Brian Cobbs

#8 · WR · Sr. · Utah State6′2″ · 210 lb · Alexandria, VA · Hayfield

Brian Cobbs: WR · Utah State · #8.

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Brian Cobbs

WR · Utah State · Sr · #8

Moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Matt Canada, Mike Locksley and Blake Anderson. First career honor, 2022: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 136 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Air Force — Week 6, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Utah State in the news

Utah State superfan Steve McBride diesNov 2

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Utah State	75	893	11.9	5	44
2021	Utah State	25	341	13.6	1	38
2020	Maryland	13	188	14.5	1	52
2019	Maryland	16	243	15.2	0	40
2018	Maryland	5	108	21.6	0	48
Career		134	1,773	13.2	7	52

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 1 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@ No. 19 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	11.9	5	44

Signature game

Week 6 · 2022

W 34-27

vs Air Force

8 rec · 136 yds · 1 TD

A close one, 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 — 4 rec · 52 yds · 1 TD · 15 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Air Force · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.47Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 16 yds to the AFA 33 for a
Week 1 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.41Bishop Davenport pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 44 yds for a TD (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 6 · Air Force · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 36 yds to the AFA 32 for a
Week 5 · BYU · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.23Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 27 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 4 · UNLV · 2nd and 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 · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 31 yds to the SJSt 22 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 31 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 13 · Boise State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.81Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 12 yds to the UthSt 48 for a
Week 1 · UConn · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Logan Bonner pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 11 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 5 · BYU · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Cooper Legas pass complete to Brian Cobbs for 14 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 79 (#40 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

79All-Conference level #40 of 488 · 2022?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.2	77.8	11.7	0.3
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

2022 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Pass share

42.5%

397 pass / 538 run

Plays / game

71.9

13 games

Team sack rate

7.6%

422 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

79 · #40 of 488 WRs · 2022

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

Brian Cobbs

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Utah State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2018 7 games

2022 13 games