Mississippi State · W 31-3
3 catches, 14 yards
The other 7 games average 65 yards. This one was 51 below.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
“arch you had wingo right in front of you”
10 stories in the last 60 days, from 5 outlets.
Texas Longhorns WR Ryan Wingo Returns vs. UTSA After Injury Scare
Sports Illustrated Sep 19
As of
A former five-star, Wingo flashed the ceiling in 2025 — 54 catches, 834 yards, seven touchdowns, a 184-yard eruption, and coaches second-team All-SEC honors — enough to be called the most explosive piece of the Texas offense. Now he's continuity in a loaded room, returning alongside transfer Cam Coleman to give Arch Manning a deep and dangerous group in what's expected to be Manning's defining year. The forward stakes are about turning flashes into a full season: the explosive plays are there, but the consistency — finishing the routine catches, stacking good games — is the difference between a complementary weapon and Manning's true No. 1. For Wingo, the tools were never in doubt; 2026 is about reliability.
So far in 2026 Wingo has 21 catches for 296 yards and three touchdowns.
Update (Oct. 28, 2026): Texas lost 27-24 to Florida as a 13.5-point favorite on Oct. 17, then beat No. 7 Ole Miss 34-27 on Oct. 24 and is 5-2, No. 11 in the AP poll. Wingo has 33 catches for 456 yards and four touchdowns through seven games, with 7 catches for 111 yards and a touchdown against Ole Miss.
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Play style
Wingo is a vertical, big-play receiver whose tape and reputation say explosive — and our data says the polish hasn't fully caught up. The good: a solid yards-per-catch and a 79th-percentile touchdown rate, the chunk-play juice of a field-stretcher. The honest part is the efficiency underneath it: a low catch rate (11th percentile) and a modest EPA per target (20th), the numbers of a receiver who flashes big plays but leaves production on the field between them — drops and inconsistency, the most fixable kind of flaw. He's a straight-line, take-the-top-off athlete more than a polished route technician right now. With an elite quarterback and a year of seasoning, the path is clear: keep the explosiveness, clean up the consistency, and the All-SEC flashes become an All-SEC season.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Share of the team's total this season.
Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 5, middle 6, right 12.
from 5 outlets
Texas Longhorns WR Ryan Wingo Returns vs. UTSA After Injury Scare
Sports Illustrated Sep 19 · 1 outlet
The Daily TexanTexas wide receiver Ryan Wingo knows what he left on the field last seasonSep 6Sports IllustratedWhy Texas WR Ryan Wingo Could be the X-Factor Against Ohio StateSep 10
Burnt Orange NationInside Texas WR Ryan Wingo’s dropped TD passSep 17from 6 outlets
Texas Football's Cam Coleman, Ryan Wingo named to Biletnikoff Award watch list
Burnt Orange Nation +1 Aug 19 · 2 outlets
Sports IllustratedTexas WR Ryan Wingo is Showing Why He's Ready for a Bigger RoleAug 8Sports IllustratedRyan Wingo 'Evolving' After All-SEC Season With Texas LonghornsSep 4The Daily TexanTexas wide receiver Ryan Wingo knows what he left on the field last seasonSep 6Sports IllustratedWhy Texas WR Ryan Wingo Could be the X-Factor Against Ohio StateSep 10Burnt Orange NationInside Texas WR Ryan Wingo’s dropped TD passSep 17Sports IllustratedTexas Has a Cam Coleman Decision That Could Make Life Easier for Ryan WingoAug 13
On3Arch Manning, Ryan Wingo and Texas' Defensive ShakeupAug 18
Yahoo SportsTexas Longhorns WR Ryan Wingo Has a New Opportunity With Cam ColemanAug 21Sports IllustratedSports IllustratedYahoo SportsBurnt Orange Nation +1Sports IllustratedEach week: his team’s game, the stories about him that week, and the week’s biggest news headline.
Stories are headlines grouped by what they are about, counted through Nov 4.
