#85
Colorado · 2026

Zach Atkins

TESenior6' 4", 240 lbsOlathe, KS
Colorado Buffaloes2-4 · TDC #56
Snap share
17%
1 of 3 started · likely 7–24%
Receptions
3
1249th of 1995 in FBS
Rec. yards
28
1296th of 1981 in FBS
Yards / catch
9.3
Rec. TD
0
EPA / play
+0.18
4 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

4 plays · +0.7 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.18
Passing+0.18
1st down+0.40
2nd down+0.31
3rd down-0.32
Standard downs+0.34
Passing downs-0.32
AtkinsWR/TE average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays3%
Pass plays6%
Run plays0%
1st down2%
2nd down5%
3rd down4%
Standard downs3%
Passing downs3%
AtkinsWR/TE average
2025 charting · Colorado

2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Atkins’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.

Charted targets
18
11 caught (61%)
Avg. depth of target
5.5
air yards per target
YAC per catch
5.5
61 yds after the catch
Air yards caught
43
of 104 yds on charted catches
Deep targets
6%
20+ air yards

Where he's targeted18 targets charted

60% comp5.5 avg. depth5.5 YAC/catch6% 20+ air yds0–0 TD–INT
101020203030LOSLeft, Behind air yards: 1 targets (6%), 1 caught (100%), 6 yds, 6.0 per target1100% · 6yLeft, 0–4 air yards: 1 targets (6%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yLeft, 5–9 air yards: 3 targets (17%), 3 caught (100%), 35 yds, 11.7 per target3100% · 35yLeft, 10–14 air yards: noneLeft, 15–19 air yards: noneLeft, 20–29 air yards: noneLeft, 30+ air yards: 1 targets (6%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yMiddle, Behind air yards: noneMiddle, 0–4 air yards: noneMiddle, 5–9 air yards: 1 targets (6%), 1 caught (100%), 10 yds, 10.0 per target1100% · 10yMiddle, 10–14 air yards: noneMiddle, 15–19 air yards: noneMiddle, 20–29 air yards: noneMiddle, 30+ air yards: noneRight, Behind air yards: 3 targets (17%), 2 caught (67%), 9 yds, 3.0 per target367% · 9yRight, 0–4 air yards: 4 targets (22%), 2 caught (50%), 12 yds, 3.0 per target450% · 12yRight, 5–9 air yards: 1 targets (6%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 10–14 air yards: 2 targets (11%), 2 caught (100%), 32 yds, 16.0 per target2100% · 32yRight, 15–19 air yards: 1 targets (6%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 20–29 air yards: noneRight, 30+ air yards: none
fewer more targets
Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.

Career

2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnapsRecRec ydsRec TDTgt share
2026 so farColorado#56 · 2-4317%32804.5%
2025Colorado#86 · 3-91058%20149011.0%

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Zach Atkins's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Zach Atkins'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

6.5 avg. game scoreBest: 6.5 vs Weber State (Week 2)0 of 1 games at 8.0+
Receiving
WkOpponentResultGame scoreRecYdsY/RTDLong
1@Georgia TechW 14–13—no stats recorded
2Weber StateW 52–216.53289.3019
3@NorthwesternL 7–41—no stats recorded
4@BaylorL 13–23—no stats recorded
5Texas TechL 7–29—no stats recorded
7UtahL 24–27—no stats recorded
2026 · 1 game6.53289.3019

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions31249th / 1995
Yards281296th / 1981
Yards / catch9.3—
Touchdowns0—
Long19—

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

GameStartTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 2 · Weber State—72~45 (38–54)363%
Wk 3 · Northwestern—62~25 (12–36)140%
Wk 4 · Baylor✓ TE81··—
Season1 GS42470 (29–100)417%

Position Room

6 TEs on the Colorado roster, ordered by rec

#PlayerPosClassRecYdsTDTgt shareEPA/play
87Charlie WilliamsTESR57015%+0.70
85Zach AtkinsTESR32806%+0.18
89Fisher ClementsTESR21603%+0.19
83Zayne DeSouzaTESO—————
86Brady KopetzTESR—————
88Corbin LaisureTESO—————

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. Colorado depth chart →