College Football Player Grades by Position

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Qualified: at least 5 targets per game against FBS teams, over two games or more. Show everyone

Justin Stevenson

North Texas · WR

76.0

Dominique Henry

Florida Atlantic · WR

65.3

Kelby Valsin

Florida Atlantic · WR

55.6

#	Player	Team	EPA/play	Success%	Plays	Grade
1	Justin StevensonNorth Texas · EPA 0.85	North Texas	0.846	68%	22	76.0
2	Dominique HenryFlorida Atlantic · EPA 0.65	Florida Atlantic	0.655	64%	22	65.3
3	Kelby ValsinFlorida Atlantic · EPA 0.43	Florida Atlantic	0.427	63%	40	55.6
4	Corri MillinerNorth Texas · EPA 0.52	North Texas	0.515	60%	25	53.4
5	Jeremiah MelvinEast Carolina · EPA 0.41	East Carolina	0.407	63%	16	52.3
6	DJ Allen Jr.UTSA · EPA 0.50	UTSA	0.505	53%	15	40.4
7	Easton MesserFlorida Atlantic · EPA 0.37	Florida Atlantic	0.367	47%	36	39.3
8	AJ Wilson Jr.UTSA · EPA 0.28	UTSA	0.281	38%	21	15.5
9	Oran Singleton Jr.Tulsa · EPA 0.18	Tulsa	0.177	50%	34	12.1
10	Jaden BarnesCharlotte · EPA 0.01	Charlotte	0.009	48%	27	10.5
11	David Amador IIUTSA · EPA 0.10	UTSA	0.096	26%	19	8.8
12	Anthony Brown-StephensTulane · EPA -0.05	Tulane	-0.053	28%	29	6.5
13	Ray Ray Joseph Jr.East Carolina · EPA -0.31	East Carolina	-0.311	35%	17	2.5
14	Jayce FreemanTemple · EPA -0.27	Temple	-0.268	27%	15	1.4

How college grades work

College grades use the same method as the NFL: every play's expected points added, adjusted for how good the defense was, ranked against every other player at the position. The play data comes from CollegeFootballData.com, with ESPN's play feed saying who threw, ran and caught the ball. Four things are different.

Only games against FBS teams count. A power-conference offense against an FCS defense tells us little about either, so those games show in the game log but aren't graded.
Garbage time is left out: plays with a lead of more than 38 points in the 2nd quarter, 28 in the 3rd, or 22 in the 4th. Blowouts are common in college, and backups piling up numbers against backups would otherwise count like starters.
No win probability or completion-percentage data. The college play feed doesn't have them, so grades rest on opponent-adjusted EPA and success rate (the share of plays with positive EPA).
Grades and leaderboards use a minimum workload: every grade is a percentile among the players who meet it, so a few plays can't skew anyone else's. Per game against FBS teams, 14 dropbacks for quarterbacks, 10 touches for running backs, 5 targets for receivers and 3 for tight ends, counted over at least two games. Defenders need to have played in half their team's games.

Defensive grades use the same box-score impact score as the NFL's, minus forced fumbles, which the college box score doesn't record.