R.J. Maryland

#82 · TE · Sr. · SMU6′4″ · 240 lb · Southlake, TX · Southlake Carroll

R.J. Maryland is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at SMU.

Maryland shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Fourth year in the same receiving corps at SMU. One game to point at: 51 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Wake Forest — Week 9, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Camm McDonaldFlorida State · 2021 · 90% season match
Boden GroenKansas · 2025 · 81% season match
Elijah MojarroRice · 2024 · 80% season match
Seydou TraoreMississippi State · 2025 · 80% season match
Devin CulpWashington · 2022 · 78% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	SMU	27	322	11.9	2	49
2024	SMU	24	359	15.0	4	49
2023	SMU	34	518	15.2	7	62
2022	SMU	28	296	10.6	6	51
Career		113	1,495	13.2	19	62

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-13vs East Texas A&M	3	34	11.3	0	14
Wk 2	L 45-48vs Baylor	2	9	4.5	0	6
Wk 3	W 28-10@ Missouri State	3	23	7.7	1	14
Wk 4	L 24-35@ TCU	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 6	W 31-18vs Syracuse	3	40	13.3	1	24
Wk 7	W 34-10vs Stanford	2	18	9.0	0	9
Wk 8	W 35-24@ Clemson	3	33	11.0	0	17
Wk 9	L 12-13@ Wake Forest	2	51	25.5	0	49	Season-high 51 yds
Wk 10	W 26-20vs No. 10 Miami	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 11	W 45-13@ Boston College	2	42	21.0	0	23
Wk 13	W 38-6vs Louisville	3	23	7.7	0	17
Wk 14	L 35-38@ California	2	33	16.5	0	21
Total		27	322	11.9	2	49

Signature game

Week 6 · 2025

W 31-18

vs Syracuse

3 rec · 40 yds · 1 TD

With K. Jennings — 285 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 86.0 · W. McSparron — 36.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Wake Forest · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +4.20Jennings to Maryland: a 49-yard pass.
Week 11 · Boston College · 2nd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Jennings to Maryland: a 23-yard pass.
Week 13 · Louisville · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.92Jennings to Maryland: a 17-yard pass.
Week 6 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Kevin Jennings pass complete to RJ Maryland for 16 yds for a TD (Sam Keltner KICK)
Week 3 · Missouri State · 1st and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.20Kevin Jennings pass complete to RJ Maryland for 7 yds for a TD (Sam Keltner KICK)
Week 14 · California · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.89Jennings to Maryland: a 21-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 11 · Boston College · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.71Fiser to Maryland: a 19-yard pass.
Week 8 · Clemson · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.52Kevin Jennings pass complete to RJ Maryland for 17 yds to the SMU 42 for a
Week 6 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.46Kevin Jennings pass complete to RJ Maryland for 24 yds to the SMU 34 for a
Week 8 · Clemson · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.32Kevin Jennings pass complete to RJ Maryland for 15 yds to the SMU 40 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

27 rec · 322 yds · 2 TD

All 27 box-score receptions covered (play-by-play lists 28)

16 of 40 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4010% of team targets

Catch rate

70%28 of 40 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

19% of targets (3)

100%catch rate

Air -3.3 · YAC 11.7 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

38% of targets (6)

67%catch rate

Air 2.5 · YAC 5.5 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

25% of targets (4)

25%catch rate

Air 14.5 · YAC 9.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

19% of targets (3)

67%catch rate

Air 25.7 · YAC 9.0 avg

70% catch rate on 40 targets · 10% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

13%5 of his 39 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Rhett Lashlee — 38-16 over that span.

2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2025SMU9-4HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 51 (#67 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

51Rotational starter #67 of 156 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#139 / 798 · 83rd pct

5.1%

EPA / target#349 / 798 · 56th pct

0.46

Yards / catch#353 / 798 · 56th pct

11.9

Catch rate#364 / 798 · 54th pct

69.2%

Explosive rate#385 / 798 · 52nd pct

10.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#37 / 175 · 79th pct

Yards / catch#54 / 175 · 69th pct

11.9

Rec yards#61 / 175 · 65th pct

322

Receptions#66 / 175 · 61st pct

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

87th → 56th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 52nd percentile

Catch rate

91st → 54th percentile

TD rate

98th → 83rd percentile

Yards / catch

76th → 56th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	21.7	8.6	0.2
Road6g	2.2	32.0	15.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	22.3	9.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	31.3	14.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Pass share

53.7%

460 pass / 396 run

Plays / game

65.8

13 games

Team sack rate

3.9%

466 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

27 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

51 · #67 of 156 TEs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #67 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #10 of 22 ACC TEs

How the All-ACC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).