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So we're past the midway point of February, and I haven't posted last season's receiving stats yet. I should fire myself.
Better late than never, however! Here is a link to a rather enormous Excel file with receiving stats -- standard downs, passing downs, and all -- broken out into receivers, tight ends, running backs, etc. Play with it, and feel free to share anything interesting you might find.
You'll find some random stats on the far right of each tab:
Net Expected Yards: Basically, "Your Catch Rate was A%, and one with that average would typically net about B yards per catch. With your total targets, then, you should have ended up with C receiving yards, but you ended up with D receiving yards instead." (Also: NEP/Target).
Real Yards Per Target: On average, a player tended to be targeted A% of the time on standard downs, so if Player B was targeted A% on SDs and C% on PDs, his per-target average would have been D.
RYPR: (Receiving yards / Total Team Plays) * Passing S&P+. For more, go here.
The way I see it, all of these measures are potential components of a good receiving measure, but I don't use them for much right now. Regardless, they're yours to play with here.
I also thought it would be interesting to take a detailed look at the most frequently targeted players. Who had the best/worst catch rates of the bunch? Yards per catch? Target Rates (percentage of your team's passes targeting you)? Here you go. Spoiler alert: Amari Cooper was awesome.
| Player | Offense | Targets | Catches | Yards | Catch Rate | Yards/ Catch |
Yards/ Target |
Target Rate | Target No. |
| Amari Cooper | Alabama | 173 | 124 | 1727 | 71.7% | 13.9 | 10.0 | 39.8% | 1 |
| Justin Hardy | East Carolina | 171 | 121 | 1494 | 70.8% | 12.3 | 8.7 | 28.2% | 1 |
| Vince Mayle | Washington State | 163 | 106 | 1483 | 65.0% | 14.0 | 9.1 | 21.8% | 1 |
| Kevin White | West Virginia | 158 | 109 | 1447 | 69.0% | 13.3 | 9.2 | 30.6% | 1 |
| Keevan Lucas | Tulsa | 154 | 101 | 1219 | 65.6% | 12.1 | 7.9 | 33.7% | 1 |
| Nelson Spruce | Colorado | 153 | 106 | 1198 | 69.3% | 11.3 | 7.8 | 29.7% | 1 |
| Jaelen Strong | Arizona State | 152 | 82 | 1165 | 53.9% | 14.2 | 7.7 | 34.0% | 1 |
| Tyler Lockett | Kansas State | 149 | 106 | 1515 | 71.1% | 14.3 | 10.2 | 37.4% | 1 |
| Jamison Crowder | Duke | 144 | 86 | 1085 | 59.7% | 12.6 | 7.5 | 32.6% | 1 |
| Rashad Greene | Florida State | 143 | 99 | 1365 | 69.2% | 13.8 | 9.5 | 29.3% | 1 |
