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 | 6 | — |
| Target share | 14.0% | — |
| Catch rate | 50.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 50.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 11.0 | — |
| Explosive catches | 16.7% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 16.7% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| 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 targeted6 targets charted
2025 charting · Louisiana
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Jr.’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted43 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 |  Louisiana#89 · 5-2 | 4 | 17% | 3 | 66 | 0 | 14.0% |
| 2025 | Louisiana#103 · 6-7 | 9 | 59% | 32 | 537 | 6 | 26.9% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Shelton Sampson Jr.'s team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Shelton Sampson 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
Lamar
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 3 | 1250th / 1995 |
| Yards | 66 | 894th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 22 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 41 | — |
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Lamar | ✓ WR | 69 | · | · | — |
| Wk 5 · Arkansas State | ✓ WR | 63 | · | · | — |
| Wk 6 · Louisiana Tech | — | 57 | ~31 (10–42) | 3 | 54% |
| Wk 7 · Troy | ✓ WR | 72 | ~49 (32–60) | 3 | 68% |
| Season | 3 GS | 463 | 80 (62–94) | 6 | 17% |
Position Room
11 WRs on the Louisiana roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Russell Babineaux | WR | FR | 15 | 121 | 1 | 11% | +0.41 |
| 4 | Trenton Chaney | WR | FR | 14 | 182 | 0 | 14% | +0.57 |
| 17 | Landon Strother | WR | SO | 12 | 116 | 0 | 18% | +0.14 |
| 9 | KeDarius Wade | WR | JR | 11 | 226 | 2 | 12% | +0.57 |
| 87 | Kristion Brooks | WR | FR | 11 | 117 | 0 | 6% | +1.00 |
| 6 | Shelton Sampson Jr. | WR | JR | 3 | 66 | 0 | 12% | +0.05 |
| 15 | Ja'Corian Norris | WR | SO | 2 | 21 | 0 | 5% | -0.14 |
| 8 | Jaydon Johnson | WR | SR | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4% | +0.60 |
| 2 | Rahji Dennis | WR | SO | — | — | — | 0% | +2.08 |
| 80 | Jayden Lewis | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Landon Baptiste | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Louisiana depth chart →