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 | 45 | — |
| Target share | 22.6% | 111th / 523 |
| Catch rate | 68.9% | 189th / 523 |
| Success rate per target | 60.0% | 90th / 523 |
| Yards per target | 9.6 | 145th / 523 |
| Explosive catches | 15.6% | 143rd / 523 |
| Deep-target rate | 15.6% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 11 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 5 | — |
Charting
Where Watkins's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted47 targets charted
2025 charting · Ole Miss
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Watkins’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted19 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 |  LSU#6 · 5-2 | 7 | 65% | 33 | 447 | 2 | 22.6% |
| 2025 |  Ole Miss#9 · 13-2 | 11 | 35% | 26 | 373 | 1 | 8.2% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Winston Watkins's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Winston Watkins'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 |  Clemson | W 51–10 | 8.7 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 110 | 15.7 | 1 | 32 |
| 2 |  Louisiana Tech | W 45–14 | 6.5 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | @Ole Miss | L 24–32 | 7.1 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 1 | 26 |
| 4 |  Texas A&M | W 35–6 | 7.9 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 |  McNeese | W 63–14 | 6.2 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | @ Kentucky | L 34–35 | 7.0 | · | · | · | · | · | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 |  Mississippi State | W 31–0 | 5.5 | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026 · 7 games | 7.0 | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 14 | 33 | 447 | 13.5 | 2 | 36 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 4 | — |
| Yards | 13 | 976th / 1456 |
| Yards / carry | 3.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 14 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 33 | 52nd / 1995 |
| Yards | 447 | 53rd / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 13.5 | 181st / 461 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 172nd / 825 |
| Long | 36 | — |
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 · Clemson | ✓ WR | 94 | ~76 (50–92) | 12 | · | 81% |
| Wk 2 · Louisiana Tech | ✓ WR | 84 | ~67 (44–82) | 10 | 1 | 80% |
| Wk 3 · Ole Miss | ✓ WR | 69 | ~26 (8–36) | 3 | · | 38% |
| Wk 4 · Texas A&M | ✓ WR | 66 | ~55 (36–66) | 7 | · | 83% |
| Wk 5 · McNeese | ✓ WR | 101 | ~34 (11–47) | 5 | · | 34% |
| Wk 6 · Kentucky | ✓ WR | 71 | ~56 (37–68) | 8 | · | 79% |
| Wk 7 · Mississippi State | ✓ WR | 70 | ~48 (32–58) | 7 | · | 69% |
| Season | 7 GS | 555 | 362 (304–422) | 52 | 1 | 65% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the LSU roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Watkins | WR | 33 | 447 | 2 | 18% | +0.64 | ||
| 4 | Jackson Harris | WR | JR | 27 | 456 | 5 | 15% | +1.14 |
| Eugene Wilson | WR | 23 | 247 | 1 | 13% | +0.19 | ||
| 83 | Corey Barber Jr. | WR | FR | 11 | 122 | 2 | 9% | +1.35 |
| 1 | Jayce Brown | WR | SR | 8 | 89 | 0 | 8% | +0.10 |
| 82 | Roman Mothershed | WR | JR | 5 | 76 | 2 | 6% | +1.17 |
| 2 | Tre' Brown | WR | JR | 4 | 61 | 0 | 8% | +0.53 |
| 88 | Malik Elzy | WR | JR | 4 | 51 | 1 | 5% | +0.89 |
| Phillip Wright III | WR | 3 | 70 | 1 | 7% | +0.77 | ||
| 84 | Tyree Holloway | WR | JR | 2 | 37 | 0 | 3% | +0.58 |
| 85 | Josh Jackson | WR | SO | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2% | -0.43 |
| 26 | Nolon Buckels | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Brayden Allen | WR | FR | — | — | — | 2% | -0.42 |
| 86 | Jabari Mack | 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. LSU depth chart →