Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Charting
Where Capell'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 · Oklahoma State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Capell’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted3 targets charted
Career
2 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 |  UTEP#137 · 1-6 | 3 | 22% | 4 | 40 | 0 | 10.8% |
| 2025 |  Oklahoma State#124 · 1-11 | 10 | 15% | 10 | 47 | 0 | 6.2% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Royal Capell's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Royal Capell'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 | Returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 | @ Oklahoma | L 0–51 | 5.1 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 12 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Texas Southern | W 51–10 | 5.6 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 14 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 | @ Michigan | L 17–52 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 39 | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Oregon State | L 7–33 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 5 | @ New Mexico | L 7–61 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 |  Nevada | L 13–30 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 7 |  San José State | L 11–24 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2026 · 3 games | 5.3 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 39 | · | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 1 | — |
| Yards | -3 | 1353rd / 1457 |
| Yards / carry | -3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 0 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1117th / 1995 |
| Yards | 40 | 1139th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 10 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 14 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 2 | — |
| Yards | 39 | — |
| Average | 19.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 23 | — |
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 | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Oklahoma | — | 56 | ~27 (9–37) | 2 | · | 48% |
| Wk 2 · Texas Southern | — | 54 | ~39 (12–53) | 4 | · | 72% |
| Wk 3 · Michigan | ✓ WR | 47 | ~25 (8–34) | 2 | 2 | 53% |
| Season | 1 GS | 411 | 91 (42–117) | 8 | 2 | 22% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the UTEP roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jaden Smith | WR | SR | 28 | 233 | 1 | 20% | +0.40 |
| 5 | Carver Cheeks | WR | SR | 16 | 179 | 3 | 16% | +0.17 |
| 81 | Jeremiah Nash | WR | JR | 8 | 82 | 0 | 8% | -0.90 |
| 2 | Royal Capell | WR | SO | 4 | 40 | 0 | 11% | +0.27 |
| 13 | Nik Henry | WR | SO | 4 | 50 | 0 | 4% | +1.11 |
| 14 | Marcus Torres | WR | SO | 2 | 10 | 0 | 11% | +0.04 |
| 7 | Jaylan Brown | WR | SO | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8% | -1.23 |
| 17 | Carmelo Taylor | WR | JR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3% | +0.07 |
| 18 | Rafeald Campbell | WR | SO | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 16 | Mason Ferguson | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | CJ Simon | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Zo Hill | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Jacaleb Johnson | 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. UTEP depth chart →