Cortez Braham

Senior wide receiver for Memphis. 2025: 63 catches, 889 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Memphis · Sr. · #4

6′2″ · 197 lb · Baltimore, MD

CFB Index 80 · #34 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Memphis for 2026

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

EPA / target: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

889

receiving yards · 2025

63 catches · 8 TD · 14.1 per catch

Backed by 9 rec · 79 yds -- top 1% catches game.

The play that turned itSwung Memphis from 50% to 92% to win.South Florida at Memphis · 34-31

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Memphis. 2025: 63 catches, 889 receiving yards, 8 TD.

His career, year by year

Cortez Braham

WR · Memphis · Sr · #4

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Cortez Braham has played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. The receipt on tape: 127 rec yds, 6 receptions against Florida Atlantic, Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy

2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning

2025Memphis8-5HC: Ryan Silverfield · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

80All-Conference level #34 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (94th percentile). Strength: td rate (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#46 / 798 · 94th pct

0.84

TD rate#110 / 798 · 86th pct

5.7%

Explosive rate#207 / 798 · 74th pct

13.8%

Yards / catch#211 / 798 · 74th pct

13.7

Catch rate#295 / 798 · 63rd pct

71.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#23 / 558 · 95th pct

Rec yards#40 / 558 · 93rd pct

889

Receptions#44 / 558 · 92nd pct

Long catch#69 / 558 · 87th pct

Yards / catch#192 / 558 · 65th pct

14.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

68th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

67th → 74th percentile

Catch rate

91st → 63rd percentile

TD rate

57th → 86th percentile

Yards / catch

64th → 74th 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%20 of his 87 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.7	72.2	13.7	1.0
Road6g	4.8	76.0	17.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	68.0	16.6	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	6.5	80.2	14.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

our read surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-7% reception volume, top-2% overall receiving production.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #34 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #34 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #5 of 51 American Athletic WRs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Memphis	63	889	14.1	8	--
2024	Nevada	56	724	12.9	4	--
2023	West Virginia	3	17	5.7	0	--
2022	West Virginia	14	147	10.5	0	--
Career		136	1,777	13.1	12	--

Season	Team
2025	Memphis	--	--	--	--	--
2024	Nevada	1	1	--	--	--
2023	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2022	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	1	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025

W 34–31

vs South Florida

7 rec · 75 yds · 2 TD

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With B. Lewis — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.0 · 35 rush yds (11 car) · L. Carrigan — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Florida Atlantic · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +6.53Brendon Lewis pass complete to Cortez Braham Jr. for 73 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)
Week 11 · Tulane · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +4.04(10:09) Shotgun #2 B.Lewis pass complete deep right to #4 C.Braham Jr. caught at TUL27, for 32 yards to the TUL27 (#3 J.White), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · Arkansas · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.88Brendon Lewis pass complete to Cortez Braham Jr. for 38 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)
Week 14 · Navy · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.88(01:48) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Lewis pass complete deep right to #4 C.Braham Jr. caught at NAV00, for 38 yards to the NAV00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:43, 1ST DOWN, PENALTY NAV Offside declined #44 G.Spetic kick attempt good (H: #46 T.Gillis, LS: #40 J.Zarut)
Week 10 · Rice · 3&16 · Q1 · EPA +3.79(11:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Lewis pass complete short middle to #4 C.Braham Jr. caught at Rice31, for 30 yards to the Rice18 (#5 J.Harper), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · UAB · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.73AJ Hill pass complete to Cortez Braham Jr. for 21 yds to the UAB 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Chattanooga · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Brendon Lewis pass complete to Cortez Braham Jr. for 22 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)
Week 5 · Florida Atlantic · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Brendon Lewis pass complete to Cortez Braham Jr. for 18 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)
Week 1 · Chattanooga · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Brendon Lewis pass complete to Cortez Braham Jr. for 25 yds to the UTC 33 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · East Carolina · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.13(00:22) No Huddle #2 B.Lewis pass complete short middle to #4 C.Braham Jr. caught at MEM45, for 18 yards to the MEM49 (#10 D.Wilson), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Chattanooga	3	52	17.3	1	25
Wk 2	W 38-16@ Georgia State	2	32	16.0	0	21
Wk 3	W 28-7@ Troy	4	69	17.3	0	30
Wk 4	W 32-31vs Arkansas	7	102	14.6	1	38
Wk 5	W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic	6	127	21.2	2	73	Season-high 127 yds
Wk 6	W 45-7vs Tulsa	2	26	13.0	1	14
Wk 8	L 24-31@ UAB	5	83	16.6	0	30
Wk 9	W 34-31vs South Florida	7	75	10.7	2	18	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 38-14@ Rice	3	66	22.0	0	30
Wk 11	L 32-38vs Tulane	11	113	10.3	0	32
Wk 12	L 27-31@ East Carolina	9	79	8.8	0	19
Wk 14	L 17-28vs Navy	4	65	16.3	1	38
Total		63	889	15.3	8	73

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

15/203rd-down conversions

2.043rd-down EPA/target

0.53Other-downs EPA/target

17 of 20 caught on third down (85.0%) — EPA/target 2.04 vs 0.53 elsewhere (15 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Memphis

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Memphis

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