Junior Vandeross is a wide receiver at Toledo who has not played in Toledo's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
The consensus depth chart of May 27 lists Vandeross at WR, No. 1.
Toledo lists 16 receivers this season.
Toledo is 6-2.
Vandeross wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches at Toledo: Jason Candle and Robert Weiner. A game that shows it: 127 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Ball State — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
Money down · 3rd-down role
Money down
19 of 28 caught on third down (67.9%) — EPA/target 1.21 vs 0.42 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-24@ Kentucky | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-21vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 1 | 71 | |
| Wk 3 | W 60-0vs Morgan State | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 2 | 15 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 4 | L 13-14@ Western Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-3vs Akron | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 2 | 28 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 7 | L 23-28@ Bowling Green | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 0 | 39 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-10vs Kent State | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-28@ Washington State | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-3vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-3@ Miami (OH) | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-9vs Ball State | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 2 | 63 | Season-high 127 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 21-3@ Central Michigan | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 24 | |
 Bowl | L 22-27vs Louisville | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 0 | 19 | |
| Total | 82 | 1008 | 12.3 | 11 | 71 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 45-21
5 rec · 122 yds · 1 TD
Dominant 24-point win at home against Western Kentucky.
With T. Gleason — 155 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.0 · 21 rush yds (4 car) · C. Trayanum — 163 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 13 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
10230% of team targetsCatch rate
70%71 of 102 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
70% catch rate on 102 targets · 30% of the team's targets · 0% catch rate on 8 deep targets (20+ air yds).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
4 seasons under Jason Candle — 36-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.8 | 98.2 | 14.9 | 1.5 |
| Road6g | 5.7 | 59.7 | 10.4 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.3 | 77.3 | 12.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 77.8 | 12.7 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Robert Weiner
Pass share
45.9%
397 pass / 467 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
82 catches and 2 carries in 13 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.
Surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-1% reception volume, top-4% overall receiving production.2025 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #11 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #1 of 38 Mid-American WRs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›
Returning starter at receiver for a 8-5 Toledo team that went -5 in the portal. The No. 1,511 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Mid-American as a senior.
A stat line in 45 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jason Candle → Mike Jacobs. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
