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 | 7 | — |
| Target share | 20.6% | 141st / 527 |
| Catch rate | 71.4% | 145th / 527 |
| Success rate per target | 57.1% | 128th / 527 |
| Yards per target | 8.1 | 264th / 527 |
| Explosive catches | 14.3% | 172nd / 527 |
| Deep-target rate | 14.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 1 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Jr.'s plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted7 targets charted
2025 charting · Northern Illinois
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Jr.’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted16 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 |  Northern Illinois#132 · 0-6 | 1 | 12% | 5 | 57 | 0 | 20.6% |
| 2025 | Northern Illinois#119 · 3-9 | 3 | 23% | 9 | 134 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois#69 · 8-5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Rickey Taylor Jr.'s team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Rickey Taylor Jr.'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
Illinois State
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 5 | 991st / 1995 |
| Yards | 57 | 979th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 11.4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 21 | — |
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 · Arizona | 67 | ~46 (30–56) | 7 | 69% |
| Season | 376 | 46 (30–56) | 7 | 12% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Northern Illinois roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeAree Rogers | WR | SR | 49 | 422 | 2 | 28% | +0.40 |
| 0 | La'Don Bryant | WR | SO | 21 | 286 | 1 | 16% | +0.09 |
| 7 | Cam Thompson | WR | SR | 14 | 151 | 1 | 13% | +0.23 |
| 9 | George Dimopoulos | WR | JR | 8 | 97 | 0 | 7% | +0.37 |
| 3 | Rickey Taylor Jr. | WR | SO | 5 | 57 | 0 | 16% | +0.47 |
| 19 | Kelan McInerney | WR | SO | 4 | 60 | 0 | 5% | +0.67 |
| 88 | Zaire McKinney | WR | FR | 2 | 17 | 0 | 7% | +0.76 |
| 4 | Kenji Lewis | WR | SR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | -0.58 |
| 6 | Afy Ibekwe | WR | FR | 1 | 13 | 0 | 6% | +0.17 |
| 12 | Tavaris Coles | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Kevin Holmes Jr. | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Jermaine Green Jr. | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Braylon Agee | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Justin Faulkner | WR | 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. Northern Illinois depth chart →