Fans first named Ryan Wingo vs Texas State.
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Last game (Wk 9): 14 receiving yards, 3 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Texas State | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 1 | 45 | Season-high 121 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs No. 1 Ohio State | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-6vs UTSA | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-17@ No. 14 Tennessee | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27vs Oklahoma | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-27vs Florida | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27vs No. 7 Ole Miss | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 1 | 50 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-3vs Mississippi State | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 36 | 470 | 13.1 | 4 | 50 |
Oct. 31 · W 31-3 vs Mississippi State, play by play
3 catches for 14 yards. Texas threw to him on 6 of its 21 passes.
Incomplete on 3rd and 9. First quarter, up 7-0.
Incomplete on 3rd and 5. First quarter, up 7-0.
8-yard catch. Second quarter, up 7-0.
Incomplete on 2nd and 4. Third quarter, up 17-3. Fans called it a drop within two minutes.
“Tbf so was Wingo just kinda meh pass and Wingo dropped it”Texas fan, r/CFB game thread
“wingo drop”Texas fan, r/CFB game thread
7 catches for 111 yards and a touchdown.
Not drawn: the play-by-play has 7 catches for 113 yards, the box score 7 for 111, so no play is placed until they agree.
5 catches for 49 yards. Texas threw to him on 8 of its 20 passes. Texas’s last two throws to him, down 27-17 in the fourth quarter, fell incomplete.
15-yard catch. Fourth quarter, down 20-17.
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2 catches for 57 yards and a touchdown. Texas threw to him on 4 of its 31 passes. He had no catches in the fourth quarter, as a 17-10 lead became a 27-24 loss.
34-yard touchdown on 3rd and 5. Second quarter, made it 14-7. Fans named him again and again right after: the most-talked-about moment of his game.
“I said earlier I love Wingo. He was recruited out of high school. I will always favor him.”Texas fan, r/CFB game thread
Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
6 catches for 74 yards. Texas threw to him on 6 of its 19 passes.
14-yard catch. First quarter, up 7-3. Fans named him again and again right after: the most-talked-about moment of his game.
“WINGO YOU MONSTER (when you catch the ball successfully)”Texas fan, r/CFB game thread
18-yard catch on 3rd and 8. Fourth quarter, up 13-10. Converted. Fans named him again and again right after.
“nice catch Wingo!”Texas fan, r/CFB game thread
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2 catches for 22 yards. Texas threw to him on 6 of its 37 passes.
17-yard catch. Third quarter, up 20-6.
Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
4 catches for 22 yards and a touchdown.
Not drawn: the play-by-play has 4 catches for 28 yards, the box score 4 for 22, so no play is placed until they agree.
7 catches for 121 yards and a touchdown, his most this season. Texas threw to him on 8 of its 34 passes. All of it came before halftime of a 59-7 win.
3-yard catch on 3rd and 6. First quarter, up 6-0.
21-yard catch on 4th and 3. First quarter, up 6-0. Converted.
45-yard catch on 3rd and 15. Second quarter, up 28-7. Converted.
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Week 8 · 2026
W 34-27
vs Ole Miss
7 rec · 111 yds · 1 TD
A close one, won by 7 at home.
With M. Chiumento — 48.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · A. Manning — 212 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 49.2
The plays that mattered most
86th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from +2 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
5324% of team targetsCatch rate
68%36 of 53 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
68% catch rate on 53 targets · 24% of the team's targets · 38% catch rate on 8 deep targets (20+ air yds).
3 seasons under Steve Sarkisian — 29-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 56.5 | 10.7 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 6.0 | 74.0 | 12.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 57.5 | 14.1 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.0 | 62.5 | 10.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Pass share
43.5%
226 pass / 293 run
Plays / game
64.9
8 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
263 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot to repeat All-SEC
Based on 2025: #16 of 58 SEC WRs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
2026 is in progress.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Sarkisian.