| Josh Harper | Fresno State | 143 | 90 | 1097 | 62.9% | 12.2 | 7.7 | 29.9% | 1 |
| Roger Lewis | Bowling Green | 139 | 73 | 1093 | 52.5% | 15.0 | 7.9 | 26.4% | 1 |
| DaeSean Hamilton | Penn State | 138 | 82 | 899 | 59.4% | 11.0 | 6.5 | 29.0% | 1 |
| Tajae Sharpe | Massachusetts | 135 | 85 | 1281 | 63.0% | 15.1 | 9.5 | 29.3% | 1 |
| Tommy Shuler | Marshall | 134 | 92 | 1138 | 68.7% | 12.4 | 8.5 | 29.9% | 1 |
| Nelson Agholor | USC | 134 | 104 | 1313 | 77.6% | 12.6 | 9.8 | 30.0% | 1 |
| Kenzee Jackson | UL-Monroe | 133 | 79 | 866 | 59.4% | 11.0 | 6.5 | 26.5% | 1 |
| Deontay Greenberry | Houston | 132 | 72 | 841 | 54.5% | 11.7 | 6.4 | 30.9% | 1 |
| Rashard Higgins | Colorado State | 131 | 96 | 1750 | 73.3% | 18.2 | 13.4 | 30.8% | 1 |
| Cayleb Jones | Arizona | 130 | 74 | 1029 | 56.9% | 13.9 | 7.9 | 25.0% | 1 |
| Bud Sasser | Missouri | 124 | 77 | 997 | 62.1% | 12.9 | 8.0 | 31.8% | 1 |
| Tyler Boyd | Pittsburgh | 122 | 78 | 1261 | 63.9% | 16.2 | 10.3 | 41.5% | 1 |
| Da'Ron Brown | Northern Illinois | 121 | 61 | 974 | 50.4% | 16.0 | 8.0 | 35.1% | 1 |
| Tyler Winston | San Jose State | 121 | 78 | 694 | 64.5% | 8.9 | 5.7 | 28.1% | 1 |
| Joshua McCain | Idaho | 120 | 76 | 1162 | 63.3% | 15.3 | 9.7 | 29.8% | 1 |
| Jordan Williams | Ball State | 118 | 56 | 753 | 47.5% | 13.4 | 6.4 | 29.8% | 1 |
| Josh Doctson | TCU | 117 | 66 | 1022 | 56.4% | 15.5 | 8.7 | 22.9% | 1 |
| Isiah Myers | Washington State | 116 | 78 | 972 | 67.2% | 12.5 | 8.4 | 15.5% | 2 |
| Isaiah Jones | East Carolina | 115 | 83 | 852 | 72.2% | 10.3 | 7.4 | 18.9% | 2 |
| Mike Dudek | Illinois | 115 | 76 | 1038 | 66.1% | 13.7 | 9.0 | 25.2% | 1 |
| William Fuller | Notre Dame | 115 | 76 | 1094 | 66.1% | 14.4 | 9.5 | 26.6% | 1 |
| Corey Davis | Western Michigan | 115 | 78 | 1408 | 67.8% | 18.1 | 12.2 | 32.7% | 1 |
| Quinton Pedroza | Hawaii | 114 | 59 | 674 | 51.8% | 11.4 | 5.9 | 25.6% | 1 |
| Carlos Harris | North Texas | 112 | 70 | 863 | 62.5% | 12.3 | 7.7 | 36.0% | 1 |
| Rashon Ceaser | UL-Monroe | 112 | 77 | 872 | 68.8% | 11.3 | 7.8 | 22.3% | 2 |
| Mario Alford | West Virginia | 112 | 65 | 945 | 58.0% | 14.5 | 8.4 | 21.7% | 2 |
| Mitch Mathews | BYU | 111 | 73 | 922 | 65.8% | 12.6 | 8.3 | 24.0% | 1 |
| David Frazier | Miami (Ohio) | 110 | 59 | 949 | 53.6% | 16.1 | 8.6 | 25.5% | 1 |
| Richy Turner | Nevada | 110 | 63 | 587 | 57.3% | 9.3 | 5.3 | 28.2% | 1 |
| Jakeem Grant | Texas Tech | 110 | 67 | 938 | 60.9% | 14.0 | 8.5 | 20.7% | 1 |
| Marcus Kemp | Hawaii | 109 | 56 | 800 | 51.4% | 14.3 | 7.3 | 24.5% | 2 |
