2017 College EPA per Target Leaders

College play-by-play before 2025 does not record where passes went, so depth, direction, ACE and throw maps start in 2025. Counting stats are the official NCAA season lines.

Expected points added on every pass thrown his way, caught or not. It is our primary receiver rating because it counts the whole result of the target.

How to read it. +0.30 and up is excellent for a wide receiver. Tight ends and running backs usually sit lower because their targets are shorter.

The 2017 leaders: Quintez Cephus (+1.48), Albert Okwuegbunam (+1.31), Arkeel Newsome (+1.31).

EPA per Target

Minimum to rank: 1.875 receptions per team game (the NFL's rate; the NCAA ranks receivers per game with no reception minimum). 458 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	EPA/Tgt
1	Quintez Cephus	WR	WIS	36	30	+1.48
2	Albert Okwuegbunam	TE	MIZ	33	25	+1.31
3	Arkeel Newsome	RB	CONN	29	25	+1.31
4	Damion Ratley	WR	TA&M	41	26	+1.29
5	Dalton Schoen	WR	KSU	30	23	+1.19
6	T.J. Hockenson	TE	IOWA	28	23	+1.14
7	Ian Thomas	TE	IU	31	25	+1.10
8	Anthony Mahoungou	WR	PUR	36	33	+1.10
9	Tre'Quan Smith	WR	UCF	71	54	+1.09
10	Harrison Bryant	TE	FAU	39	32	+1.09
11	R.J. Turner	WR	ULM	52	39	+1.09
12	Turner Smiley	WR	UNT	39	30	+1.07
13	Emanuel Hall	WR	MIZ	54	33	+1.03
14	Cam Serigne	TE	WAKE	45	35	+1.02
15	CeeDee Lamb	WR	OU	56	40	+1.00
16	D.J. Chark	WR	LSU	53	35	+0.99
17	Aaron McLean	TE	CONN	42	31	+0.97
18	Marcell Ateman	WR	OKST	75	54	+0.97
19	A.J. Taylor	WR	WIS	32	23	+0.96
20	Mikah Holder	WR	SDSU	58	43	+0.96
21	Kerry Thomas Jr.	WR	UTSA	39	35	+0.94
22	A.J. Brown	WR	MISS	91	75	+0.94
23	Jordan Akins	WR	UCF	39	30	+0.94
24	Terren Encalade	WR	TULN	53	39	+0.93
25	Jake Roh	TE	BOIS	45	39	+0.93
26	Dillon Stoner	WR	OKST	49	40	+0.92
27	DeAndre Thompkins	WR	PSU	36	26	+0.91
28	James Proche	WR	SMU	57	40	+0.90
29	Jeff Badet	WR	OU	30	25	+0.90
30	Trent Sherfield	WR	VAN	68	50	+0.90
31	Jonathan Nance	WR	ARK	54	37	+0.89
32	Cody Thompson	WR	TOL	37	28	+0.88
33	JJ Arcega-Whiteside	WR	STAN	64	43	+0.87
34	Jalen Harvey	WR	ASU	47	33	+0.87
35	Tyler Vaughns	WR	USC	60	51	+0.87
36	Anthony Muse	WR	NMSU	38	37	+0.86
37	Diontae Johnson	WR	TOL	93	72	+0.86
38	Dimitri Flowers	RB	OU	24	23	+0.86
39	Darren Carrington II	WR	UTAH	88	66	+0.85
40	Armanti Foreman	WR	TEX	30	27	+0.85
41	Michael Lawrence	WR	UNT	71	56	+0.85
42	Deon Yelder	TE	WKU	63	47	+0.85
43	Mark Andrews	TE	OU	76	58	+0.84
44	Davon Grayson	WR	ECU	84	59	+0.84
45	Damion Willis	WR	TROY	38	31	+0.84
46	Keke Coutee	WR	TTU	105	82	+0.84
47	Kwadarrius Smith	WR	AKR	54	34	+0.83
48	Raelon Singleton	WR	UTAH	42	34	+0.83
49	Marquise Brown	WR	OU	63	49	+0.83
50	Ryheem Malone	WR	UL	58	44	+0.83
51	Byron Pringle	WR	KSU	45	28	+0.82
52	Darnell Mooney	WR	TULN	51	34	+0.82
53	Kaden Smith	TE	STAN	33	23	+0.82
54	Jordan Lasley	WR	UCLA	93	61	+0.82
55	Brandon Presley	WR	UNLV	48	34	+0.81
56	Keith Kirkwood	WR	TEM	58	39	+0.81
57	Tyler Johnson	WR	MINN	65	35	+0.81
58	Javon Wims	WR	UGA	53	39	+0.80
59	Aaron Cephus	WR	RICE	46	25	+0.80
60	Johnathon Johnson	WR	MIZ	57	38	+0.80
61	J'Mon Moore	WR	MIZ	83	60	+0.78
62	Tyre McCants	WR	USF	41	30	+0.78
63	Ricky Jeune	WR	GT	47	25	+0.78
64	Dez Fitzpatrick	WR	LOU	70	45	+0.77
65	Renard Bell	WR	WSU	46	36	+0.77
66	James Gardner	WR	M-OH	83	47	+0.77
67	Malcolm Williams	WR	CCU	58	38	+0.77
68	Steven Mitchell Jr.	WR	USC	55	41	+0.77
69	Korey Robertson	WR	USM	104	72	+0.77
70	DaeSean Hamilton	WR	PSU	74	48	+0.77
71	Jay MacIntyre	WR	COLO	40	28	+0.77
72	Seth Dawkins	WR	LOU	56	39	+0.76
73	Tony Ellison	WR	ARIZ	49	33	+0.76
74	Hakeem Butler	WR	ISU	56	36	+0.76
75	Darnell Salomon	WR	USF	41	28	+0.76
76	Shane Wimann	TE	NIU	36	30	+0.76
77	Otis Anderson	RB	UCF	32	28	+0.76
78	Brendan O'Leary-Orange	WR	NEV	58	39	+0.75
79	Jessie Britt	RB	MASS	43	29	+0.75
80	Penny Hart	WR	GAST	96	73	+0.74
81	Pharoah McKever	TE	FIU	32	26	+0.74
82	De'Mornay Pierson-El	WR	NEB	61	45	+0.73
83	Terry Godwin	WR	UGA	35	29	+0.73
84	Ike Lewis	WR	APP	62	47	+0.73
85	Marquez Callaway	WR	TENN	36	24	+0.73
86	Rhashid Bonnette	WR	LT	47	32	+0.73
87	Detrich Clark	WR	CSU	44	37	+0.72
88	Dredrick Snelson	WR	UCF	54	42	+0.72
89	John Diarse	WR	TCU	50	33	+0.72
90	Marcus Simms	WR	WVU	51	32	+0.72
91	John Niupalau	WR	EMU	35	27	+0.72
92	Justin McInnis	WR	ARST	57	42	+0.72
93	Thomas Owens	WR	FIU	81	59	+0.71
94	Tyler Mabry	TE	BUF	30	24	+0.70
95	David Sills V	WR	WVU	91	60	+0.70
96	A.J. Richardson	WR	BOIS	47	33	+0.70
97	N'Keal Harry	WR	ASU	106	73	+0.70
98	Shi Smith	WR	SC	36	26	+0.69
99	Rafael Araujo-Lopes	WR	PITT	59	43	+0.69
100	Shun Brown	WR	ARIZ	47	39	+0.69

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