | 227 (174–317) | 13 | 1 | 47% |
Position Room
8 TEs on the Ohio State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Nate Roberts | TE | SO | 11 | 178 | 2 | 6% | +1.43 |
| Mason Williams | TE | 7 | 82 | 1 | 6% | +0.79 | ||
| 88 | Maxence LeBlanc | TE | JR | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3% | +0.04 |
| 87 | Brody Lennon | TE | SO | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | -0.15 |
| Hunter Welcing | TE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8% | -0.49 | ||
| 38 | Frankie McAllister | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Bennett Christian | TE | SR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.35 |
| 89 | Nick Lautar | TE | FR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.30 |
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. Ohio State depth chart →