| Antwan Goodley | Baylor | 108 | 60 | 830 | 55.6% | 13.8 | 7.7 | 21.6% | 1 |
| Victor Bolden | Oregon State | 107 | 72 | 798 | 67.3% | 11.1 | 7.5 | 23.2% | 1 |
| Lucky Whitehead | Florida Atlantic | 106 | 76 | 709 | 71.7% | 9.3 | 6.7 | 29.8% | 1 |
| Curry Sexton | Kansas State | 106 | 79 | 1059 | 74.5% | 13.4 | 10.0 | 26.6% | 2 |
| Byron Marshall | Oregon | 106 | 75 | 1011 | 70.8% | 13.5 | 9.5 | 22.6% | 1 |
| Daniel Braverman | Western Michigan | 106 | 86 | 996 | 81.1% | 11.6 | 9.4 | 30.1% | 2 |
| Zach D'Orazio | Akron | 105 | 62 | 658 | 59.0% | 10.6 | 6.3 | 20.8% | 1 |
| Tony Lippett | Michigan State | 105 | 65 | 1198 | 61.9% | 18.4 | 11.4 | 27.0% | 1 |
| Zach Pascal | Old Dominion | 104 | 59 | 743 | 56.7% | 12.6 | 7.1 | 24.2% | 1 |
| John Harris | Texas | 104 | 68 | 1051 | 65.4% | 15.5 | 10.1 | 26.1% | 1 |
| Jordan Leslie | BYU | 103 | 55 | 779 | 53.4% | 14.2 | 7.6 | 22.3% | 2 |
| Teldrick Morgan | New Mexico State | 102 | 75 | 891 | 73.5% | 11.9 | 8.7 | 24.2% | 1 |
| Pharoh Cooper | South Carolina | 102 | 70 | 1152 | 68.6% | 16.5 | 11.3 | 22.7% | 1 |
| Bradley Marquez | Texas Tech | 102 | 65 | 821 | 63.7% | 12.6 | 8.0 | 19.2% | 2 |
| Hunter Sharp | Utah State | 102 | 66 | 939 | 64.7% | 14.2 | 9.2 | 27.6% | 1 |
| Ryan Burbrink | Bowling Green | 101 | 64 | 758 | 63.4% | 11.8 | 7.5 | 19.2% | 2 |
| River Cracraft | Washington State | 101 | 66 | 771 | 65.3% | 11.7 | 7.6 | 13.5% | 3 |
| Alex Erickson | Wisconsin | 101 | 55 | 772 | 54.5% | 14.0 | 7.6 | 33.7% | 1 |
| Devin Funchess | Michigan | 100 | 62 | 733 | 62.0% | 11.8 | 7.3 | 32.5% | 1 |
| Geno Lewis | Penn State | 100 | 55 | 763 | 55.0% | 13.9 | 7.6 | 21.0% | 2 |
| Devonte Boyd | UNLV | 100 | 64 | 973 | 64.0% | 15.2 | 9.7 | 21.6% | 1 |
| Shaq Washington | Cincinnati | 99 | 66 | 761 | 66.7% | 11.5 | 7.7 | 20.9% | 1 |
| Shavarez Smith | South Alabama | 99 | 54 | 748 | 54.5% | 13.9 | 7.6 | 25.3% | 1 |
| Corey Jones | Toledo | 99 | 68 | 842 | 68.7% | 12.4 | 8.5 | 25.8% | 1 |
| Jordan Payton | UCLA | 99 | 67 | 954 | 67.7% | 14.2 | 9.6 | 23.6% | 1 |
| Titus Davis | Central Michigan | 98 | 60 | 965 | 61.2% | 16.1 | 9.8 | 26.8% | 1 |
| Robert Davis | Georgia State | 97 | 50 | 732 | 51.5% | 14.6 | 7.5 | 23.5% | 1 |
| Trent Taylor | Louisiana Tech | 97 | 64 | 834 | 66.0% | 13.0 | 8.6 | 22.0% | 1 |
| Ajalen Holley | UL-Monroe | 97 | 57 | 863 | 58.8% | 15.1 | 8.9 | 19.3% | 3 |
| Alonzo Russell | Toledo | 96 | 52 | 784 | 54.2% | 15.1 | 8.2 | 25.0% | 2 |
| Cam Worthy | East Carolina | 95 | 55 | 1016 | 57.9% | 18.5 | 10.7 | 15.7% | 3 |
