Cam Ross

Senior wide receiver for Virginia. 2025: 53 catches, 543 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Virginia · Sr. · #6

5′10″ · 186 lb · Newark, DE

CFB Index 55 · #171 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Virginia for 2026

The numbers

543

receiving yards · 2025

53 catches · 2 TD · 10.2 per catch

Backed by 8 rec · 169 yds · 2 TD -- top 1% receiving yards game.

Swing playSwung Virginia from 41% to 63% to win.Washington State at Virginia · 22-20

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Virginia. 2025: 53 catches, 543 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UConn in 2019.
Transferred from James Madison to Virginia in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Explosive rate: 71st percentile.

The full scouting read

Cam Ross

WR · Virginia · Sr · #6

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Across six seasons and three programs, five head coaches: Randy Edsall, Lou Spanos, Jim Mora, Bob Chesney and Tony Elliott. He has been named ACC Receiver Player of the Week two seasons running, most recently in 2025. The receipt: 124 rec yds, 7 receptions against Coastal Carolina — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019UConn2-10HC: Randy Edsall · Balanced

2021UConn1-11HC: Lou Spanos · Balanced

2022UConn6-7HC: Jim Mora · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023UConn3-9HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2024James Madison9-4HC: Bob Chesney · Run-leaning

2025Virginia11-3HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

55Quality starter #171 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (85th percentile). Strength: receptions (81st percentile). Concern: yards / catch (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#229 / 798 · 71st pct

13.3%

EPA / target#358 / 798 · 55th pct

0.45

Catch rate#363 / 798 · 55th pct

69.3%

TD rate#372 / 798 · 53rd pct

2.7%

Yards / catch#441 / 798 · 45th pct

11.1

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#19 / 287 · 85th pct

Receptions#101 / 558 · 81st pct

Rec yards#184 / 558 · 67th pct

543

Rush yards#115 / 287 · 60th pct

Long catch#285 / 558 · 48th pct

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#457 / 558 · 18th pct

10.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

40th → 55th percentile

Explosive rate

44th → 71st percentile

Catch rate

15th → 55th percentile

TD rate

37th → 53rd percentile

Yards / catch

54th → 45th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

23%17 of his 75 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.4	39.1	8.9	0.1
Road5g	5.2	46.0	8.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	50.6	10.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	31.5	7.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #171 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #171 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #27 of 64 ACC WRs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Virginia	53	543	10.2	2	--
2024	James Madison	37	443	12.0	3	--
2023	UConn	44	568	12.9	2	--
2022	UConn	2	21	10.5	0	--
2021	UConn	8	60	7.5	0	--
2019	UConn	60	723	12.1	4	--
Career		204	2,358	11.6	11	--

Season	Team
2025	Virginia	1	19	266	171	--
2024	James Madison	4	56	366	--	--
2023	UConn	4	9	147	31	--
2022	UConn	--	--	--	3	--
2021	UConn	--	--	--	22	--
2019	UConn	3	27	--	--	--
Career		12	111	779	227	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 13–7

at Missouri

5 rec · 25 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With C. Morris — 198 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · D. Sparks — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.14Chandler Morris pass complete to Cam Ross for 46 yds to the CCU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Louisville · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Chandler Morris pass complete to Cam Ross for 19 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 12 · Duke · 2&13 · Q1 · EPA +3.39(02:13) Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete deep right to #6 C.Ross caught at DUKE39, for 26 yards to the DUKE39 (#0 C.Rivers), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · California · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.09(04:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete short right to #6 C.Ross caught at UVA42, for 26 yards to the UVA49 (#20 C.Sidney), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 15 · Duke · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.07No Huddle-Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete short middle to #6 C.Ross caught at UVA 50, for 25 yards to the DUKE40, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · California · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.00(07:47) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete short middle to #6 C.Ross caught at CAL44, for 12 yards to the CAL44, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Florida State · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Chandler Morris pass complete to Cam Ross for 14 yds to the FSU 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Chandler Morris pass complete to Cam Ross for 29 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 4 · Stanford · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.78Chandler Morris pass complete to Cam Ross for 20 yds to the STAN 45 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Duke · 2&22 · Q3 · EPA +2.77No Huddle-Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete deep right to #6 C.Ross caught at UVA 39, for 29 yards to the UVA 42 (#8 D.Stone), 1ST DOWN. #8 D.Stone injured on the play

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-7vs Coastal Carolina	7	124	17.7	1	46	Season-high 124 yds
Wk 2	L 31-35@ NC State	5	40	8.0	0	20
Wk 3	W 55-16vs William & Mary	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	W 48-20vs Stanford	7	88	12.6	0	25
Wk 5	W 46-38vs Florida State	5	34	6.8	0	21
Wk 6	W 30-27@ Louisville	4	43	10.8	1	19
Wk 8	W 22-20vs Washington State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	W 31-21@ California	5	59	11.8	0	26
Wk 11	L 9-16vs Wake Forest	2	7	3.5	0	4
Wk 12	W 34-17@ Duke	7	63	9.0	0	26
Wk 14	W 27-7vs Virginia Tech	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 15	L 20-27vs Duke	5	59	11.8	0	29
Bowl	W 13-7@ Missouri	5	25	5.0	0	10
Total		53	543	8.9	2	46

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

Cam Ross

201911 games

202413 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

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Awards

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Signature game

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