Brian Cobbs

Senior wide receiver for Utah State. 2022: 75 catches, 893 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Utah State · Sr. · #8

6′2″ · 210 lb · Alexandria, VA

CFB Index 79 · #40 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceUtah State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1093 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Utah State. 2022: 75 catches, 893 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2018.
Transferred from Maryland to Utah State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Utah State, 1,773 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 136 yds vs Air Force.Air Force · W 34-272022

20187 games

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Hayfield

202213 games

Entered the portal
All-Mountain Westsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1093 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM

All-Mountain West 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

4 coaches

2018

Matt Wells

Utah State

2019

Gary Andersen

Utah State

era →

2020

Frank Maile

Utah State

era →

2021–2022

Blake Anderson

Utah State

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Matt Wells, Gary Andersen, Frank Maile, and Blake Anderson. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

2020Maryland2-3HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Maryland11-3HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #40 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (84th percentile). Strength: catch rate (81st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#103 / 636 · 84th pct

0.99

Catch rate#122 / 636 · 81st pct

88.5%

TD rate#306 / 636 · 52nd pct

6.4%

Yards / catch#370 / 636 · 42nd pct

11.6

Explosive rate#370 / 636 · 42nd pct

11.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#19 / 550 · 96th pct

Rec yards#49 / 550 · 91st pct

893

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Long catch#328 / 550 · 40th pct

Rush yards#163 / 275 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#347 / 550 · 36th pct

11.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

64th → 84th percentile

Explosive rate

45th → 42nd percentile

Catch rate

59th → 81st percentile

TD rate

22nd → 52nd percentile

Yards / catch

64th → 42nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.1	78.0	11.9	0.4
Road6g	5.3	57.8	11.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.5	68.2	12.2	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	6.2	69.4	10.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #40 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #40 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Utah State	75	893	11.9	5	--
2021	Utah State	25	341	13.6	1	--
2020	Maryland	13	188	14.5	1	--
2019	Maryland	16	243	15.2	0	--
2018	Maryland	5	108	21.6	0	--
Career		134	1,773	13.2	7	--

Season	Team
2022	Utah State	2	6	--	--	--
2021	Utah State	1	-4	--	--	--
2020	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Maryland	5	8	--	--	--
Career		8	10	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 34–27

vs Air Force

8 rec · 136 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With C. Legas — 215 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.8 · 76 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · T. Vaughn — 15 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Air Force · 3&15 · Q3 · EPA +3.47Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 16 yds to the AFA 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.41Bishop Davenport pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 44 yds for a TD (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 6 · Air Force · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 36 yds to the AFA 32 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · BYU · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.23Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 27 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 4 · UNLV · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.95L.Bonner pass complete to UTS 43. Catch made by B.Cobbs at UTS 43. Gain of 44 yards. Tackled by UNLV at UNLV 13.
Week 12 · San José State · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 31 yds to the SJSt 22 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Air Force · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 31 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 13 · Boise State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.81Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 12 yds to the UthSt 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UConn · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Logan Bonner pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 11 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 5 · BYU · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 14 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-20vs UConn	7	78	11.1	1	19
Wk 1	L 0-55@ Alabama	2	33	16.5	0	23
Wk 2	L 7-35vs Weber State	2	17	8.5	0	13
Wk 4	L 24-34vs UNLV	6	83	13.8	0	44
Wk 5	L 26-38@ BYU	10	96	9.6	2	27	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 34-27vs Air Force	8	136	17.0	1	36	Season-high 136 yds
Wk 7	W 17-13@ Colorado State	3	24	8.0	0	11
Wk 8	L 14-28@ Wyoming	5	45	9.0	0	16
Wk 10	W 27-10vs New Mexico	4	31	7.8	0	11
Wk 11	W 41-34@ Hawai'i	5	74	14.8	0	34
Wk 12	W 35-31vs San José State	10	122	12.2	0	31
Wk 13	L 23-42@ Boise State	7	75	10.7	0	21
Bowl	L 10-38vs Memphis	6	79	13.2	1	44
Total		75	893	11.7	5	44

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Brian Cobbs

20187 games

202213 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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