| Demarcus Robinson | Florida | 95 | 53 | 810 | 55.8% | 15.3 | 8.5 | 31.4% | 1 |
| Jared Dangerfield | Western Kentucky | 95 | 69 | 825 | 72.6% | 12.0 | 8.7 | 17.6% | 1 |
| KD Cannon | Baylor | 94 | 58 | 1030 | 61.7% | 17.8 | 11.0 | 18.8% | 2 |
| Breshad Perriman | Central Florida | 94 | 50 | 1044 | 53.2% | 20.9 | 11.1 | 24.5% | 1 |
| Casey Pierce | Kent State | 94 | 61 | 658 | 64.9% | 10.8 | 7.0 | 22.6% | 1 |
| Stefon Diggs | Maryland | 94 | 62 | 792 | 66.0% | 12.8 | 8.4 | 24.2% | 1 |
| Antonio Vaughan | Old Dominion | 94 | 63 | 1019 | 67.0% | 16.2 | 10.8 | 21.9% | 2 |
| Leonte Carroo | Rutgers | 94 | 55 | 1086 | 58.5% | 19.7 | 11.6 | 27.8% | 1 |
| Ty Montgomery | Stanford | 94 | 61 | 604 | 64.9% | 9.9 | 6.4 | 25.4% | 1 |
| D.J. Foster | Arizona State | 93 | 62 | 688 | 66.7% | 11.1 | 7.4 | 20.8% | 2 |
| Mike Williams | Clemson | 93 | 57 | 1030 | 61.3% | 18.1 | 11.1 | 21.5% | 1 |
| Allen Lazard | Iowa State | 93 | 46 | 592 | 49.5% | 12.9 | 6.4 | 19.0% | 1 |
| Chris Humphrey | Kent State | 93 | 51 | 635 | 54.8% | 12.5 | 6.8 | 22.4% | 2 |
| Keyarris Garrett | Tulsa | 93 | 47 | 698 | 50.5% | 14.9 | 7.5 | 20.4% | 2 |
| Artavis Scott | Clemson | 92 | 76 | 965 | 82.6% | 12.7 | 10.5 | 21.3% | 2 |
| KeVonn Mabon | Ball State | 91 | 59 | 717 | 64.8% | 12.2 | 7.9 | 23.0% | 2 |
| Ronnie Moore | Bowling Green | 90 | 56 | 690 | 62.2% | 12.3 | 7.7 | 17.1% | 3 |
| Isaiah Ford | Virginia Tech | 90 | 56 | 709 | 62.2% | 12.7 | 7.9 | 22.1% | 1 |
| Donovan Harden | Georgia State | 89 | 60 | 885 | 67.4% | 14.8 | 9.9 | 21.5% | 2 |
| Kevonte Martin-Manley | Iowa | 89 | 52 | 521 | 58.4% | 10.0 | 5.9 | 20.9% | 1 |
| Deon Long | Maryland | 89 | 51 | 575 | 57.3% | 11.3 | 6.5 | 22.9% | 2 |
| Jerico Richardson | Nevada | 89 | 56 | 655 | 62.9% | 11.7 | 7.4 | 22.8% | 2 |
| Jalen Fitzpatrick | Temple | 89 | 53 | 730 | 59.6% | 13.8 | 8.2 | 23.9% | 1 |
| Corey Coleman | Baylor | 88 | 64 | 1119 | 72.7% | 17.5 | 12.7 | 17.6% | 3 |
| Kenny Bell | Nebraska | 87 | 47 | 790 | 54.0% | 16.8 | 9.1 | 25.6% | 1 |
| Jaxon Shipley | Texas | 87 | 59 | 581 | 67.8% | 9.8 | 6.7 | 21.9% | 2 |
| Ryan Switzer | North Carolina | 86 | 61 | 762 | 70.9% | 12.5 | 8.9 | 17.7% | 1 |
| Darius Joseph | SMU | 86 | 54 | 379 | 62.8% | 7.0 | 4.4 | 21.1% | 1 |
| Shane Wynn | Indiana | 85 | 56 | 708 | 65.9% | 12.6 | 8.3 | 28.5% | 1 |
| Malcome Kennedy | Texas A&M | 85 | 53 | 611 | 62.4% | 11.5 | 7.2 | 17.2% | 1 |
| Ron Willoughby | Buffalo | 84 | 50 | 771 | 59.5% | 15.4 | 9.2 | 24.1% | 1 |
