Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Rushing | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 64 | — |
| Success rate | 56.2% | 34th / 321 |
| Explosive run rate | 15.6% | 108th / 321 |
| Stuffed at the line | 7.8% | 33rd / 321 |
| First downs | 25 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 15 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 3 | — |
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 9 | — |
| Target share | 7.4% | — |
| Catch rate | 77.8% | — |
| Success rate per target | 33.3% | — |
| Yards per target | 6.4 | — |
| Explosive catches | 11.1% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Gaines's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted9 targets charted
Run direction63 carries
2025 charting · Boise State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Gaines’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted4 targets charted
Run direction79 carries
Career
3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Boise State#36 · 5-1 | 4 | 31% | 65 | 354 | 5.4 | 3 | 56.2% | 7 | 58 | 1 | 7.4% |
| 2025 | Boise State#46 · 9-5 | 14 | 35% | 161 | 811 | 5.0 | 8 | 55.4% | 11 | 72 | 1 | 4.8% |
| 2024 | Boise State#17 · 12-2 | 3 | 6% | 20 | 156 | 7.8 | 1 | 36.8% | 3 | 44 | 1 | 10.3% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Sire Gaines's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Sire Gaines'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
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 | @ Oregon | L 27–34 | 7.2 | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 1 | 38 |
| 2 |  Memphis | W 38–20 | 7.0 | 17 | 93 | 5.5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  South Dakota | W 38–24 | 7.5 | 17 | 102 | 6.0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | @ Western Michigan | W 32–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 5 |  Utah State | W 37–18 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 | @ Fresno State | W 38–31 | 7.4 | 20 | 120 | 6.0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 · 4 games | 7.3 | 65 | 354 | 5.4 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 1 | 38 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 65 | — |
| Yards | 354 | 112th / 1456 |
| Yards / carry | 5.4 | 89th / 325 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 150th / 631 |
| Long | 25 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 7 | 789th / 1995 |
| Yards | 58 | 964th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 8.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 346th / 825 |
| Long | 38 | — |
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 | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Oregon | 64 | ~25 (17–32) | 13 | · | 39% |
| Wk 2 · Memphis | 75 | ~31 (21–40) | 18 | · | 41% |
| Wk 3 · South Dakota | 79 | ~37 (25–48) | 22 | 1 | 47% |
| Wk 6 · Fresno State | 79 | ~40 (34–44) | 21 | · | 51% |
| Season | 424 | 133 (103–165) | 74 | 1 | 31% |
Position Room
7 RBs on the Boise State roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Dylan Riley | RB | JR | 127 | 835 | 6.6 | 6 | 11 | +0.28 |
| 26 | Sire Gaines | RB | SO | 65 | 354 | 5.4 | 3 | 7 | +0.23 |
| 27 | Harry Stewart III | RB | SO | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 0 | — | -0.14 |
| 22 | Juelz Goff | RB | SO | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 0 | — | -0.22 |
| 15 | Zeke Martinez | RB | FR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Keilan Chavies | RB | FR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Mariyon Sloan | RB | 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 6+ plays per team game. Boise State depth chart →