| Jonnu Smith | Florida International | 84 | 61 | 688 | 72.6% | 11.3 | 8.2 | 27.2% | 1 |
| Kenny Lawler | California | 83 | 54 | 701 | 65.1% | 13.0 | 8.4 | 16.4% | 1 |
| Chris Harper | California | 83 | 52 | 634 | 62.7% | 12.2 | 7.6 | 16.4% | 2 |
| Pig Howard | Tennessee | 83 | 54 | 618 | 65.1% | 11.4 | 7.4 | 19.5% | 1 |
| Willie McNeal | Western Kentucky | 83 | 56 | 666 | 67.5% | 11.9 | 8.0 | 15.4% | 2 |
| L.T. Smith III | Akron | 82 | 46 | 502 | 56.1% | 10.9 | 6.1 | 16.2% | 2 |
| Travin Dural | LSU | 82 | 37 | 758 | 45.1% | 20.5 | 9.2 | 31.3% | 1 |
| Jordan Taylor | Rice | 82 | 54 | 842 | 65.9% | 15.6 | 10.3 | 24.5% | 1 |
| Kolby Listenbee | TCU | 82 | 41 | 753 | 50.0% | 18.4 | 9.2 | 16.0% | 2 |
| Devin Fuller | UCLA | 82 | 59 | 447 | 72.0% | 7.6 | 5.5 | 19.6% | 2 |
| JuJu Smith | USC | 82 | 54 | 724 | 65.9% | 13.4 | 8.8 | 18.4% | 2 |
| Tres Houston | Arkansas State | 81 | 53 | 680 | 65.4% | 12.8 | 8.4 | 19.4% | 1 |
| Bryce Treggs | California | 81 | 52 | 583 | 64.2% | 11.2 | 7.2 | 16.0% | 3 |
| Rokeem Williams | Miami (Ohio) | 81 | 35 | 682 | 43.2% | 19.5 | 8.4 | 18.8% | 2 |
| Shay Fields | Colorado | 80 | 50 | 486 | 62.5% | 9.7 | 6.1 | 15.5% | 2 |
| De'Runnya Wilson | Mississippi State | 80 | 47 | 680 | 58.8% | 14.5 | 8.5 | 19.4% | 1 |
| Sterling Shepard | Oklahoma | 80 | 51 | 970 | 63.8% | 19.0 | 12.1 | 22.7% | 1 |
| Durron Neal | Oklahoma | 80 | 42 | 513 | 52.5% | 12.2 | 6.4 | 22.7% | 2 |
| Teddy Veal | Tulane | 80 | 40 | 381 | 50.0% | 9.5 | 4.8 | 19.3% | 1 |
| Jaydon Mickens | Washington | 80 | 60 | 617 | 75.0% | 10.3 | 7.7 | 21.0% | 1 |
Some quick notes:
* Keevan Lucas is going to put up 1,000,000 yards next year in Philip Montgomery's offense. He had 1,200 yards as part of an awful Tulsa offense last year.
* Amari Cooper, Tyler Lockett, and Tyler Boyd all averaged 10-plus yards per target with target rates of 37-plus percent. Everybody knew where the ball was going, and they still put up huge numbers.
* River Cracraft and Alex Erickson both had 101 targets. Cracraft's target rate was 13.5% in Wazzu's all-pass offense, and Erickson's was 33.7% in Wisconsin's run-run-run-pass-run-run offense.
* The most noticeable thing: Almost every name at the top of this list is gone in 2015. Lucas is back, as are Rashard Higgins and Boyd. And while his per-target numbers were awful, DaeSean Hamilton was a freshman security blanket for Christian Hackenberg at Penn State. But this list is going to look completely different next year.
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